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preferences

noun
1
The settings a user chooses to customize how a piece of software or a device behaves.
"Go to preferences to change the app's notification sounds."

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In plain EnglishIn tech, the menu where you adjust settings to suit how you personally want something to work.

Common pairings
open preferences app preferences user preferences
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Go to _____ to change the app's notification sounds.

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