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title: Localize AM
description: ForgeRock provides the user-facing and administration UI pages in English only; however, you can customize and localize the user-facing text as required.
component: pingam
version: 7.2
page_id: pingam:ui-customization-guide:ui-localization
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/8.1/ui-customization/ui-localization.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
keywords: ["User Interface", "Localization", "Customization"]
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/8.1/ui-customization/ui-localization.html
---

# Localize AM

ForgeRock provides the user-facing and administration UI pages in English only; however, you can customize and localize the user-facing text as required.

The `.json` files in the `openam-ui-user/src/resources/locales/en` directory provide the English text.

To localize the user-facing text to a new locale:

1. Copy the English locale directory (`locales/en`) to a new directory, for example, `locales/fr`.

   The name of the directory should follow [RFC 5646 - Tags for Identifying Languages](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5646). For example, `en-GB`.

2. Edit the files and change the values of the elements for the required locale. Take care not to change the JSON structure or to render it invalid.

3. Rebuild the UI. For more information, see [Test and deploy the UI](ui-testing-deploying.html#xui-rebuild-webpack).

   You can now redeploy the UI or pack it in your custom AM `.war` file.