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   :description: Overview to digiKam Setup Dialog
   :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, setup, configuration

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   :authors: - digiKam Team

   :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html)

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Overview
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digiKam tries to give you as much control over how it works as possible. There are many options that change the behavior of the application. To access these settings select :menuselection:`Settings --> Configure digiKam...` from the menu-bar. The configuration dialog is separated by categories displayed in independent pages. You can change between these pages by clicking on the icons on the left-hand side of the dialog.

.. figure:: images/setup_dialog.webp

.. note::

    If you press **Ok** button, the configuration will be saved in your home directory and applied to the current application session. Next Session will re-use the same settings. If you press **Cancel**, nothing will be changed.