# Account settings and Preferences

> Change your Nodespell profile, creator profile and notifications in Account Settings, and set theme, accent, language and saved text in Preferences.

Source: https://docs.nodespell.com/account/settings/ · Last updated: 2026-11-10

Nodespell has two places for settings. **Account Settings** holds your profile, public creator profile, subscription, referrals, notifications, Teams and security. **Preferences** controls how the app looks and behaves, including theme, accent colour, language, saved text and editor defaults. Preferences are saved to your account, so they follow you when you sign in on another device.

## Open Account Settings

Choose **My account** from the account menu, at the bottom of the dashboard sidebar or in the editor's top bar. Account Settings opens as a window with these tabs:

| Tab                 | What you can change                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Profile**         | **First Name**, **Last Name** and **Avatar** (JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 5 MB). Your **Email** is shown but cannot be changed after registration. |
| **Creator Profile** | Your public display name, creator URL, bio, location, links and whether your email is public.                                                  |
| **Subscription**    | Your plan, credits, invoices and top-ups. See [Billing](https://docs.nodespell.com/account/billing/).                                                                    |
| **Referrals**       | Your referral code and link, and referral activity.                                                                                            |
| **Notification**    | Whether the **Continuous Improvement Survey** appears in the app.                                                                              |
| **Teams**           | Your Teams, invitations, members and Team credit usage. See [Teams](https://docs.nodespell.com/teams/).                                                                  |
| **Security**        | Multi-factor authentication, password, legal documents and account deletion. See [Sign-in and security](https://docs.nodespell.com/account/sign-in-and-security/).       |

After changing fields on **Profile**, **Creator Profile** or **Notification**, select **Save Changes**.

## Set up your public creator profile

Your creator profile appears on Spellworks, Workflows and Projects you publish.

| Field                            | Details                                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Public display name**          | The name shown on your profile and published work.                                                                                                       |
| **Creator URL**                  | Your public profile address. You can change it once every 30 days, and old URLs redirect to the current one. Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. |
| **Creator bio**                  | Up to 500 characters.                                                                                                                                    |
| **Location**                     | Where you or your studio are based.                                                                                                                      |
| **Creator social links**         | Up to 8 links. Paste a URL and Nodespell detects the type; **Website** accepts any domain.                                                               |
| **Show email in public profile** | Off by default. Turn it on to show your email on your public profile.                                                                                    |

## Open Preferences

Choose **Edit** > **Preferences** in the editor, or press `Cmd+,` on macOS or `Ctrl+,` on Windows. Use **Search all settings...** to find a setting by name, description or option. **Reset to Defaults** restores every preference after you confirm **Reset preferences**, and each setting has its own **Reset to default**.

Preferences are grouped into three sections:

| Group            | Categories                                                          |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **App**          | **General**, **User Interface**, **Hotkeys**, **Saved text**        |
| **Workspace**    | **Workspace Modes**, **Node Graph Editor**, **Panels**, **Viewers** |
| **Data & tools** | **My node defaults**, **Advanced**                                  |

## Change the theme and accent colour

Open **Preferences** > **User Interface**.

| Setting                                                  | Options                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Theme**                                                | **Dark** (default), **Light**, or **System** to follow your operating system.                                                 |
| **Interface Style**                                      | **Classic** (default), a softer look with rounded panels, or **Machinery**, an angular look with its own typeface.            |
| **UI Text Size**                                         | **Smallest**, **Smaller**, **Regular** (default), **Larger**, **Largest**. Scales text without changing layout or graph zoom. |
| **Accent Palette**                                       | **Nodespell** (default), 17 named colours from **Red** to **Rose**, or **Custom** with a **Custom Accent Color**.             |
| **Dark Mode Background** / **Light Mode Background**     | Brightness of the interface background, 0 to 100.                                                                             |
| **Background Tint Color** / **Background Tint Strength** | A subtle colour tint for neutral surfaces. Strength 0 means no tint.                                                          |
| **Graph Background**                                     | **Auto** keeps the graph canvas slightly darker than the interface; **Custom** uses the **Graph Background Level** you set.   |
| **Show Credit Balance In Top Bar**                       | Shows or hides the credit display.                                                                                            |
| **Show Status Bar Hotkey Help**                          | Shows or hides shortcut hints in the status bar.                                                                              |

## Change the language

Open **Preferences** > **General** and choose a **Language**: **English (US)**, **English (UK)** or **Chinese Simplified**. You can also change it from **More** > **Language** in the dashboard sidebar. **General** also has **Input Device Type**: **Auto**, **Mouse** or **Touchpad**, which tunes canvas navigation.

## Choose which workspace opens

In **Preferences** > **Workspace Modes**, **Default Workspace** sets whether Projects open in **Create**, **Graph** or **Immersive**. You can still switch from the workspace header. See [Workspace modes](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/workspace-modes/).

## Manage saved text

Saved text is your personal library of reusable prompts and text. Open **Preferences** > **Saved text** to add, edit, search, **Pin to top** or delete entries. Sort by **Recently edited**, **Name** or **Recently used on this device**.

1. Select **New**, add the **Text** and an optional **Name**, then select **Save**.
2. In any text field, type `/` or right-click and choose **Insert saved text**.
3. To save text you have selected in a field, right-click and choose **Save selection as text…**.

Saved text can be up to 20,000 characters, with names up to 200 characters. It syncs across your devices. When you are offline, changes are kept on the device and saved when you reconnect. If the same entry changes on two devices, Nodespell asks which version to keep. See [Prompts and saved text](https://docs.nodespell.com/graph/prompts-and-saved-text/).

## Other Preferences

- **Hotkeys** lists every keyboard shortcut with its panel and function. Search by name or key. See [Shortcuts](https://docs.nodespell.com/reference/shortcuts/).
- **Node Graph Editor**, **Panels** and **Viewers** set editor behaviour, such as grid, minimap, connection style and fullscreen playback.
- **My node defaults** holds the settings used when you add a node of each type.
- **Advanced** holds maintenance actions, such as restoring the Create draft warning.

## Cookie settings

Choose **Cookie settings** from the account menu to change which optional cookies Nodespell may use in this browser: **Necessary** are always on; **Analytics** and **Marketing** are optional.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I change my email address?

No. The **Profile** tab notes that your email cannot be changed after registration.

### Do my Preferences sync between devices?

Yes. Preferences are saved to your account. Saved text also syncs across devices.

### Can I change keyboard shortcuts?

The **Hotkeys** category lists and searches shortcuts. It does not offer a way to reassign them.

### How do I make my email public?

Open **Account Settings** > **Creator Profile**, turn on **Show email in public profile**, then select **Save Changes**.

## Related

- [Sign-in and security](https://docs.nodespell.com/account/sign-in-and-security/): password, MFA and account deletion.
- [Billing](https://docs.nodespell.com/account/billing/): the Subscription tab.
- [Prompts and saved text](https://docs.nodespell.com/graph/prompts-and-saved-text/): inserting saved text.
- [Interface tour](https://docs.nodespell.com/start/interface/): the workspace layout.
- [Shortcuts](https://docs.nodespell.com/reference/shortcuts/): every keyboard shortcut.