---
title: "Settings"
description: "Global settings, theme, proxy/mirror configuration, and data locations"
icon: "cog"
sidebarTitle: "Settings"
---

Click the ☰ menu (1) in the top-left corner and select **Desktop Settings** (2) to open the global settings panel.

![Access Desktop Settings](/images/desktop/usage/comfy_desktop_settings_00_menu.png)

The settings panel is organized into four tabs. Click a tab in the sidebar to switch views.

## Preferences

![Preferences tab](/images/desktop/usage/comfy_desktop_settings_01_preferences.png)

- **Language**：Choose the display language: **English** or **中文**.
- 
  **Auto-restart last instance on launch** — Automatically start the last used instance on boot.
- **Close Comfy Desktop on last window (don't return to Dashboard)**：Fully exit instead of returning to the Dashboard when the last window closes.
- **Hide Cloud from the Instance Picker**：Hide cloud instances from the Chooser view.
- **Share anonymous usage telemetry**：Send anonymous usage data to help improve Comfy Desktop.
- **Comfy Desktop**：Link to the ComfyDesktop GitHub repository.

## Updates

![Updates tab](/images/desktop/usage/comfy_desktop_settings_02_updates.png)

- **Status**：Shows whether Comfy Desktop is up to date, the installed version, and the last check time.
- **Check for updates**：Manually check for a new version. Button changes to **Download** → **Install** when an update is available.
- **Automatically install Desktop updates**：Auto-download and install updates in the background.

## Storage

The Storage tab is where you configure where Comfy Desktop finds and stores files. The key concept is **sharing**: instead of each instance having its own isolated models, inputs, and outputs, you set up shared directories accessible to all instances.

![Storage tab](/images/desktop/usage/comfy_desktop_settings_03_storage.png)

- **Shared Models**：Each directory listed here is scanned for models by every instance. The directory marked **Primary** is where new models are saved by default.

  ![Make directory primary](/images/desktop/usage/comfy_desktop_settings_03-2_storage.png)

  - Click the folder icon to open a directory in your file manager.
  - Click the **...** menu (1) on a directory, then select **Make primary** (2) to change which directory new models save to.
  - Click **+ Add directory** to add more model directories.
- **Input Directory**：A shared path where all instances look for input files (images, videos, etc.).
- **Output Directory**：A shared path where all instances save generated outputs. Customizing this lets you keep all results in one place.
- Click the folder icon to browse and select a new path. **?** tooltips provide additional details.

## Advanced

![Advanced tab](/images/desktop/usage/comfy_desktop_settings_04_advanced.png)

- **Default Install Location**：Where new standalone instances are created. Click the folder icon to change it.
- **PyPI Mirror URL**：Custom pip mirror (e.g., `https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/`).
- **Use Chinese Mirrors (Git & PyPI)**：Use Chinese mirror servers for Git and PyPI. Helpful in mainland China.
- **Cache Directory**：Where Comfy Desktop stores temporary and cached data. Click the folder icon to change it.

## Data Locations

Comfy Desktop stores data in platform-specific directories.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Windows">
```
App data:  %APPDATA%\Comfy Desktop
Logs:      %APPDATA%\Comfy Desktop\logs
```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="macOS">
```
App data:  ~/Library/Application Support/Comfy Desktop
Logs:      ~/Library/Application Support/Comfy Desktop/logs
```
  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Linux">
```
Config:  ~/.config/Comfy Desktop
Data:    ~/.local/share/Comfy Desktop
Cache:   ~/.cache/Comfy Desktop
State:   ~/.local/state/Comfy Desktop
```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Keyboard Shortcuts

| Shortcut | Action |
|----------|--------|
| `Ctrl+R` / `Cmd+R` | Reload the current ComfyUI instance |
| `Ctrl+W` / `Cmd+W` | Close the current window |
| `Escape` | Close a dialog or popup |
| `Ctrl+,` / `Cmd+,` | Open Comfy Desktop Settings |

## Feedback and Issues

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Comfy Desktop is open source. You can report issues and check planned features here:

- **Comfy Desktop issues** — [github.com/Comfy-Org/Comfy-Desktop/issues](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/Comfy-Desktop/issues)
- **Documentation issues** — [github.com/Comfy-Org/docs/issues](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/docs/issues)

For general questions about ComfyUI, visit the [ComfyUI GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI/discussions) or join the [ComfyUI Discord](https://www.comfy.org/discord).