# Account settings

Find profile, security, notification, and preference controls.

Source: https://docs.minds.sh/docs/workspace/settings





Open **Settings** to review the account-level controls. The current screen groups them into **Profile**, **Security**, **Notifications**, and **Preferences**.

<img alt="The authenticated Minds settings screen" src="__img0" />

## Check persistence [#check-persistence]

After an ordinary preference change, reload the page and confirm the setting remains. For profile and security controls, the identity service must accept and persist the change; a local confirmation message alone is not enough.

The initial adapter audit found suppressed identity-service failures that could produce default profile values or false success. A fix to surface failures has been reported deployed; persistent settings writes have not yet been retested. The documentation walkthrough did not change a password, MFA, billing, or access permissions.

## API keys and capabilities [#api-keys-and-capabilities]

**API Keys** is a separate account area. A platform API key, an instance capability, and a signed-in browser session serve different purposes. Use the credential required by the target endpoint. Never assume a value labeled API key satisfies `x-akasha-capability`.

[Platform authentication](/docs/api/platform/authentication) · [Instance authentication](/docs/api/instance/authentication)