Settings overview
A map of Hoursmith settings — what lives in workspace settings versus your personal account settings, and who can change each.
Hoursmith keeps settings in two separate places, and knowing which is which saves a lot of hunting:
- Workspace settings (
/settings/*) affect everyone in the workspace — your branding, invoice defaults, billing, email, and the like. Most are limited to Owner and Admin. - Account settings (
/account/*) are personal to you and follow you across every workspace you belong to — your profile, preferences, security, and notification choices. Anyone can change their own.
Workspace settings
These belong to the workspace. Changing them changes the experience for the whole team.
General
Brand, business details, and invoice defaults.
Invoice defaults
Currency, tax, numbering, terms, notes, and footer.
Branding & logo
Your logo and organization name.
Billing & plans
Your plan, seats, payment method, and invoices.
Payments
Connect Stripe and set payment defaults.
Send invoices from your own domain.
Email templates
Customize the invoice, reminder, and receipt emails.
Danger zone
Export your data or close the workspace.
Workspace settings are managed by Owner and Admin. Managers and Members won't see most of these pages. The Danger zone is Owner-only.
Account settings
These are yours alone. They apply to you in every workspace you're a member of.
Your profile
Name, avatar, and your workspace memberships.
Preferences
Theme, locale, date format, and density.
Security & 2FA
Two-factor, passkeys, password, and sessions.
Notifications
Which events also reach you by email or Telegram.
Telegram notifications
Get pings in Telegram for mentions and payments.
Workspace vs. account at a glance
| Setting | Area | Who can change it |
|---|---|---|
| Brand, business details, invoice defaults | Workspace | Owner Admin |
| Billing, plan, and seats | Workspace | Owner Admin |
| Payments (Stripe, bank transfer) | Workspace | Owner Admin |
| Email provider and templates | Workspace | Owner Admin |
| Export data, close workspace | Workspace | Owner |
| Profile, preferences, security | Account | Everyone (their own) |
| Notification and Telegram choices | Account | Everyone (their own) |
Switching between the workspaces you belong to is an account action — find it under Your profile.
Money-blindness
Why Members never see rates, amounts, or invoices anywhere in Hoursmith — and how that makes the app safe to use with contractors.
Workspace settings (General)
Set your brand, business details, and invoice defaults on one page — the values that appear on every invoice and the public invoice page.