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How to Set Personal Preferences in Linear

Updated on:
May 12, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to customize your personal settings and preferences in Linear.

Quick summary

Linear's personal preferences settings let you control your display, notifications, interface theme, and workflow automations from a single menu. Accessing these options takes under a minute and any changes are saved automatically.


Steps

  1. Click on your profile picture in Linear.
  2. Select 'Settings' from the dropdown menu.
  3. Go to the 'Preferences' section to adjust notification settings, display preferences, language, and how you are addressed by other users.
  4. Within Preferences, adjust your home view to control what you see when you first open the app.
  5. Toggle on the option to display full names across the workspace.
  6. Select your preferred first day of the week for the date picker.
  7. Enable the conversion of text emoticons into emojis for richer communication.
  8. Go to 'Interface and theme' to customize appearance settings such as theme, font size, and cursors.
  9. Enable or disable the desktop application toggle based on your preference.
  10. Set your workflows and automations preferences — all changes are saved automatically.

📌 Why this matters

Personalizing your Linear workspace through the preferences settings helps every team member tailor the tool to how they actually work, reducing friction and improving daily productivity. Features like custom home views, display name formats, interface themes, and workflow automation preferences give individual contributors meaningful control over their experience without requiring admin access. For teams evaluating Linear, the depth of personal settings signals a tool designed for long-term, daily use at scale. These granular controls ensure Linear adapts to each user rather than forcing users to adapt to the tool.
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