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Settings

Manage account​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Account.

Change display name​

  1. Under Profile, enter your new display name into the display name field.
  2. Finish by selecting Save next to the field.

Change profile picture​

Under Profile, click the profile picture on the right to upload a new profile picture. Select Remove to remove the profile picture.

Manage email addresses​

  1. Under Email addresses, enter an email address into the email address field and select Add.
  2. Follow the instructions provided in the email that you received. Then, return to Secure Messaging to continue.
  3. To remove an email address, select Remove on the right side of the email address.

Manage phone numbers​

  1. Under Phone numbers, enter a phone number to the field and select Add.
  2. To remove a phone number, select Remove on the right side of the number.

Change password​

Under Account, enter the passwords and select Change Password.

Manage devices​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Devices.

Security recommendations​

Improve your account security by reviewing the recommendations.

  1. Unverified devices
  2. Inactive devices

The recommendation is to view and sign out from these devices.

Current device​

View and verify your current device.

Other devices​

Lists all the devices you are signed in. You can filter the devices by:

  • All. All devices.
  • Verified. Devices that are ready for secure messaging.
  • Unverified. Devices that are not ready for secure messaging.
  • Inactive. Devices that have been inactive for 90 days or longer.

Enable and disable push notifications​

  1. Under All devices, select the device that you want to modify.
  2. Click the toggle next to Push notifications to enable or disable push notifications. The push notifications are enabled by default.

Sign out from a device​

  1. Under Other devices, select the devices that you want to sign out.
  2. Click Sign out.

Alternatively, you can sign out from individual device by selecting the device and clicking Sign out of this device.

Customize your appearance​

NOTE. Changes in the appearance settings apply only to the current device.

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Appearance.

Change theme​

Under Theme, select your preferred theme.

Change message layout​

Under Message layout, select your preferred message layout.

Font size​

Under Font size, select your preferred font size.

Image size​

Under Image size in the timeline, select your preferred image size.

Manage notifications​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Notifications.

You can change the following notification settings:

  • Enable notifications. Default setting: on.
  • Enable desktop notifications. Default setting: on.
  • Show message preview in desktop notification. Default setting: on.
  • Enable notification sounds. Default setting: on.

I want to be modified for

  • All messages. Default setting: on.
  • People, Mentions and Keywords. Default setting: on.
  • Mentions and Keywords only. Default setting: on.

Play a sound for

  • People. Default setting: on.
  • Mentions and Keywords. Default setting: on.
  • Audio and Video calls. Default setting: on.
  • Invited to a room. Default setting: on.
  • New room activity, upgrades and status messages occur. Default setting: on.
  • Messages sent by bots. Default setting: off.

Show a badge with count

  • When someone mentions using @room. Default setting: on.
  • When someone mentions using @displayname or @[your-user-name]:examplehomeserver.com. Default setting: on.
  • When someone uses a keyword. Default setting: on. Enter a keyword into the Keyword field and select Add.

Reset to default settings​

To reset your notification settings, scroll down to Quick Actions and select Reset to default settings.

Mark all messages as read​

To mark all messages as read, scroll down to Quick Actions and select Mark all messages as read.

Manage language settings​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Preferences.

Change language​

  1. Under Language and region, open the drop-down menu and select your preferred language.
  2. Next to Allow spell check, click the toggle to enable and disable spell-check.

Change preferences​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Preferences.

You can change the app behaviour as per your preferences.

Keyboard shortcuts​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Keyboard.

Here you acn view the keyboard shortcuts for using the Secure Messaging app.

Modify the sidebar​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.

  2. Select Sidebar.

  3. Select the spaces that you want to show in your sidebar.

    Home is always shown in the sidebar. In addition to Home, you can show the following spaces:

    • Show all rooms. Show all your rooms in Home, even if they're in a space. Default setting: off.
    • Favorites. Group all your favourite rooms and people in one place. Default setting: off.
    • Direct messages. Group all your people in one place. Default setting: off.
    • Rooms outside a space. Group all your rooms that aren't part of a space in one place. Default setting: off.

Change voice and video settings​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Voice & Video.

Change voice settings​

Under Voice settings, you can change the following voice settings:

  • Audio output. Open the drop-down menu to change the audio output.
  • Microphone. Open the drop-down menu to change the microphone.
  • Automatically adjust the microphone volume. Default setting: on

Change video settings​

Under Video settings, you can change the following video settings:

  • Camera. Open the drop-down menu to change the camera.
  • Mirror local video feed. Default setting: on
  • Open group calls in a new window. Default setting: on

Advanced settings​

Under Advanced, you can change the following settings:

  • Noise suppression. Default setting: on
  • Echo cancellation. Default setting: on
  • Allow Peer-to-Peer for 1:1 calls. Default setting: on
  • Allow fallback call assist server. Default setting: off

Change security and privacy settings​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select All settings.
  2. Select Security & Privacy.

Secure backup​

  1. Under Encryption and Secure Backup, select Restore from Backup.
  2. Wait for the messages to be restored.
  3. Click OK.

Change your access code​

  1. Under Encryption and Secure Backup, select Reset.
  2. Enter your new access code and select Continue.
  3. Confirm the new access code and select Continue.

Under Encryption and Message search, you can view and manage the encrypted message search parameters.

Enable/disable sending encrypted messages to unverified devices​

Under Advanced and Cryptography, click the toggle to enable or disable sending encrypted messages to unverified devices from this device. The default setting: off.

View ignored users​

Under Advanced and Ignored users, view the list of users that you have ignored on Secure Messaging.

Help and about​

  1. Navigate to the side bar and click your profile. Select Settings.
  2. Select Help & About.

View version information​

The current Secure Messaging version can be found under Versions.

Check for updates​

Under Versions, click Check for update.

Under Legal, follow the links for more information.

View server information​

The homeserver and identity servers can be found under Advanced.

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