> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.pixwel.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Preferences

> Your personal settings — notification emails, ingest behavior, profile, custom groups, and API tokens. Opened from the avatar menu.

**Preferences** are your personal settings. They apply to your account only — not to anyone else, and not to the platform as a whole (that's the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard)).

To open them, click your **avatar** in the lower-left, then the **cog** (settings) icon. The Preferences dialog has five tabs. Changes take effect when you click **Save Preferences**; **Cancel** discards them.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Notifications" icon="bell" href="/features/preferences/notifications">
    Choose which emails Pixwel sends you, and how often.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Ingest" icon="upload" href="/features/preferences/ingest">
    Defaults for how the upload experience behaves.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Profile" icon="id-card" href="/features/preferences/profile">
    Two-factor auth, name, email, and territory.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Custom Groups" icon="users" href="/features/preferences/custom-groups">
    Reusable recipient lists for sharing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Tokens" icon="key" href="/features/preferences/api-tokens">
    Personal access tokens for scripts and integrations.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>