Settings and notifications

Grok Bot settings cover app-wide and desktop-local behavior. Each Bot's name, picture, and label live in its conversation details.

Open the account menu and choose Settings, or press Cmd/Ctrl+,. For other desktop shortcuts, including Bot settings (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+,) and conversation details, see Keyboard shortcuts.

The Grok Bot settings dialog has General, Computer, Vault, Usage & Billing, and Updates panes. Sections depend on your account and rollout, so some options described below may not appear.

Sign in or out of the Cursor account used by Grok Bot. The account menu also has Get Grok Bot for mobile, which opens the App Store listing, and Support → About shows the installed Grok Bot version.

When more than one account is saved on the desktop, the account menu includes Switch account. Choose Add account to save another. Settings lists the same accounts; inactive rows include Remove.

Choose Follow System, Light, or Dark.

Accent colors your 1:1 Bot messages and cards with each Bot's color (Bot color, the default) or keeps them Black.

Use Language to choose Follow System or one of more than 20 app languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. On iPhone and Android the follow-device option is labeled System, and the list is shorter. See Grok Bot for Mobile.

Check Spelling While Typing underlines misspelled words as you type. It's on by default.

• Microphone picks the microphone Grok Bot listens to when you talk to it: System Default or a specific device.
• Use hardware acceleration lets your graphics card draw the app. Turn it off if the window flickers or stays blank, then choose Restart Now. It's on by default on macOS and Windows and off on Linux.

Configure shared and local Bot behavior:

• Timezone, which routines use for schedules
• Your Auto-review switch and Custom Rules

Grok Bot manages model selection, so there is no model picker.

Import Memory to Grok Bot brings your preferences and context over from another AI assistant. Choose Start Import, copy the prompt into a chat with your other assistant, paste its answer into the second box, and choose Add to Memory. Grok Bot sends the import to your primary Bot and opens that chat. See What a Bot remembers.

Manage your personal Auto-review rules, plus any team rules your admin requires.

Auto-review rules shape which actions stop for your approval. When your admin enforces Auto-review for the team, the same table also shows locked team rules with Required by your admin. You can't edit or delete this rule. You can add your own rules on top, but they only make behavior stricter; Ask first wins when rules conflict. If your admin turns enforcement off, the locked team rules go away and your own rules apply, unless your team shares Auto-review instructions from the Cursor dashboard; then those apply to your Bots instead of your own rules, and the section says so. Your personal rules are saved to your account, so the same rules apply on every desktop and on iPhone. Read Approvals and Auto Review before changing them.

Computer has two sections. Your computer holds settings for the desktops signed in to your account. Bot's computer holds the update and reset controls for the cloud computer your Bots share; see Update or reset Bot's computer.

Manage devices lists the computers and phones where you use Grok Bot. You can rename any of them there, change another computer's execution setting, or remove another computer while it's offline. Phones can't be removed.

Execution on this computer controls whether Bots can run commands on a desktop. Each listed desktop under Your computer has its own setting. Until a desktop is listed, the page shows Execution on Local Computer instead. Per-command approval is the default, and the setting applies to that desktop alone. Read Approvals and Auto Review before changing it. For what local execution can reach, see Control access to your local computer.

Under Your computer, turn on Route traffic through this computer to send your Grok Bot computer's web traffic through the current desktop. The route applies to new connections, and destinations see your desktop's IP address. Sites that resolve to a private or VPN address are blocked unless your organization has allowed them, and the setting shows how many it blocked this session. Only one of your computers routes at a time; if another one is routing, send a message from this computer to route through it instead. If the setting asks you to Update Bot's computer, do that first.

The setting applies to one desktop. If your Enterprise admin turns off Allow Local Egress Routing, the toggle turns off and locks. The setting reads Your team admin has turned off local traffic routing. Grok Bot's computer routes traffic through the cloud. and the switch shows Disabled by your admin. You can't turn this on. Any active route stops within five minutes. Your choice is preserved and takes effect again if the admin re-allows local egress.

For private network options and their tradeoffs, see Connect to private networks.

Under Bot's computer, Update Bot's Computer moves Grok Bot's computer to the latest version. A software update only refreshes Grok Bot's software and keeps installed apps. A computer update rebuilds the computer, keeping files and logins but removing installed apps and packages. The text under Update Bot's Computer says which kind is waiting.

Reset Bot's Computer is a last resort. It rebuilds the computer from your last saved data, the same as Recover computer; if the computer can't be reached to save first, very recent changes don't come back.

See Update, recover, or reset the computer for the least destructive recovery order.

Vault holds the logins, cards, and contact info your Bots use to sign in and check out without seeing the secret values. Use New item to add one, select an item to edit or remove it, and import logins from another password manager with New item → Import. See Vault and secure sign-in.

Apps aren't in settings. Open Connect apps in the sidebar to find apps and packaged skills. Select the connected count next to the title to manage installed apps and private skills. An installed app may still need browser authentication, and individual app tools can be enabled or disabled. On the Teams plan and the Enterprise plan, an admin may restrict which apps members can use. See Connect an app.

Usage & Billing shows weekly included usage and on-demand usage for eligible accounts, and the account menu can show Weekly usage at a glance. If neither surface appears, review usage from the Cursor account page or contact your organization's admin.

For how plans, weekly usage, and on-demand spend work, see Plans and billing.

Team Setup Scripts is Enterprise only. Admins manage these scripts on the Grok Bot page of the Cursor dashboard, and they run on every member's computer. Members don't see them in settings. See Team Setup Scripts.

Settings → Updates handles updates to the desktop app. Grok Bot Updates shows the installed version; use Check for Updates and Restart to Update to install a new one. To update or reset Grok Bot's computer, see Update or reset Bot's computer.

Automatic Updates, in the same pane, is on by default. When it's on, a downloaded update installs and the app restarts while you're away: your screen is locked or the screensaver is on, the computer has been idle for at least 10 minutes, and Grok Bot isn't busy. Turn it off to install only when you choose Restart to Update. Linux .deb and .rpm installs update through the system package manager and don't show the switch.

Click the Bot's name at the top of the chat (View conversation details) to open its details. Click the name or the label to edit it, and click the Bot's picture to change its avatar. These belong to that Bot alone. Personal Bots don't have a description; to change what a Bot does, tell it in chat. See Edit a Bot.

Execution on this computer is set per desktop, and your personal Auto-review rules are saved to your account.

The sidebar distinguishes:

• Needs attention for a question, approval, or handoff
• Unread activity for a new result
• Working or typing status

Opening a conversation marks its current activity as read. Use the Bot menu to mark a conversation read or unread manually.

Turn on Notifications for a Bot to get a system or mobile notification when that Bot finishes or is waiting for you. On the phone, the switch is in the Bot's profile. On desktop, ask the Bot to turn its notifications on or off. Group chats do not have the same per-Bot notification switch.

While you use the desktop app on macOS or Windows, notifications from Bots you own go to the desktop instead of your phone. The app counts as in use while it is open and signed in, the screen is unlocked, you have used the computer recently, and your system settings let Grok Bot show banners or alerts. A focused window stays quiet only for the Bot on screen; other Bots still show a desktop notification. Finished replies skip your phone. When a Bot needs your input, your phone is notified about 3 minutes later unless you open that Bot, turn off its Notifications, or hide it from your sidebar first.

At other times, and always on Linux, notifications are suppressed while Grok Bot is focused, and your phone is notified as usual. The sidebar and dock badge still show unread activity.

The iPhone and Android apps also ask for notification permission during first run. Both device permission and the Bot's notification setting must allow the notification. On iPhone, push delivery is rolling out gradually.

Errors appear above the composer under Notifications. You can dismiss one notice or clear the list. Some notices include Copy request ID for support; copy and share the complete ID with support.

Clearing a notice removes the notification, not the underlying external action or Bot history.

• Keyboard shortcuts
• Use the computer and apps
• Approvals, security, and privacy
• Grok Bot for teams and enterprises
• Grok Bot security
• Plans and billing
• Delete your Grok Bot account
• Remove access and working data