Adjust your personal settings in Jira
5 min
Beginner
By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to:
- Tailor Jira to your needs using personal settings
Explore your personal settings
Jira is a flexible tool, allowing for a variety of customizations. While your Jira admin or team leader will set up many customizations, there are a few important settings you can control.
To access your personal settings:
- In the top navigation bar, select Settings (represented by a gear).
- Select General settings.
- Update your preferences as you like.
👇 Here's where you access your personal settings.
👇 Click the numbered icons below to learn about each personal setting.
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Configure your Jira homepage
Your default homepage may be set to the Project directory. While this can be helpful at times, most users prefer to see the work assigned to them. To do this, set your homepage to Your work.
👉 Why is this helpful? It helps you find your work quickly and effortlessly. You can find recent projects, boards, and work items with a few clicks.
👇 Here's how to change your Jira homepage.
Turn on dark mode
In Jira, you can change the theme from your personal settings. You have three options: Light (the default), Dark, or Match browser, which will follow your browser's theme.
👇 Here's how you change your theme.
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