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Settings reference
Every page of Luma’s Settings, in the order they appear, and what each one contains.
Open Settings
Press Ctrl+,, or choose ⋯ menu › Settings. The list on the left has four groups: Browser, Browsing, Privacy and You and Luma. Type in Search settings to find a setting on any page.
Settings open over the page (in a private window, in a tab of their own): press Esc, Ctrl+, again or the close button to put them away. Changes apply as soon as you make them.
Browser
General
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| On startup | Open a new tab (default), Continue where you left off, or Open a specific page, which adds Home page for its address. |
| Language | Same as Windows (default), English or Italiano. |
| Default browser | Says whether Luma is your default browser; Make default opens Windows’ Default apps settings, where you choose Luma Browser. |
| Import data | Bookmarks, history, passwords and open tabs from another browser on this PC, a passwords file (Passwords (CSV)…) or a bookmarks file (HTML…). See Bring your data over. |
| Sessions | Save current session keeps all open windows, workspaces and groups under a name; Open brings one back. Below are the Automatic snapshots (hourly). See Sessions. |
Appearance
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Theme, Accent color, Colour the whole browser | Light or dark, the accent colour and how much it tints the window. See Appearance. |
| Reduce transparency | Solid surfaces instead of translucent materials. See Appearance. |
| New Tab background | A picture of yours for the new tab page. |
| Layout section | Tabs (Sidebar, On top, Dock), Show workspaces, the dock’s Dock position, Floating dock and Magnify icons, the sidebar’s Address bar (On top or In the sidebar), Sidebar width and Compact mode, Tab size, Show bookmarks bar and Theme file. See Layouts. |
| Toolbar section | In the address bar: Reader View button in the address bar and Bookmark star in the address bar. On the right: Downloads button (When there are downloads, Always, Never) and Extensions. The menu button is always there. |
Tabs
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Open links in new tabs in the background | A link opened in a new tab doesn’t take you to it. | On |
| Close the window when closing the last tab | Closing the last tab closes the window too. | On |
| Picture-in-picture when you switch tabs | A video playing with sound keeps going in a small floating window. | On |
| Ctrl+T opens a floating search | See the floating search. | On |
| Close unused tabs | Never, or after 12 or 24 hours, 3 or 7 days. Pinned tabs, Essentials and tabs playing sound stay; closed tabs are in Recently closed. | Never |
Browsing
Search
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Search engine | DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Startpage, Google, Bing or Ecosia. | DuckDuckGo |
| Search suggestions | Sends what you type in the address bar to the search engine, for its suggestions. | Off |
Downloads
Download location, Ask where to save each file and Notify me when a download finishes. See Downloads.
Links & mouse
Preview links (Peek): Alt + click (default), Shift + click or Off. Hold the key and click a link to open it in a preview above the page. See Link previews.
Keyboard shortcuts
Every action and its shortcuts, to search and change. See Keyboard shortcuts.
Privacy
Privacy & security
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Block trackers | On |
| Block intrusive ads | On |
| Hide cookie banners | On |
| Block third-party cookies | On |
| HTTPS-first | On |
| Limit fingerprinting | On |
| Warn me about dangerous sites | On |
| Global Privacy Control | On |
| Send “Do Not Track” | Off |
| Secure DNS: Automatic, Always (DNS over HTTPS) or Off, with a Provider (Quad9, Cloudflare, Mullvad, Google) | Automatic, Quad9 |
Below them, Site permissions opens the Privacy dashboard and Clear data… opens Clear browsing data. See Blocking, Safety, Site permissions and History.
Passwords
Offer to save passwords, Sign in with saved passwords, Fill in addresses and Fill in payment cards (all on by default), and Saved passwords › Manage. See Passwords and Autofill.
My filters
Your own rules, applied with the ad and tracker blocker. Elements you hide with Block element appear here; Add rules takes several at once. See Blocking.
Containers
Each container keeps its own cookies, logins and site data, so you can use two accounts on the same site side by side. Create one with New container, and under Sites assigned to containers choose sites that always open in a given container.
You and Luma
Profiles
Your profiles, New profile, and Ask which profile to use when Luma starts. See Profiles.
Sync
Keeps bookmarks, history, Read later, your filters, settings and open tabs the same on your computers, encrypted with your passphrase, through a folder or a WebDAV server. See Sync.
Performance
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency mode | Background tabs sleep after 10 minutes, no animations or blur effects. | Off |
| Hibernate inactive tabs | Frees memory from tabs you haven’t used for a while: Never, 5, 15 or 30 minutes, 1 hour, or Custom. Tabs with sound, calls, downloads or unsaved forms stay awake. | 1 hour |
| Memory limit | No limit, or 350 MB to 2 GB. Above it, tabs unused for at least 5 minutes go to sleep, least recently used first. | No limit |
| Also hibernate pinned tabs | Pinned tabs can sleep too. | Off |
| Always keep these sites awake | Sites whose tabs never sleep: type one and click Add. | None |
| Use hardware acceleration | Uses the graphics card. Applies after restarting Luma. | On |
Advanced
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Developer tools | Allows F12 and Inspect. | On |
| Get beta versions | New versions before they come out, for testers. See Updates. | Off |
| About Luma | Shows the versions of Luma and Chromium. The button opens the About Luma page, with Check for updates. |