Internationalization: Preferences documentation (#59203)

* I18n: Preferences documentation

* Update docs/sources/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/_index.md

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* Update docs/sources/administration/organization-preferences/index.md

Co-authored-by: Ursula Kallio <ursula.kallio@grafana.com>

* remove api spec

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Co-authored-by: Ursula Kallio <ursula.kallio@grafana.com>
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### Change server UI theme
Grafana server administrators can change the Grafana UI theme for all users on the server by setting the [default_theme]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#default-theme" >}}) option in the Grafana configuration file.
As a Grafana server administrator, you can change the default Grafana UI theme for all users who are on the server by setting the [default_theme]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#default-theme" >}}) option in the Grafana configuration file.
To see what the current settings are, refer to [View server settings]({{< relref "../stats-and-license#view-server-settings" >}}).
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1. On the left menu, hover your cursor over your avatar and then click **Preferences**.
1. In the **Home Dashboard** field, select the dashboard that you want to use for your home dashboard. Options include all starred dashboards.
1. Click **Save**.
## Change Grafana language
### Change server language
Grafana server administrators can change the default Grafana UI language for all users on the server by setting the [default_language]({{< relref "../../setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#default-language" >}}) option in the Grafana configuration file.
### Change organization language
Organization administrators can change the language for all users in an organization.
1. Hover your cursor over the **Configuration** (gear) icon.
1. Click **Preferences**.
1. In the Preferences section, select the **Language**.
1. Click **Save**.
### Change team language
Organization and team administrators can change the language for all users in a team.
1. Hover your cursor over the **Configuration** (gear) icon in the side menu.
1. Click **Teams**. Grafana displays the team list.
1. Click on the team that you want to change the language for and then navigate to the **Settings** tab.
1. In the Preferences section, select the **Language**.
1. Click **Save**.
### Change your personal language
You can change the language for your user account. This setting overrides language settings at higher levels.
1. On the left menu, hover your cursor over your avatar and then click **Preferences**.
1. In the Preferences section, select the **language**.
1. Click **Save**.

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1. Sign in to Grafana.
1. Hover your mouse over the user icon in the lower-left corner of the page.
1. Click **Change Password**.
Grafana opens the **Change Password** tab.
1. Click **Change Password**. Grafana opens the **Change Password** tab.
1. Enter your old password and a new password.
1. Confirm your new password.
1. Click **Change Password**.
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- **Home dashboard** refers to the dashboard you see when you sign in to Grafana. By default, this is set to the Home dashboard.
- **Timezone** is used by dashboards when you set time ranges, so that you view data in your timezone instead of UTC.
- **Week start** is the first day of the week you want to use in dashboard time ranges, for example, `This week`.
- **Language** determines the language used for parts of the Grafana interface.
**To edit your preferences**:

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Set the default UI theme: `dark` or `light`. Default is `dark`.
### default_language
This setting configures the default UI language, which must be a supported IETF language tag, such as `en-US`.
### home_page
Path to a custom home page. Users are only redirected to this if the default home dashboard is used. It should match a frontend route and contain a leading slash.

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