# Google Chrome redirecting me to Spanish

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-redirecting-me-to-spanish/942595>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-redirecting-me-to-spanish/942595 "2021-05-21T03:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-redirecting-me-to-spanish/942595/1 "2021-05-21T03:47:46Z")

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Pulling up a website, Google Chrome decided I needed the page translated to Spanish. I turned it off but now the website gets redirected to their Spanish version. Think of me typing [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) and it automatically redirecting to [straightdope.com/es/](http://straightdope.com/es/) everytime.  
I took Spanish out of chrome settings  
I cleared the recent cookies - no effect  
I cleared all cookies - no effect  
I cleared all site settings - no effect  
I turned off my VPN - no effect

No other web site does this and MS Edge works like it should. So how do I fix this?

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-redirecting-me-to-spanish/942595/2 "2021-05-21T03:53:35Z")

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Note: Turning off my VPN seems to work after a few page loads. My VPN should have been a US IP address so I’m guessing that’s the problem.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-redirecting-me-to-spanish/942595/3 "2021-05-21T07:02:13Z")

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If you click the settings option at the bottom of the main Google search page, you can set your region. Since you’re using a VPN, it wouldn’t surprise me if someone else using it set it to a Spanish-speaking country. Or, yes, if the VPN’s actual connection to the site was using an IP assigned to a Spanish-speaking country.

The above said, I’m not sure that option is available if you don’t log in, and you might not log in to Google when using a VPN.