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title: "Account & session"
description: "Open Settings → General and set Appearance to Light, Dark, or System. System follows your operating-system preference."
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# Account & session

![The account menu opened from the profile avatar, showing usage remaining, language, theme, the manuals, settings, console and sign out](/manual/assets/product/chat-account-menu-20260813.webp)
_Everything in this section lives behind the profile avatar at the bottom-left._

### Light & dark theme

Open _Settings → General_ and set Appearance to Light, Dark, or System. System follows your operating-system preference.

### Reduced motion

If your operating system is set to reduce motion, the interface honors it automatically — animations are minimized.

### Model & session settings

Choose the model, reasoning effort, and speed from the selector inside the composer on desktop and mobile. See [Model & session settings](/manual/using-sotaagents/model-and-session-settings).

### Account & sign out

Open the account menu at the bottom of the sidebar to see your name, email, and connection status. Click _Sign out_ when you're done — every time on a shared computer.

### Settings

Open _Settings_ from the account menu to manage General, AI Agent, Memory, Security, Usage, and — when supported by the deployed gateway — Login history.

### Personal Memory

The Memory tab lets admitted members control recall and learning separately, choose which categories may be learned, and review, correct, confirm, forget, import, or export private saved items. Incognito and guest/public sessions neither use nor write personal memory.

### General and AI Agent settings

Use the _General_ tab to manage profile details, Appearance, Chat font, and Motion.

![Account Settings on the General tab with the Appearance menu open for System, Light, and Dark](/manual/assets/product/chat-settings-general-20260903.webp)
_General combines profile details with visual and motion preferences._

Use _Settings → AI Agent_ to choose the send shortcut, Queue or Steer follow-up behavior, turn-completion notifications, custom instructions, Stats for nerds, and model-context visibility.

![The AI Agent settings tab showing send shortcut, follow-up behavior, notifications, and custom instructions](/manual/assets/product/chat-settings-ai-agent-20260903.webp)
_AI Agent keeps conversation behavior and diagnostics in one tab._

Open the _Voice_ section to choose Voice, Style, and Speed for read aloud. Playback streams sentence by sentence, so it can begin before the full answer is ready.

![The AI Agent Voice settings showing voice, style, and speed controls below technical details](/manual/assets/product/chat-settings-ai-agent-voice-20260903.webp)
_Voice settings apply to the Read aloud action on assistant replies._

### Manage Personal Memory

Open _Settings → Memory_. _Personal memory_ pauses or resumes the feature without deleting saved items. _Use memory in chats_ controls recall; _Learn from chats_ controls background capture after completed chats. Category controls cover communication style, working style, tool preferences, personal details, and long-term goals. Turning a category off stops new automatic saves but does not delete existing items.

![Personal Memory settings with separate recall and learning controls, category policies, and manage, activity, import, and export actions](/manual/assets/product/chat-memory-settings-20260813.webp)
_Recall, learning, and category permissions are independent; pausing memory keeps already saved items._

Use _View and manage memory_ to inspect each item, edit incorrect wording, confirm an item that needs review, or forget it. Workspace-specific memory remains private to your account—it is relevant only in that workspace, not shared with workspace members. _Memory activity_ records recent policy and item changes; export downloads JSON, while import previews content from another AI before adding it.

![The private Personal Memory manager listing saved communication, personal-detail, and working-style items with edit and forget controls](/manual/assets/product/chat-memory-items-20260813.webp)
_Saved items can span all workspaces or stay relevant to one workspace, while remaining private to the account owner._

### Two-factor authentication and login history

In _Settings → Security_, enroll a TOTP authenticator, save the one-time recovery codes, review trusted devices, or disable 2FA after re-authentication. _Login history_ appears only when the current gateway exposes that endpoint and shows recent sign-in activity; native OAuth availability can differ by desktop/mobile deployment.

★. #### View usage quota

   Select the **profile avatar** at the **bottom-left** of the screen to view the remaining usage quota and credit balance.

↩. #### Log out

   Select the **profile avatar** menu at the bottom-left, then select **Sign out** to end the session.