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# App lock and other settings

App lock, Trash, language, reporting currency, alerts and appearance.

Open **Settings** (on phones, **More › Settings**).

## Premium

**Accountant Premium**, at the top, removes ads and unlocks more. See [Premium](/accountant/getting-started/premium.md). **Ad privacy choices** lets you review your ad consent, where the law requires it.

## Security and privacy

### App lock

1. Turn on **App lock** and set a PIN.
2. Optionally turn on **Unlock with fingerprint**.
3. Choose **Lock after leaving app**: **Immediately**, after 5 or 30 seconds, or after 1, 5 or 30 minutes.

Use **Change PIN** to change it. Android handles fingerprint unlock; Accountant never sees your fingerprint.

### Show amounts on widgets

When it's off, home screen and lock screen widgets show •••• instead of balances and totals.

## Owner or business name

Enter it as printed on receipts you issue. It appears on exports and printouts, and scanned receipts issued under this name are recorded as income; all others as expenses.

## Alerts

* **Bank alerts:** turn your bank's texts, emails and app alerts into drafts. See [Drafts from bank alerts](/accountant/transactions/bank-alerts.md).
* **Budget alerts:** *"Notify at 80% and 100% of a budget."* See [Budgets](/accountant/planning/budgets.md#budget-alerts).

## Trash

In **Data and backups**, turn on **Trash** to keep deleted transactions for 30 days, so you can restore them from **Transactions › ⋮ › Trash**. See [Templates, drafts and Trash](/accountant/transactions/templates-drafts-trash.md#trash).

## Reporting currency

The currency for totals and reports. Changing it converts your history using historical exchange rates. See [Multi-currency](/accountant/transactions/multi-currency.md#changing-your-reporting-currency).

## Language

Accountant is available in more than 50 languages. Tap **Language** and choose one, or **System default** to follow your phone. Use **Search language** to find one quickly.

## Appearance

* **Dark mode:** **Light** or **Dark**, or turn on **System default** to follow your phone.
* **Hide bars while scrolling:** hide the top and bottom bars as you scroll, for more space.

## Demo data

**Remove demo data** appears while demo data is present. It removes the sample accounts and transactions and keeps your own records.

## Help, about and contact

* **User manual** and **Privacy Policy**, at the bottom of Settings: open this guide and the policy.
* **Learn more** links elsewhere in the app open the matching page:
  * the **Accounts** screen and the account editor (**⋮ › Learn more**)
  * the bottom of **Transaction shortcuts** (*Not sure which to choose?*)
  * the shared ledger, card and loan setup screens (**⋮ › Learn more**)
  * the AI setup message in AI Accountant
* New users also see **Learn the basics** during setup, and once on Home. See [The basics](/accountant/getting-started/the-basics.md).
* **About Accountant:** version, updates, **Terms and conditions**, **Privacy Policy**, **Open source licenses** and **Developer**.
* **Contact us:** email the developer.


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