status-web/apps/website/docs/your-profile-and-preferences/index.md

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title: Your profile and preferences
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Set up your Status profile and notifications, customize your settings and fix common issues.

## Manage your profile

- [Create and use **additional Status profiles**][create-and-use-additional-status-profiles]
- [**Sign into** your Status profile on a new device][sign-into-your-status-profile-on-a-new-device]
- [**View and edit** your Status profile][view-and-edit-your-status-profile]
- [**Share** your Status profile][share-your-status-profile]
- [**Sync** your profile across devices][sync-your-profile-across-devices]
- [**Remove** a Status profile from your profile list][remove-a-status-profile-from-your-profile-list]
- [**Log out** of Status][log-out-of-status]
- [**Delete** your Status profile][delete-your-status-profile]

## Change your settings and preferences

- [Status settings **reference**][status-settings-reference]
- [Enable **rich link previews** in messages][enable-rich-link-previews-in-messages]
- [Register or add your **ENS name** in Status][register-or-add-your-ens-name-in-status]
- [Set the **default browser** in Status][set-the-default-browser-in-status]

## Adjust your notifications

- [Your Status **notifications guide**][your-status-notifications-guide]
- [Set up your **notification settings**][set-up-your-notification-settings]
- [**View** notifications and updates][view-notifications-and-updates]
- [**Mute** your notifications][mute-your-notifications]
- [Customize **direct message** notifications][customize-direct-message-notifications]
- [Configure **mentions and all other messages**][configure-mentions-and-all-other-messages]
- [Customize **group chat** notifications][customize-group-chat-notifications]
- [Configure **community and channel** notifications][configure-community-and-channel-notifications]
- [Set up and customize **notification exceptions**][set-up-and-customize-notification-exceptions]
- [Customize **membership request** notifications][customize-membership-request-notifications]
- [**Reset** your notification settings][reset-your-notification-settings]

## Your profile security and privacy

- [**Back up and secure** your recovery phrase][back-up-and-secure-your-recovery-phrase]
- [Understand your **Status keys** and **recovery phrase**][understand-your-status-keys-and-recovery-phrase]
- [**View your profile** as someone else][view-your-profile-as-someone-else]
- [About changing your **password**][about-changing-your-password]
- [**Remove a contact** from Status][remove-a-contact-from-status]
- [Set up **biometric authentication**][set-up-biometic-authentication]
- [**FAQ**: Status keys and recovery phrase][faq-status-keys-and-recovery-phrase]
- [**Block or unblock** someone in Status][block-or-unblock-someone-in-status]
- [**Stay anonymous** when your messages are forwarded][stay-anonymous-when-your-messages-are-forwarded]
- [Set up **automatic locking** for the Status app][set-up-automatic-locking-for-the-status-app]

## Troubleshooting

- [If you **lose** your Status **password** or **recovery phrase**][if-you-lose-your-status-password-or-recovery-phrase]
- [**Uninstall** Status desktop][uninstall-status-desktop]
- [Common issues when the **community's control node is offline**][common-issues-when-the-community-s-control-node-is-offline]

## Use your Keycard

- [Keycard: your **quick start guide**][keycard-your-quick-start-guide]
- [Create or restore your Status profile **using Keycard**][create-or-restore-your-status-profile-using-keycard]

## Handle your contact list and user verification

- [**Remove** a contact from Status][remove-a-contact-from-status]
- [Respond to a **contact request**][respond-to-a-contact-request]
- [Understand Status **profile labels**][understand-status-profile-labels]
- [**Add a contact** in Status][add-a-contact-in-status]