Why subtitles or audio isn't available in a specific language

Subtitles and audio are available in many languages for most titles. If they aren’t available in a language, it may be due to:

  • Your location

  • Your profile language preferences

  • The movie or TV show you're trying to watch

  • The device you're trying to watch on

While choosing a language to stream a title in on a supported device, you’ll see all available languages for that title. For downloads, Netflix shows the 2 most relevant languages.

Note:If you're connected to WiFi while watching a TV show or movie that you've also downloaded to your device, only the 2 most relevant languages will be shown as subtitle or audio options. To display more languages, delete the download and then try choosing the subtitle or audio again.


Subtitles or audio may not be available in a desired language for specific titles because of content licensing and show agreements.

If subtitles or audio aren’t available for a particular language, you can:

Some TV shows may have different sources for each season's subtitles or audio. In some cases, languages for seasons that Netflix has offered prior to 2018 may not be available.

If a TV show is licensed and episodes are released weekly or on a rolling schedule (following the original network broadcast), language options for subtitles and audio will be available when they're completed.

If subtitles for a title are offered in a language but do not display on your device, try another device. The Netflix app may not support subtitles for some languages including Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Romanian, or Vietnamese on devices manufactured before 2014, but most newer devices do support them.

Note:Use 2014 as a general guide for when devices began supporting these languages. There may be devices manufactured after 2014 that don't support them.

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