Personal Settings

Article Number:040713

On the "Personal Settings" screen, each user can configure their settings for Time Format, E-Mail Notifications, and Desktop Notifications.
The settings that you save in your Personal Settings are applied only to you.
Screenshot: The "Personal Settings" screen

To open Personal Settings, click the Settings icon (the gear-shaped icon) at the top of Kintone, then click Personal Settings. Screenshot: Clicking "Personal Settings" to open Personal Settings

You can go back to the previous screen by clicking Back. Screenshot: The "Back" button on the "Personal Settings" screen

Each of the settings that can be configured are described in the sections below.

Time format

This setting lets you switch the time display in Kintone between the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock.
By default, the 12-hour clock format is used.

Screenshot: The drop-down list of time formats

To change the time format, select 12-hour clock or 24-hour clock from the drop-down, and then click Save.
If you change the time format, comment posting time and so on will be displayed in the specified format.

  • 24-hour clock
    Screenshot: Example of the screen in the 24-hour clock time format

  • 12-hour clock Screenshot: Example of the screen in the 12-hour clock time format

E-mail notifications

You can select whether to receive e-mail notifications, what kind of e-mail notifications to receive, and the format of e-mail notifications.
Screenshot: The "E-mail Notifications" section on the setting screen

By default, the same options as those selected for Default value for the receiving setting and E-mail Notification Format in the E-mail Notifications settings in Kintone Administration are selected.
Reference: Settings to Activate E-mail Notifications

If you want to change the E-mail Notifications settings, change the configurable options and then click Save.

The following shows the details of configurable options for E-mail Notifications.

"Receive" and "Do not receive"

Specify whether to receive notifications you get in Kintone via e-mails.
If you select Receive, you need to specify the following as well.

"Notifications to Be Notified by E-mail"

Specify whether to receive "To Me" notifications only or "All" notifications.

  • If you select Only "To Me":
    You will receive e-mail notifications for the notifications sent when you are specified as a recipient.

  • If you select All notifications:
    You will receive all notifications including "To Me" notifications via e-mail.
    Note that this may result in a large number of e-mails being sent to you.

Differences between "To Me" and "All" notifications are described in the following page:
Differences between "To Me" and "All" Notifications
Some notifications cannot be sent via e-mail. For details, refer to notes specified under each table on the following page:
When and to Whom Notifications Are Sent

"E-mail Notification Format"

You can specify whether to receive e-mail notifications in HTML format or text format.

  • Example of an e-mail notification in HTML format:
    Screenshot: Example of an e-mail notification in HTML format
  • Example of an e-mail notification in Text format:
    Screenshot: Example of an e-mail notification in Text format

Desktop notifications

This setting lets you configure whether desktop notifications are displayed when "To Me" notifications are received in Kintone.

Screenshot: The "Desktop Notifications" section

For details, refer to the following page.
Setting Up Desktop Notifications