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title: Restoring localization file message defaults
description: If you have customized the language for one or more locale by editing the localization file, you can restore the defaults by deleting the existing localization file for that language. Deleting the localization file restores the system defaults for all languages.
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revdate: June 11, 2026
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# Restoring localization file message defaults

If you have customized the language for one or more locale by editing the localization file, you can restore the defaults by deleting the existing localization file for that language. Deleting the localization file restores the system defaults for all languages.

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|   | You can also restore defaults per language from the **Enrollment** page. Select a specific language and click **Reset** next to the text you want to restore. Use only one method consistently, either through the localization file or using the Admin portal. The system doesn't maintain a history of changes. |

## Steps

1. Go to **Setup > PingID > Branding > Enrollment**.

2. In the language selector list, select **Edit Localization File**.

   ![A screen capture of language selector list and options.](_images/aml1575983570605.png)

   ### Result:

   The **Localization** window opens.

   ![A screen capture of the Localization window with a file chosen to remove.](_images/qgh1575983650449.png)

3. To restore messages text:

   ### Choose from:

   * To restore message text to the original for all locales, next to **Localization.zip**, click **Remove**.

   * To restore message text for one or more languages:

     1. Click **Download Current File** and extract the current localization template `.zip` file. A separate `Localization_<locale>.properties` file is included for each locale.

     2. Delete the files for the locales that you want to reset to default and then compress the remaining files.

     3. In the **Localization** window, next to **Localization.zip**, click **Remove**.

     4. Click **Choose file** and upload the new localization `.zip` file.

        The languages to be removed display in the **Languages Removed** section.

        ![A screen capture of the Localization window with a populated list of languages to be removed.](_images/vdz1575984640376.png)

4. Click **Save**.

5. Click **Confirm**.

   ### Result:

   The following warning message displays.

   ![A screen capture of the Important message modal that asks to confirm your choice to remove the selected localization files.](_images/jok1575984798047.png)

   ## Result

   Your changes are applied and can be viewed in the relevant language selections in the **Enrollment** window.