How To Change App Store Download Settings

On Windows 10, Microsoft wants you to use the Windows Store to get apps, games and media. While you tin can download complimentary apps and other goods from the Store regardless of your location, paid products and services work differently.

When using the Windows Store to purchase apps, games, and other goods, you must specify a payment method, along with banking details that include your country proper name, which y'all can't change. In society to make purchases, the country proper name set in the Store has to match the one associated with your credit card or other payment method, or yous won't be able to complete a purchase.

Although you lot tin't change this information in the Windows Shop app, it's possible to alter your system'south region settings to select the correct location to continue shopping.

If y'all don't make purchases at the Store, it's still a good thought to change your location to enable Windows 10 to show local relevant content on apps and and so you ca see localized products in the Store.

In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk y'all through the steps to change the Windows Store region to purchase apps, games, and other goods when you're traveling or if yous move to another country.

How to change the Windows Store region

To modify your region settings on Windows 10, do the following:

Open Start.
Click on Time & linguistic communication.
Click on Region & linguistic communication.
Under Country or region, select the country you want to use from the drib-downwardly card.

Once you complete these steps, yous'll run into a message that the Windows Store needs to refresh to alter the region or language, and then you'll be able to go on shopping at the Shop based on your old location.

You can complete this process without changing your computer'southward language. However, you'll notice that the content within the Windows Shop will translate to the official language of the region you selected.

At any fourth dimension, you lot tin can revert the changes by following these same steps and restoring your old location.

It should be noted that some products you purchased using the Windows Shop in one region may not work in another. For example, Microsoft services such as Groove Music Pass and Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, and other specific content, may not work in all locations.

More Windows 10 resources

For more assistance articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows ten, visit the following resources:

Windows x on Windows Central – All yous need to know
Windows 10 assist, tips, and tricks
Windows 10 forums on Windows Central