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How to change base language without deleting translation?

  • February 13, 2026
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Hi, I have a survey with English as base language and French as translation. I don't need the English version as I’ll send the questionnaire in France. 

Is there a way to delete the English version and keep the French one? I only find ways to do the reverse (when I want to change the base language to French, Qualtrics wants to delete the French version). Note that I don’t want to simply hide the language dropdown menu, as I want to be able to modify the questionnaire on the main page and not on the translation section.

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  • February 16, 2026

Hello ​@bixiou ,

 

In this case, you can try using Language variable in the URL; 

  1. Hide your language selector drop down.
  2. Add ?Q_Language =FR for French; your LIVE link 
  3. Add &Q_Language= EN - (US or GB) for your testing purpose in preview.