# What Nest settings covers

Nest's four settings pages, what each one controls for the whole organisation, and who is allowed to change them.

Nest's settings decide the rules every folder works within: how large an upload may be, which kinds of file are accepted, who can start a team folder, and how long deleted work is kept. They apply to everyone in the organisation at once.

**Video coming soon:** A tour of Nest's settings: the four pages, what each controls, and how to change them safely.

## The four settings pages

- **Storage**: The largest file Nest accepts, and which file types it accepts at all.
- **Team Folders**: Who may create team folders, and the role new members start with.
- **Trash**: How many days deleted items wait before they're removed for good.
- **General**: The order files are listed in when a folder opens.

## Settings for everyone, changes for admins

![Nest's settings, headed Nest Settings. A column on the left lists four pages under Nest: Storage, highlighted, then Team Folders, Trash and General. On the right, the Storage page's tabs read Quota & Limits and File Types, above the heading Quota & Limits and a Maximum file size box reading 250 MB.](https://www.sorviai.com/help/nest/settings/settings-screen.png)

*The four pages down the left. Storage has two tabs of its own.*

Open the settings from the cog at the top right of any Nest screen. The pages are down the left; select one, make a change, and select **Save** at the foot of the page. The cross at the top right closes the settings and takes you back to where you were.

Anyone can open these pages and read them, which is useful for knowing why an upload was refused. Only someone who administers Nest, or the whole organisation, can save a change.

**A setting doesn't save** covers what happens when someone else tries.

## Open these first

- **Storage settings**: The size limit for uploads, and the file types Nest accepts.
- **Team folder settings**: Who can start team folders, and the role new members get.

## Settings worth deciding early

- **Agree the file types**: An empty list accepts everything. A list accepts only what's on it, so decide it before people start uploading.
- **Choose who starts team folders**: Admins only keeps them tidy; everybody keeps teams moving.
- **Set a sensible default role**: Viewer is the cautious choice for new members; Editor saves a step for most teams.
- **Give Trash enough time**: Long enough that a deletion is noticed before it becomes permanent.