Settings

A window over Studio. Changes save as you make them. There is no Save button. Click outside the window to close it.

How to open it

Studio sidebar, Settings. Or the overlay menu, Settings. Or the tray menu, Settings.

A dialog with a left rail and a scrolling body

Close settings: The corner of the dialog, and also a click on the dim area around it Closes Settings and keeps what you already changed.
General: Left rail, under the Settings heading, first item Hotkey, startup, sound, dictation, and defaults.
Appearance: Left rail, second item Theme gallery.
Vibe Coding: Left rail, third item File tagging and variable recognition.
Account: Left rail, under the Account heading Who is signed in.
Data and Privacy: Under Account Export and delete.
About Anvyll: Last item in the rail Version and updates.

The body when General is selected. Each row is a label, a short explanation, and a control on the right.

Shortcuts: First row. Shows the current hotkey. Change turns the hotkey into a key field. Tap the hotkey to open the overlay. Hold it to dictate. The default is Ctrl+Space.
Hotkey reminder: Second row After two hours without the overlay, show a reminder.
Start with Windows: Third row Launch Anvyll in the tray when you sign in to Windows.
Sound effects: Fourth row Turns the interface sounds on or off.
Hold to dictate: Fifth row Hold the hotkey to dictate into the focused field.
Clean up dictation: Sixth row Remove fillers and fix punctuation. Off inserts the raw transcript.
Transcribe while speaking: Seventh row On: audio is sent while you hold the keys. Off: Anvyll waits until you release.
Screen context: Eighth row Use the active app and surrounding text when refining.
Session memory: Ninth row After Apply or Copy, refresh this chat's standing context. On a plan that meters it, the row says it uses credits.
Default target model: Tenth row, a dropdown The model a new overlay starts from, before the app you are in suggests another.
Default guide level: Eleventh row, a dropdown Cool, Warm, Hot, or Max.
Default persona: Twelfth row, a text field. Placeholder: Optional role or perspective. An optional role that rides along with refines. Typing saves on its own. The field keeps focus while you type.
Anonymous telemetry: Last General row A preference for basic reliability signals. The row says nothing is transmitted in this release.

A theme list with a preview in the empty slot beside it

Theme: The list: Flow, Ember Forge, Forged Steel, White-hot Ingot, Ash Paper, Cool Temper, Midnight Anvil, Crimson Shop, Tempered Green, and Ink. Flow is the default. Picking a theme updates the overlay, Studio, and onboarding immediately. The preview sits in the grid beside the list. Ink is black and white only.

Two rows

Variable recognition: First row. The switch is labelled for VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf. Set up is on the right. Learn more is in the explanation. Set up opens a guide with no close mark. Click outside the guide to dismiss it. The guide says: in Cursor or Windsurf, press Ctrl+Alt+F1. Or open the Command Palette with Ctrl+Shift+P, run Toggle Screen Reader Accessibility Mode, and confirm Screen Reader Optimized in the bottom bar. The copy says this helps when you are prompting.
File tagging: Second row. The switch is labelled File tagging. When you refine in a code editor or AI chat, filenames in the result become @name tags.

The body when Account is selected

Signed in: Shows your name, email, and plan Sign out signs out on this PC. The hotkey stays registered. Sign out all devices signs out everywhere. A toast confirms it.
Sign in: Shown when you are signed out, as the primary button Opens sign-in in the browser and returns to Anvyll.

The body when Data and Privacy is selected

Privacy policy: In the first paragraph Opens the privacy policy.
Terms: In the same paragraph Opens the terms.
Export my account data: The action row Saves an account export. A toast names the file.
Export local vault: Beside export, using that label Saves a copy of the prompts stored on this PC.
Delete account: On the same row when you are signed in Opens Delete account permanently? Cancel closes it. Permanently delete asks for the account password. Confirm with Google is the path for a Google account. While it runs the label is Deleting… or Waiting for Google.

The body when About Anvyll is selected

Current version: First row The version you are running.
Update status: Second row: Up to date, Update available, Downloading, Update ready, Update failed, or Check failed The state of the update.
Check for updates: Under the rows. Reads Checking… while it runs. Looks for an update. Toasts: You're on the latest version, Update ready. Restart when you are, Updates are checked on packaged installs, or Couldn't check for updates.
Download manually: Beside Check for updates, only after a failed check Opens the download page.