Settings

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Preferences

• Language：Choose the display language: English or 中文.
• Auto-restart last instance on launch — Automatically start the last used instance on boot.
• Close Comfy Desktop on last window (don’t return to Dashboard)：Fully exit instead of returning to the Dashboard when the last window closes.
• Hide Cloud from the Instance Picker：Hide cloud instances from the Chooser view.
• Share anonymous usage telemetry：Send anonymous usage data to help improve Comfy Desktop.
• Comfy Desktop：Link to the ComfyDesktop GitHub repository.

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Updates

• Status：Shows whether Comfy Desktop is up to date, the installed version, and the last check time.
• Check for updates：Manually check for a new version. Button changes to Download → Install when an update is available.
• Automatically install Desktop updates：Auto-download and install updates in the background.

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Storage

• Shared Models：Each directory listed here is scanned for models by every instance. The directory marked Primary is where new models are saved by default.
  • Click the folder icon to open a directory in your file manager.
  • Click the … menu (1) on a directory, then select Make primary (2) to change which directory new models save to.
  • Click + Add directory to add more model directories.
• Input Directory：A shared path where all instances look for input files (images, videos, etc.).
• Output Directory：A shared path where all instances save generated outputs. Customizing this lets you keep all results in one place.
• Click the folder icon to browse and select a new path. ? tooltips provide additional details.

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Advanced

• Default Install Location：Where new standalone instances are created. Click the folder icon to change it.
• PyPI Mirror URL：Custom pip mirror (e.g., https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/).
• Use Chinese Mirrors (Git & PyPI)：Use Chinese mirror servers for Git and PyPI. Helpful in mainland China.
• Cache Directory：Where Comfy Desktop stores temporary and cached data. Click the folder icon to change it.

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Data Locations

App data:  %APPDATA%\Comfy Desktop
Logs:      %APPDATA%\Comfy Desktop\logs

App data:  ~/Library/Application Support/Comfy Desktop
Logs:      ~/Library/Application Support/Comfy Desktop/logs

Config:  ~/.config/Comfy Desktop
Data:    ~/.local/share/Comfy Desktop
Cache:   ~/.cache/Comfy Desktop
State:   ~/.local/state/Comfy Desktop

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Feedback and Issues

• Comfy Desktop issues — github.com/Comfy-Org/Comfy-Desktop/issues
• Documentation issues — github.com/Comfy-Org/docs/issues