# Settings | ByteSweep Docs

> A guide to every group in ByteSweep Settings on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Canonical: https://bytesweep.app/docs/setup/settings.html
Last updated: 2026-11-02

## Settings

Where each option lives.

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On Mac

| Pane | What's there |
| --- | --- |
| **General**| Layout, login, menu bar, Dock, notch, developer features, keyboard shortcuts, updates,**Clear all data…**,**Reset ByteSweep…** |
| **Licence** | Your key. |
| **Appearance** | Theme, language, units, temperature, network speed. |
| **Menu Bar**,**Notch** | What they show, and how they open. |
| **Monitoring** | History, dev server watching, Screen Time, charge limit, app alerts. |
| **Notifications** | Allow them, and pick which you get. |
| **Check automatically** | [Schedules and Space Guard](https://bytesweep.app/docs/learn/automatic.html) . |
| **What ByteSweep will never touch** | The rule list (developer features only). |
| **Drives ByteSweep remembers** | Your catalog. |
| **Recovery** | Default destination. |
| **Privacy** | Update sources, permission to change sleep settings. |
| **Default Apps** | What opens each kind of file. |

On Windows and Linux

| Section | What's there |
| --- | --- |
| **General** | Layout, language, updates, developer features, startup. |
| **Appearance** | Theme. |
| **Top bar & tray** | What they show, tools, colours. |
| **Notifications** | Which alerts you get. |
| **Cleaning & undo**| Keep time, big file size,**Check automatically**, folders never touched. |
| **Licence** | Your key. |
| **Advanced** | Search shortcut, data folder, resets, history and privacy, app updates, drives, what Clean looks for. |

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Updated 2026-11-02. Something wrong here? Write to [support@bytesweep.app](mailto:support@bytesweep.app).