---
title: Switch to Bahasa Melayu
description: Change your own language between English and Bahasa Melayu without affecting anyone else.
order: 19
updated: 2026-09-16
keywords: language, Bahasa Melayu, Malay, English, locale
---

Every screen is available in English and Bahasa Melayu. The setting is per person, so a manager can work in Malay while the accountant works in English.

## Change your language

1. Click your initials at the top right to open the account menu.
2. Choose **Bahasa**.
3. Pick **Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia)** or **English (Malaysia)**.

The change applies immediately and is remembered on this device. Some larger screens load their translations a moment after the switch.

## What changes

- Every label, button, message and status.
- Date and number formats stay Malaysian in both languages: RM with sen, day-month-year dates, Malaysian time.

## What does not change

- Names of your items, recipes, suppliers and people, which are your own data.
- The language other people see.

## Related

- [Getting started with ChowChirp](/docs/tutorials/getting-started)