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- Article
- Fri Jun 05 2026
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Regional Settings
- Language. Choose your default language from the languages enabled on your instance. Once a language is chosen, any Hornbill interface you view will be displayed in the selected language.
- Timezone. Choose the timezone you work in.
- Country. Choose the country which you work in.
- Date/Time Format. Choose how you would like to view any Date/Time field values in Hornbill.
- Date Format. Choose how you would like to view any Date field values in Hornbill.
- Time Format. Choose how you would like to view any Time field values in Hornbill.
Notifications
Configure your personal notification preferences for the collaborative features of Hornbill, Use the Enable toggle to decide which actions you would like to receive a Hornbill Notification for.
- Desktop. Toggle this option on against for actions you would like to receive a browser desktop notification for, as well as the Hornbill notification.
- Activity Stream and Timeline. Choose if you would like to receive Hornbill notifications for new Posts, Comments, changes to Comments, when Posts or Comments are Liked or UnLiked on Activities Streams and Timelines you are following or are a member of (Workspaces, Buzz etc).
- Wall. Choose if you would like to be notified if someone follows or unfollows you
- Workspaces. Choose if you would like to be notified if users are added or removed from workspaces you are a member of, or if such workspaces are deleted.
- Document. Choose if you want to be notified about activity on documents which are shared with you
- Conversation. Choose if you want to be notified about new participants being added to conversations you are a member of, or when new posts have been made to them.
- Task. Choose if you want to be notified when tasks are assigned to you, or reminders for tasks are due.
- Email. Choose if you want to be notified when new emails are received in shared mailboxes which you have rights to.
Tip
Additional notification options will be displayed for each application that you are subscribed to.
Other
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Use Internal Email. If checked, clicking on an email address will use Hornbill to compose a new email.
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Enable Notification Sound. If checked you will receive a Sound to accompany any Hornbill Notification you receive.
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Autoplay Giphy. Play Giphys embedded in activity streams and conversation automatically.
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Automatic Backups. This feature will make sure that if you are writing a post or comment and you leave the page without submitting, it will still be there when you next visit the same area. When you first use Hornbill, you will be prompted to enable this feature, but you can also enable or disable it from this menu. You may be prompted again if you log in on a different computer or browser, as this setting is stored locally on each browser you use.

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Theme. This feature allows you to select between Light, Dark, and High Contrast themes. Is only supported by modern browsers.
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