From 4be5f7f52f27875fc03aa7331afcf7c4596c7fef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ram Gopal Srikar Katakam
 <44802869+RamGopalSrikar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:26:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore(i18n): disable automatic browser language detection
 (#12671)

* chore(i18n): disable automatic browser language detection, hardcode English

* chore(i18n): remove language selector from Settings page
---
 src/frontend/src/i18n.ts                                   | 7 +------
 .../src/pages/SettingsPage/pages/GeneralPage/index.tsx     | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts b/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts
index 46866f3b1e..ff4682f60f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/i18n.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@ import i18n from "i18next";
 import { initReactI18next } from "react-i18next";
 import en from "./locales/en.json";
 
-const detectedLang =
-  localStorage.getItem("languagePreference") ||
-  navigator.language.split("-")[0] ||
-  "en";
-
 i18n.use(initReactI18next).init({
   resources: {
     en: { translation: en },
   },
-  lng: detectedLang,
+  lng: "en",
   fallbackLng: "en",
   interpolation: {
     escapeValue: false,
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/SettingsPage/pages/GeneralPage/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/SettingsPage/pages/GeneralPage/index.tsx
index 3091439637..73ea73c483 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/SettingsPage/pages/GeneralPage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/SettingsPage/pages/GeneralPage/index.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import type {
 } from "../../../../types/components";
 import useScrollToElement from "../hooks/use-scroll-to-element";
 import GeneralPageHeaderComponent from "./components/GeneralPageHeader";
-import LanguageFormComponent from "./components/LanguageForm";
 import PasswordFormComponent from "./components/PasswordForm";
 import ProfilePictureFormComponent from "./components/ProfilePictureForm";
 
@@ -139,8 +138,6 @@ export const GeneralPage = () => {
       <GeneralPageHeaderComponent />
 
       <div className="flex w-full flex-col gap-6">
-        <LanguageFormComponent />
-
         {ENABLE_PROFILE_ICONS && (
           <ProfilePictureFormComponent
             profilePicture={profilePicture}