---
title: Settings
description: "Every section of your Artsume settings: account and handle, roles, notifications, privacy, plan and billing, appearance, matching, and organization requests."
date: 2026-08-25
author: Artsume Team
tags:
  - getting-started
  - settings
  - account
url: "https://www.artsume.com/docs/settings"
type: docs
---

# Settings

# Settings

Settings opens as a panel over whatever you were doing. Select the gear at
the bottom of the left rail; it carries no label, and its tooltip reads
Settings. The panel closes with **Done**.

Three sections save the moment you make a change: **Notifications**,
**Privacy & visibility**, and **Appearance**. Those are the ones that say
*Changes save automatically* at the foot of the panel. Everywhere else you
press a Save button, so leave the section only after you have. **Sign out**
sits at the bottom of the list.

## The sections

| Section | What it holds |
| --- | --- |
| **Account** | Your photo, your handle, your contact details, sign-in and security, connected accounts, and account deletion |
| **Roles** | The **What you do** control: your two sides, your disciplines, and your roles |
| **Notifications** | Which emails and push alerts Artsume sends you |
| **Privacy & visibility** | Browsing privately, sharing activity, and blocked accounts |
| **Plan & billing** | Artsume Pro, your payment method, and your invoices |
| **Appearance** | Theme and reduced motion, for this device |
| **Matching** | How Pro picks programs for you |
| **Organization requests** | Claims and join requests you've sent |

Four of them depend on what you do. **Matching** appears once you have an
artist side, because it tunes program recommendations. **Roles**,
**Privacy & visibility**, and **Plan & billing** appear once you have a
personal profile, published or not.

## Account

Your photo sits at the top, with **Change photo** and **Remove** beside it.

Below that, **Profile URL** shows your public address and lets you change
your handle. You can change it once every 30 days. Old links stop working
after a change, so a printed QR code or a business card carrying your old
handle stops resolving. You can also change your handle from the **Edit
profile** dialog on your profile, which is the same control in a different
place. See [Creating your profile](/docs/creating-profile).

**Sign-in & security** shows your email with a **Verified** or **Unverified**
badge and lets you change your password. **Connected accounts** covers Google
sign-in. Deleting your account is the last thing on the page.

## Roles

The section is headed **What you do**, and it is the one control that decides
whether your page carries a portfolio, a Roles row, or both. It holds two
switches, and each opens its own list below it: **Artist** opens
**Disciplines**, and **Arts professional** opens **Roles**. A live preview
under them shows the line your public page will print. This section has its
own **Save**.
[Artists and arts professionals](/docs/artists-and-professionals) explains
what each pick changes.

## Notifications

Email and push are two separate lists. A category on one is not paired with a
category on the other.

**Email** has four switches:

- **Application updates**: submission confirmations, decisions, and updates
  on your applications
- **Deadline reminders**: reminders as your deadlines approach, and nudges to
  finish your profile
- **Weekly digest**: a weekly summary of new programs and activity
- **Pending requests**: requests waiting on you, one email a day at most

All four start on. Artsume sends no marketing email, so there is no switch
for one.

**Push** has three switches, and they need your browser's permission the
first time you turn one on:

- **Messages**: new direct messages and replies
- **Network requests**: tracks, connect requests from organizations, and
  introductions
- **Program matches**: new programs matched to your profile

Turning these off does not silence Artsume inside the app. The bell in the
rail keeps its unread count either way.

![The unread count. At zero, the badge disappears.](https://www.artsume.com/images/docs/demos/notification-count-badge.png)

At the bottom of the section, you can subscribe to a calendar feed so your
deadlines land in your own calendar.

## Privacy & visibility

Three controls:

- **Browse privately** keeps you out of the audience list when you view
  someone else's profile. It cuts both ways: while it's on, you can't see who
  views yours either. See [Insights](/docs/insights).
- **Share activity across organizations** lets organizations you're in touch
  with share your activity and contact details with one another.
- **Blocked accounts** opens with **Manage**. People you've blocked can't
  track you or message you.

There is no public-or-private switch for your profile. Once your page is
published it is public, and tracking is instant. See
[Your network](/docs/your-network).

## Plan & billing

Everything about [Artsume Pro](/docs/artsume-pro) lives here. Pro belongs to
you as a person, so one subscription covers everything you do, whether or not
you make work.

On the free plan you see a **Current plan** panel and the Pro pricing, with a
**Get Pro** button. Nothing is charged until you upgrade.

On Pro you see your renewal or cancellation date, the card on file, and
**Invoice history** with a **View** link on each invoice. **Manage billing**
opens Stripe, and that is where you change your card or cancel. There is no
cancel button inside Artsume.

If an organization you belong to pays for a plan, that's billed separately in
the organization's own settings. See
[Organization plans](/docs/organization-plans).

## Appearance

**Theme** offers **Light**, **Dark**, and **System**, and **System** follows
your device. **Reduce motion** minimizes animations and transitions. Both
apply to the device you're on, not to your account, so your phone and your
laptop can differ.

## Matching

This tunes the programs Pro recommends: **How far will you travel?**, whether
you'll pay **Entry fees**, and **What kinds of programs interest you?**,
with a switch per program type. Press **Save preferences** when you are
done.

## Organization requests

If you've asked to claim an organization or join one, this is where those
requests stand. A row that is still pending offers **Withdraw**, and
**Enter code** as well when a code was mailed to the organization. A row
that has been answered shows its outcome and nothing to press. See
[Setting up your organization](/docs/setting-up-organization).

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Where do I turn off marketing emails?**
A: There isn't a switch, because Artsume doesn't send marketing email. The four email switches cover application updates, deadline reminders, the weekly digest, and pending requests.

**Q: How do I cancel Artsume Pro?**
A: Open Plan & billing and select Manage billing. That opens Stripe, where you cancel, change your card, and see every invoice. Artsume has no cancel button of its own.

**Q: Why don't I see the Matching section?**
A: Matching tunes program recommendations, so it appears once you have an artist side. Turn on Artist in What you do and it shows up.

**Q: Does dark mode follow me to my phone?**
A: No. Theme and reduced motion are saved on the device you set them on, so each browser and device keeps its own setting.

**Q: Can I make my profile private?**
A: No. A published page is public. Browse privately hides you when you view other people, and blocking stops a specific person from tracking or messaging you.