Settings
Settings are split into two dialogs that open on top of the screen you’re on.
| Personal settings | Workspace settings | |
|---|---|---|
| Applies to | Your whole account | The selected workspace |
| How to open | Account menu → Settings | Account menu → the gear on the workspace’s row ({name} settings) |
| Tabs | General, Account, Integrations, Signature | General, Members, Billing, Integrations |
| Direct link | ?settings=<tab> |
None |
Personal settings
Section titled “Personal settings”Select your avatar at the bottom of the navigation rail (Account menu), then select Settings to open Personal settings. The bottom of the dialog has Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links.
Direct links
Section titled “Direct links”Add ?settings=<tab> to the end of the app address to open that Personal settings tab directly. For example, ?settings=integrations opens the Integrations tab.
| Value | Tab it opens |
|---|---|
general |
General |
account |
Account |
integrations |
Integrations |
signature |
Signature |
General
Section titled “General”- Theme: Choose Light, Dark or System. System follows your device’s light or dark setting.
- Language: Choose 한국어 or English. Changing the language reloads the page, and any note you’re editing is saved first. If saving fails, the app shows
Couldn't save your note, so the language switch was cancelled. Please try again.and the language stays the same.
Your theme and language choices are saved in the browser you’re using. You may need to choose again in another browser or on another device. Until you choose a language, the app follows your browser’s language setting.
Account
Section titled “Account”- Profile: Change your Name and select Save. Email is shown for reference only, with
Email can't be changed. - Change password: For accounts that signed up with email, enter Current password, New password and Confirm new password.
Changing it logs out other devices. - Create password: Accounts created with social login such as Google, which have no password, can create one. After that, both social login and email login work.
Integrations
Section titled “Integrations”Connected accounts is where you manage the tools connected to your account.
- AI tool connection (MCP): Automatically logs work finished in AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor as MashNote activity. You also generate the auto-logging prompt here. See AI tool connection (MCP).
- GitHub: Links your GitHub account so commits are recognized as yours, and connects My repositories to bring commits you authored into My Mash. See GitHub integration.
- Slack: Links who you are inside Slack. You need this to log Slack threads. See Slack integration.
Workspace-level GitHub and Slack installs are in the Integrations tab of Workspace settings.
Signature
Section titled “Signature”Under My signature, register or change the stamp, handwriting or image signature used for research-note e-signatures.
Workspace settings
Section titled “Workspace settings”- Select your avatar at the bottom of the navigation rail (Account menu).
- In the workspace list, select the gear on the workspace’s row (
{name} settings). The current workspace’s gear is always visible; for other workspaces it appears when you hover over the row or focus it with the keyboard.
The workspace name appears at the top of the Workspace settings dialog. There’s no direct link to Workspace settings, and workspaces you joined as a guest have no gear.
General
Section titled “General”| Item | What it does | Who can change it |
|---|---|---|
| Workspace name | Set a name of 1–120 characters and Save. | Owners, admins |
| My role | Shows your role in this workspace. | — |
| Allow share links | Controls whether new public web links can be created for notes. | Owners, admins |
| Trash retention period | How long notes deleted from now on stay in Trash. Choose 30 days, or 60 days or 90 days on Plus and Business plans. | Owners, admins |
| Delete workspace | Permanently deletes the workspace and all its data. You type the workspace name to confirm. | Owner |
If you turn off share links
Section titled “If you turn off share links”When Allow share links is off, no new public web links can be created for notes. Public links that already exist aren’t revoked or deleted automatically and keep working. To stop an existing link, turn off link sharing in that note’s sharing settings. See Note sharing.
If you change the trash retention period
Section titled “If you change the trash retention period”The new retention period applies to notes deleted after you save the setting. The scheduled permanent-deletion dates of notes already in Trash don’t change. In Free workspaces, the 60- and 90-day options are disabled. For restore and permanent-delete permissions, see Trash and restoring notes.
Members
Section titled “Members”- See the member list, roles and the Guests group. Every role except guests can see it.
- Owners and admins can Invite, Resend or Cancel Pending invitations, change roles and remove people, and on Plus and Business they also see seat usage.
For details, see Workspaces and members and Roles.
Billing
Section titled “Billing”Check the current plan, payment method, plan comparison, trial code and subscription management. Every role except guests can see it, but only owners and admins can change anything.
- Plans and limits
- Upgrade and add a card
- Trial codes
- Manage subscription: seats, cancel, undo
- Change or remove the card
Integrations
Section titled “Integrations”Connect GitHub and Slack to this workspace. Unlike the Integrations tab in Personal settings, tools connected here work on behalf of this workspace.
- GitHub: Brings repository activity (commit pushes) into this workspace’s activity feed. See GitHub integration.
- Slack: Captures Slack messages into this workspace. See Slack integration.