Settings and preferences

Personal editor preferences like theme and auto-save, separate from settings for an individual project.

Preferences (the gear icon in the header) cover your personal defaults across every project: theme, auto-save, and language. Project Settings, reached from the project dropdown, covers one project's metadata and deletion instead. AI model selection is separate: see Adding and managing models.

Adjust your preferences

1

Open Preferences

Open Settings → Preferences.

2

General

Set language and startup behavior.

3

Editor

Set Auto Save and other editing defaults.

4

Theme

Set your theme (Light, Dark, System) from Settings.

Changes apply immediately.

Project settings

Open a project's name dropdown for Project settings: metadata, a file breakdown, and Delete project.

Deleting a project is permanent and can't be undone.

Things to know

• Preferences are saved per browser. They don't follow you to another device unless you're logged in and Papers AI syncs your profile.

• Some account actions require you to be logged in. You'll be prompted if you try one anonymously.

Troubleshooting

Can't find Preferences

Open the gear icon in the header.

A setting didn't stick

Confirm you're logged in if it's a profile-level setting, rather than a per-browser one.

Next steps

• Managing your projects

• Adding and managing models