title	Update regionalAndLanguageSettings
description	Update the regional and language settings of a user.
author	jasonbro
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	entra-users
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	04/17/2024

Update regionalAndLanguageSettings

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Update some or all of the properties of a regionalAndLanguageSettings object.

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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

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HTTP request

To update all of a user's regional and language settings:

PUT /me/settings/regionalAndLanguageSettings
PUT /users/{user-id | userPrincipalName}/settings/regionalAndLanguageSettings

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To update a subset of the properties of a user's regional and language settings:

PATCH /me/settings/regionalAndLanguageSettings
PATCH /users/{user-id | userPrincipalName}/settings/regionalAndLanguageSettings

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Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

PUT: In the request body, supply a regionalAndLanguageSettings object.

PATCH: Only supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Example

Example 1: Update the entire regionalAndLanguageSettings object of the signed-in user

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/regionalAndLanguageSettings
Content-type: application/json

{
    "defaultDisplayLanguage": {
        "locale": "en-US"
    },
    "authoringLanguages": [
        {
            "locale": "fr-FR"
        },
        {
            "locale": "de-DE"
        }
    ],
    "defaultTranslationLanguage": {
        "locale": "en-US"
    },
    "defaultSpeechInputLanguage": {
        "locale": "en-US"
    },
    "defaultRegionalFormat": {
        "locale": "en-GB"
    },
    "regionalFormatOverrides": {
        "calendar": "Gregorian Calendar",
        "firstDayOfWeek": "Sunday",
        "shortDateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd",
        "longDateFormat": "dddd, MMMM d, yyyy",
        "shortTimeFormat": "HH:mm",
        "longTimeFormat": "h:mm:ss tt",
        "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    },
    "translationPreferences": {
        "translationBehavior": "Yes",
        "languageOverrides": [
            {
                "languageTag": "fr",
                "translationBehavior": "Yes"
            }
        ]
     }
}

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Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Update selected properties of the signed-in user

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/settings/regionalAndLanguageSettings
Content-type: application/json

{
  "authoringLanguages": [
    {
     "locale": "en-US" },
    {
     "locale": "es-MX" }
  ],
  "defaultRegionalFormat": {
     "locale": "en-US"
   }
}