This article walks through updating the settings in your Hudu account — basic personal information, your personal theme, expiration and search preferences, and two-factor authentication.
Changes to your profile apply only to you. To change settings across the whole environment (such as the default timezone or theme), an admin or super admin uses Hudu admin >> General.
Guides
To open your settings, go to the top-right corner of Hudu, click your profile avatar, and select Edit Profile.
Basic
The top section of the Edit Profile window covers your account basics:
- Contact information — update your first and last name, email, and password.
- Personal timezone — applies to you only. The environment's default timezone is set by an admin or super admin in Hudu admin >> General.
- Avatar — upload a .png or .jpeg.
- Expiration notifications trigger days — how many days ahead expirations appear in your Expiring Soon category on the dashboard.
- Search defaults — set a preferred default (comprehensive and/or global). You can still adjust these per search.
Design
Choose your personal theme color. A personal color replaces any custom color an admin or super admin has configured for the whole environment. To go back to the organization's colors, select Default from the theme options.
Visit Design for additional information on environment-wide theming.
Two-factor authentication
Turn on and configure two-factor authentication (2FA) for your account. 2FA is strongly recommended to help secure your Hudu environment.
Visit MFA: App-Based for step-by-step setup.
FAQ
No — profile changes apply only to your account. Environment-wide settings (such as the default timezone or theme) are managed by an admin or super admin in Hudu admin >> General and Design.
A .png or .jpeg image.
In the Design section of Edit Profile, select Default from the theme options. A personal theme color overrides the admin-configured colors until you switch back to Default.
They set how your searches behave by default — comprehensive (a broader, deeper search) and/or global (across all companies rather than your current one). These are just defaults; you can change the scope on any individual search.
Troubleshooting
After 5 incorrect password attempts, the account locks and the user must wait 30 minutes before trying again.
On self-hosted instances, an administrator can unlock the account with:
sudo docker compose exec app rails user_reset:lock user_email=test@test.com
Replace test@test.com with the user's login email.
Items only appear once they're within your lead-time window. In Edit Profile, increase Expiration notifications trigger days — this is set per user, so a low value hides expirations that are further out.
A super admin must have 2FA enabled on their own account before it can be enforced for everyone. Set up personal 2FA in Edit Profile first, then apply the org-wide requirement in Hudu admin >> Security.