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title: User Settings
weight: 23
aliases:
  - /rancher/v2.5/en/tasks/user-settings/
  - /rancher/v2.x/en/user-settings/
---

Within Rancher, each user has a number of settings associated with their login: personal preferences, API keys, etc. You can configure these settings by choosing from the **User Settings** menu. You can open this menu by clicking your avatar, located within the main menu.

![User Settings Menu]({{<baseurl>}}/img/rancher/user-settings.png)

The available user settings are:

- [API & Keys]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/user-settings/api-keys/): If you want to interact with Rancher programmatically, you need an API key. Follow the directions in this section to obtain a key.
- [Cloud Credentials]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/user-settings/cloud-credentials/): Manage cloud credentials [used by node templates]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/#node-templates) to [provision nodes for clusters]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters).
- [Node Templates]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/user-settings/node-templates): Manage templates [used by Rancher to provision nodes for clusters]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters).
- [Preferences]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/user-settings/preferences): Sets superficial preferences for the Rancher UI.
- Log Out: Ends your user session.