Changing language doesn't change login when booting device

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I had my system language to something other than English while installing my OS, but I wanted to change it to English, I changed it in Region & language to English, but when I boot my device the login is in previously set language, however after logging in it is in English.

If I press Ctrl + L to lock screen it is in English, so this is only the case with the login when I boot my device.

Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

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Hi - I think you’re seeing that happen for a couple of reasons:

  • The login screen for your device is handled by a separate component, SDDM. It doesn’t automatically adopt individual user’s settings, since it’s built to be able to handle multiple different users on one device who might all have different language preferences. The lock screen is part of KDE Plasma and run under your user account, so that’s covered by your user’s settings

  • Many changes made from within KDE Plasma can be applied to SDDM using the System Settings > Colors & Themes > Login Screen (SDDM) > Apply Plasma Settings option - but language isn’t yet one of them: 422339 – Sync locale/language when applying Plasma settings

SDDM should follow the system-wide locale, which can be managed with the localectl command: System Locale and Keyboard Configuration :: Fedora Docs

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Thanks a lot for your informative reply!