How to Customize Currency Format on Windows 10

By Michael | Last Updated June 27, 2025

Do you want to know how to change the currency symbol (i.e. $), positive currency format and other formats in Windows 10 computer? For your reference, this article illustrates how to customize currency format in detail.

Steps to customize currency format on Windows 10:

Step 1: Click the bottom-left Start button on desktop, type currency in the search box and tap Change the way currency is displayed.

Step 2: Open Additional settings in the Region window.

Step 3: Choose Currency, change the formats of currency symbol, positive currency, negative currency, decimal symbol, no. of digits after decimal, digit grouping symbol or digit grouping, and then click OK.

• Decimal symbol: Choose between period (.), comma (,), or any other.
• No. of digits after decimal: Usually set to 2 for currencies.
• Digit grouping symbol: Defines thousands separators (e.g. comma, period, space).
• Digit grouping (size): Default is 3 (i.e., grouping every three digits).
• Positive currency format: Choose from formats such as $123.45, 123.45$, or with space/prefix.
• Negative format: Options include: -$123.45, ($123.45), $-123.45 and more.

If you want to reset the currency format to its default settings, just click Reset in the Customize Format window. As the Change Regional Options dialog shows up, choose Yes to remove all customizations for the currency format.

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