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Customize your account and preferences

Account settings control your personal profile, interface preferences, notification preferences, security options, and activity history. These settings apply across all workspaces you belong to.

Access account settings​

  1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
  2. Select Settings

Profile dropdown

Profile​

Manage your personal information and account visibility across workspaces. All profile information is visible to other members in your workspaces.

Profile picture and cover image

  • Profile picture appears throughout Plane (work items, comments, assignments).
  • Cover image displays at the top of your profile page.
  • Click Change cover to upload a custom cover image.

Personal information

  • First name - Your given name (required)
  • Last name - Your family name
  • Display name - Name shown in work items and mentions (required)
  • Email - Your account email address (required)

Account deactivation
You have the option to deactivate your account, which removes you from all the workspaces you are associated with. However, please note that deactivating your account will not delete the work items or any other entities created by you.

Preferences​

Customize your interface appearance and behavior.

Theme​

Your selected theme applies across all workspaces and devices where you're logged in.

Default: Light theme

Theme options:

  • System - Automatically matches your operating system's theme preference
  • Light - Light color scheme
  • Dark - Dark color scheme
  • High contrast - Enhanced contrast for better visibility
  • Custom theme - Create your own color scheme

Custom theme
When you select Custom theme from the theme dropdown, you can define your own color scheme by specifying hex color values for five interface elements:

Customizable colors:

  • Background color - Sets the background for main content areas (dashboard, work items, pages, etc.)
  • Text color - Determines text color throughout the platform
  • Primary (Theme) color - Defines accent color for interactive elements
  • Sidebar background color - Sets the side navigation background
  • Sidebar text color - Specifies text color in side navigation

Click Set theme to apply your custom color scheme.

First day of the week​

Changes the starting day for all calendar displays throughout Plane, including:

  • Project timelines
  • Due date pickers
  • Calendar views
  • Date range selectors

Smooth cursor​

Adds animation to cursor movement for a more fluid experience when navigating through editors.

Timezone and language​

Timezone:

  • Sets display format for all times throughout Plane.
  • Affects notifications, activity logs, start dates, end dates, and timestamps.

Language:

  • Controls interface language.
  • Supported languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Italian, Czech, Slovak, German, Ukrainian, Polish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Turkish

Notifications​

Control email notification preferences for work item updates. Email notifications supplement in-app notifications visible in the Inbox section.

All notifications apply only to work items where you are the creator, assigned to, or explicitly subscribed.

Notification types​

Property changes

  • Notifies when work item properties change (assignees, priority, estimates, etc.)
  • Applies to work items you created, are assigned to, or subscribed to

State change

  • Notifies when work items move to different states
  • Applies to work items you created, are assigned to, or subscribed to

Work item completed

  • Notifies only when work items reach completed state
  • Subset of state change notifications

Comments

  • Notifies when someone adds a comment to work items you're involved with
  • Applies to work items you created, are assigned to, or subscribed to

Mentions

  • Notifies when someone mentions you in comments or descriptions

Security​

Manage account access credentials. Password must meet security criteria (minimum length, complexity requirements as configured by your instance).

Change password​

  • Current password - Your existing password (required)
  • New password - Your new password (required)
  • Confirm password - Re-enter new password (required)

Activity​

View your recent actions and changes across all workspaces. Displays a chronological feed of your activities with timestamps.

Connections​

Manage personal account connections on integrations with external services.

Personal access tokens​

Generate secure API tokens for integrating Plane data with external systems and applications.