# Language Switcher

> Change the language header (accept-language) that websites see via toolbar popup

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/language-switcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/language-switcher)

## Overview

- **ID:** `language-switcher`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** keller
- **Category:** appearance,language-support,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 146
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.83 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2019-08-28
- **First published:** 2019-06-17
- **Size:** 29 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/language-switcher/)
- **Website:** [http://mybrowseraddon.com/language-switcher.html](http://mybrowseraddon.com/language-switcher.html)

## Description

Language Switcher is an add-on that allows you to change your browser's language from the toolbar popup. It modifies the accept-language header sent to web servers and auto-saves changes. Reload pages to view updated HTML. Clear cache and cookies on some websites to see language changes. Submit bug reports and feature requests on the add-on's homepage.

## Rankings

- #9,730 — Overall
- #37 — kitchen
- #108 — language
- #118 — switch
- #149 — pitch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/language-switcher)