How to change currency format in Windows 11

This guide will show you how to change the currency format used for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11 .

 

Your regional format settings affect how date/time, number, and currency data types are displayed when you apply formatting options. Windows supports many languages, along with currency and date/time formats for the countries/regions that use those languages.

Like number formats, each country/region has its own standards and conventions for representing currency values. You can change the currency format to a custom format that you want to use and display in Windows.

Note: The currency format for the current user is saved to string values ​​(REG_SZ) in the registry key below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternational

Option 1: Change currency format in Settings

Note : This option is only available on Windows 11 build 26200.5742 (Dev 25H2) and build 26120.5742 (Beta 24H2).

1. Open Settings ( Win + I ).

2. Click Time & language on the left, and click Language & region on the right.

 

3. Click Regional format to expand it, then click Currency format .

4. Now, you can select the currency format in the drop-down menu that you want to change.

 

5. Now, you can close Settings if you want.

Option 2: Change currency format in Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel (icon view) and click the Region icon .

2. In the Formats tab , click the Additional settings button.

3. In the Currency tab , select the currency format from the drop-down menu you want to change to and click OK when done.

You can click the Reset button to restore all default digital currency settings at once.

 

4. Click OK when finished.

Good luck!