# Can't set preferred language **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-set-preferred-language/205843 "2017-09-11T12:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iratemonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/iratemonk/32/16546_2.png) [@iratemonk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iratemonk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-set-preferred-language/205843/1 "2017-09-11T12:44:37Z")
I want to set the preferred language for subtitle and audio to English on server A and to something other on server B but it doesn’t work. Setting it for server A will set it for server B as well. This used to work fine in the past and I even opened a thread about it after an update broke it but as usual got nowhere. So how about it, can I please have the ability to set the preferred language for one server without it overtaking the setting on another server? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-set-preferred-language/205843/2 "2017-09-11T12:56:46Z")
The language preferences are set per user account, not per server. ---
**Author:** ![iratemonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/iratemonk/32/16546_2.png) [@iratemonk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iratemonk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-set-preferred-language/205843/3 "2017-09-11T13:27:02Z")
> @OttoKerner said: > The language preferences are set per user account, not per server. Thanks, this clears it up. ---
**Author:** ![iratemonk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/iratemonk/32/16546_2.png) [@iratemonk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/iratemonk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-set-preferred-language/205843/4 "2017-09-11T13:27:42Z")
In case any staff is reading: ~~Assuming it is now per user setting, it was a conscious decision on your part to switch it from per server to per user setting taking yet another step to limit user freedom. Now there’s no way to have a pleasant experience for managed users who don’t posses the exact linguistic capabilities as the master user. Instead, now I need two separate accounts (yay for you!) and I have to keep switching between them constantly: use of a device by multiple users is close to impossible. Making Plex the main way to consume my media is like being hacked to death by thousand tiny little axes that just keep on coming update after update.~~ EDIT: _clears throat_ I just realized I can add shared users to _My Home_, making that rant completely unwarranted. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-set-preferred-language/205843/5 "2020-01-07T23:48:32Z")