# Settings and preferences

Aerospike Voyager preferences are organized into three tabs: **General**, **Security & privacy**, and **Advanced**. Open Settings from the gear icon at the bottom of the sidebar.

## General

The General tab covers application behavior and write defaults.

 ![Settings General tab showing Application settings: Show update notifications toggle, Default records per page spinner set to 25, Send key toggle, Durable delete toggle, and Record exists action dropdown](https://aerospike.com/docs/_astro/general_tab.Cgo4V8sE_1o21N9.png)

### Application

| Setting | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Show update notifications | On | Display a notification when a new version is available. |
| Default records per page | 25 | Number of records displayed per page in the data browser (range: 1-50). |
| [Send key](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/learn/policies) | On | Store the user key with records on write so it can be retrieved later. |
| [Durable delete](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/learn/architecture/durable-deletes) | Off | Write a tombstone when deleting records to prevent them from reappearing after a cold restart. |
| Record exists action | Update | Default behavior when writing to a key that already exists. Options: **Update** (merge bins), **Update only** (fail if key does not exist), **Replace** (overwrite all bins), **Replace only** (fail if key does not exist), **Create only** (fail if key already exists). |

## Security & privacy

The Security & privacy tab covers telemetry.

### Telemetry

| Setting | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Usage analytics | On | Send anonymous usage statistics to help improve Voyager. You can opt out at any time. |

See [Telemetry](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/voyager/telemetry) for the complete list of what is collected, what is not collected, and how the anonymous identifier works.

#### Opting out

Toggle **Usage analytics** off at any time:

-   **First launch**: toggle it off on the Privacy settings screen before clicking **Get started**. If you do, no telemetry is collected at all.
-   **After first launch**: open **Settings > Security & privacy** and toggle **Usage analytics** off. The change takes effect immediately.

## Advanced

The Advanced tab covers connection defaults and developer options.

 ![Settings Advanced tab showing Connection defaults (Default connection timeout dropdown set to 10 seconds, TLS verification mode dropdown set to Strict) and Developer options (Enable debug logging toggle, Reset to defaults button)](https://aerospike.com/docs/_astro/advanced_tab.DlMD5OCk_1RlayJ.png)

### Connection defaults

| Setting | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Default connection timeout | 30 seconds | Time to wait before a connection attempt is considered failed. Options: **3**, **5**, **10**, **30** seconds. |
| TLS verification mode | Strict | How TLS certificates are validated when connecting to clusters. Options: **Strict**, **None**. |

### Developer options

| Setting | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enable debug logging | Off | Write detailed diagnostic information to a log file. Enable this when reporting issues. |

### Factory reset

Click **Reset to defaults** in the Developer options section to restore Voyager to its initial state. This action:

-   Deletes all saved connections
-   Resets all preferences to defaults
-   Clears cached data

::: caution
Factory reset cannot be undone. All saved connections and preferences will be permanently deleted.
:::

## MCP tool profile

The MCP tool profile is configured on the MCP Server page, not in Settings. See [Access profiles](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/voyager/mcp/access-profiles) for the available profiles and what each one exposes.

## Next steps

-   [MCP access profiles](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/voyager/mcp/access-profiles)
-   [MCP server overview](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/voyager/mcp)
-   [Troubleshooting](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/voyager/troubleshooting)