---
title: Configuring basic settings in GitHub Desktop
intro: 'You can access settings for protecting your privacy, connecting accounts to {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %}, and configuring Git.'
redirect_from:
  - /desktop/getting-started-with-github-desktop/configuring-basic-settings
  - /desktop/installing-and-configuring-github-desktop/configuring-basic-settings
  - /desktop/installing-and-configuring-github-desktop/configuring-and-customizing-github-desktop/configuring-basic-settings
  - /desktop/installing-and-configuring-github-desktop/configuring-and-customizing-github-desktop/configuring-basic-settings-in-github-desktop
versions:
  feature: desktop
shortTitle: Configure basic settings
---
{% mac %}

{% data reusables.desktop.mac-select-desktop-menu %}
1. To view or change your settings, toggle between the panes in the "Preferences" window.

   ![Screenshot of the "Preferences" window. The left sidebar, with menu options such as "Accounts" and "Integrations", is highlighted with an orange outline.](/assets/images/help/desktop/mac-select-preferences-pane.png)

   {% indented_data_reference reusables.desktop.preferences-options-tabs spaces=3 %}

{% endmac %}

{% windows %}

{% data reusables.desktop.windows-choose-options %}
1. To view or change your settings, toggle between the panes in the "Options" window.

   ![Screenshot of the "Options" window. The left sidebar, with menu options such as "Accounts" and "Integrations", is highlighted with an orange outline.](/assets/images/help/desktop/window-select-options-pane.png)

   {% indented_data_reference reusables.desktop.preferences-options-tabs spaces=3 %}

{% endwindows %}

## Further reading

- "[AUTOTITLE](/desktop/configuring-and-customizing-github-desktop/setting-a-theme-for-github-desktop)"