Set user preferences
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You can set user preferences on the user profile page in Azure DevOps. Changes can include the picture, display name, preferred email, and UI theme. These settings only apply to Azure DevOps.
Tip
- To change the settings for your work or school account, see Change work or school account settings in the My Account portal.
- You can't change the UI theme if you're using Internet Explorer. For more information about the browsers we support, see Azure DevOps client compatibility.
See the following articles for setting other user preferences:
- Change time and locale: Change the preferred language, date and time patterns, and time zone.
- Manage personal notifications: Add or review subscriptions to event changes.
- Refresh or reevaluate your permissions: Use to refresh permissions and make any recent changes take effect.
- Manage preview features: Enable or disable a preview feature for your user account.
Note
Language settings apply only to your profile page and don't affect the UI language.
On the Azure DevOps user profile page, you can change the user picture, display name, preferred email, language, date and time pattern, time zone, and other user interface preferences.
See the following articles for setting more user preferences:
Set preferences
From the home page, select
User settings, and then select Profile.
From the Profile page, you can change the profile picture, display name, contact information, and region. Select Save. Select the Time and Locale tab to change more settings, like language, date and time pattern, time zone, and UI theme.
To change the user preferences, open the user profile menu, and then select My profile.
From the General tab, you can change the following information:
- Profile picture
- Display name
- Preferred email
- Whether borders appear for fields on work item forms.
From the Locale tab, you can change the preferred language, date and time pattern, and time zone.
To change the UI theme, go back to the profile menu and select Theme. Choose between Dark and Light.
Select Save.
User profile settings are updated.