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# Make UniGetUI your own

Change UniGetUI's theme, language and startup page, and choose how it behaves in the background and which notifications you get.

A few settings make UniGetUI feel like it belongs on your computer: the look, the language, the page it opens on, and how much it talks to you. Everything on this page is in ***Settings***. To jump to a setting, open ***Settings*** and type part of its name in the ***Search settings*** box of the title bar.

## Look and language

<table><thead><tr><th width="250">TO</th><th>GO TO</th><th>SET</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Use light or dark mode</td><td><em><strong>User interface preferences</strong></em></td><td><em><strong>Application theme:</strong></em> to <em><strong>Light</strong></em>, <em><strong>Dark</strong></em> or <em><strong>Follow system color scheme</strong></em>.</td></tr><tr><td>Change the language</td><td><em><strong>General preferences</strong></em></td><td><em><strong>UniGetUI display language:</strong></em>. <em><strong>System language</strong></em> follows your operating system. Restart UniGetUI to apply it.</td></tr><tr><td>Open on the page you use most</td><td><em><strong>User interface preferences</strong></em></td><td><em><strong>UniGetUI startup page:</strong></em>, for example <em><strong>Software Updates</strong></em> if you mainly keep apps up to date.</td></tr><tr><td>Keep the left menu open or tucked away</td><td><em><strong>User interface preferences</strong></em></td><td><em><strong>Navigation menu:</strong></em> to <em><strong>Automatic</strong></em>, <em><strong>Docked open</strong></em> or <em><strong>Sliding overlay</strong></em>.</td></tr><tr><td>Use the Windows system font</td><td><em><strong>User interface preferences</strong></em></td><td><em><strong>Use the font configured in Windows instead of the default interface font</strong></em> (Windows only, restart required).</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Each language shows how complete its translation is. If yours is partly translated, the missing text appears in English.
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## Package lists

In ***User interface preferences***, under ***Package lists***, you choose what the lists show:

* ***Show package icons on package lists*** and ***Show illustrations on package lists*** for a more visual look, or turn them off for a compact, faster list.
* ***Show the installer host on package lists*** and ***Show the download size on package lists*** add a column each. Useful when you care where an installer comes from or how big it is.
* ***Select upgradable packages by default*** pre-selects every app in ***Software Updates***, so updating everything is a single click.

## Keep UniGetUI running in the background

With ***Close UniGetUI to the system tray*** on (in ***User interface preferences***), closing the window keeps UniGetUI running in the notification area. That's what lets it check for updates, run [scheduled tasks](/unigetui/guides/updates/schedule.md) and notify you.

The tray icon shows whether updates are available or an operation is running. Click it to bring the window back, or right-click it for shortcuts to ***Discover Packages***, ***Available Updates*** and ***Installed Packages***, plus ***Show UniGetUI*** and ***Quit***.

To fully close UniGetUI, choose ***Quit*** in the tray menu, or ***Quit UniGetUI*** in the ***More*** menu at the bottom of the left menu.

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On macOS, closing the window always keeps UniGetUI running, like most Mac apps. Use ***Quit*** to close it.
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### Start UniGetUI with Windows

In ***User interface preferences***, click ***Open*** next to ***Manage UniGetUI autostart behaviour***. Windows opens its startup apps settings, where you turn UniGetUI on or off.

On macOS and Linux, use your system's login items or autostart settings.

## Choose your notifications

Open ***Settings*** – ***Notification preferences***.

* ***Enable UniGetUI notifications*** turns all system notifications on or off.
* Under ***Notification types***, pick what you want to hear about: available updates, operations in progress, failures, or successes. A good quiet setup is to keep only ***Show a notification when an operation fails***.
* ***Show an in-app summary toast when a batch of operations finishes*** shows a summary inside the window instead.

To stop update notifications from one package manager only, open it from ***Package Managers*** and turn on ***Ignore packages from {manager} when showing a notification about updates***.

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Notifications need the tray icon. If ***Close UniGetUI to the system tray*** is off, the notification settings are locked.
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## Good to know

* UniGetUI has no sound settings. Notifications use your operating system's notification sound.
* Notification types are available on Windows and macOS.
* UniGetUI follows your system's "reduce motion" or animation effects setting. See [Keyboard shortcuts and accessibility](/unigetui/reference/keyboard-shortcuts-and-accessibility.md).
* To copy your setup to another computer, use ***Export settings to a local file*** in ***General preferences***, then ***Import settings from a local file*** on the other computer.
* Every option is described in [All settings](/unigetui/reference/settings.md#user-interface-preferences).

## Next

* [Run updates on a schedule](/unigetui/guides/updates/schedule.md)
* [Keyboard shortcuts and accessibility](/unigetui/reference/keyboard-shortcuts-and-accessibility.md)


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