Personal Settings

Article Number:040713

Individual users can configure the Time Format and E-mail Notifications settings in their Personal Settings.
The settings you saved 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


The following sections describe the details of the Time Format and E-mail Notifications settings.

The Time Format setting

Switch the time display in Kintone between 12-hour clock and 24-hour clock.
By default, 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

The E-mail Notifications setting

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 setting, 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