# App preferences

To access Bottles preferences, just press the menu button and select **Preferences**.

![Bottles - Main Menu](https://1779667294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MQH3F0OVam8XE3i-Jc-%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a66b89186faded96f09094e1ff703ed597d7b3e3%2FContextMenu.png?alt=media)

Preferences shows four sections:

* General
* Runners
* DLL Components
* Experiments

![Bottles - Preferences](https://1779667294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MQH3F0OVam8XE3i-Jc-%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-efcdfd8d3cb720c673b2af62e8cfb0490c7f7451%2FGeneral.png?alt=media)

### General

In the **General** section you can configure the Bottles appearance and general settings.

Appearance settings:

* Toggle dark mode (turn off the lights)
* Show update date (this will toggle the last edit date in the bottles list)

General settings:

* Notifications (choose if Bottles should display notifications in your desktop)
* Temp files (toggle to prune the temp directory on Bottles start, this will reduce the disk used by Bottles but also forcing re-download dependencies when installing in new bottles)
* Close Bottles after starting a program (this works only when Bottles was started from the file manager or using the CLI)

Advanced settings:

* Custom bottles path (specifies the directory that Bottles should use to search for existing bottles and create new ones)

### Runners

![Bottles - Preferences - Runners](https://1779667294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MQH3F0OVam8XE3i-Jc-%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8fc78acc41274d587890e2dfd4d2e2f3b087b341%2FRunners.png?alt=media)

In the **Runners** section you can list, browse and install new runners which can be used to create new bottles. [Read more about Runners](https://docs.usebottles.com/components/runners).

### DLL Components

![Bottles - Preferences - DLL Components](https://1779667294-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MQH3F0OVam8XE3i-Jc-%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-30da4a846b6ffadc6927d0a34e0603333e0fd205%2FDLLComponents.png?alt=media)

From the **DLL Components** section you can list, browse and install new versions of DXVK, VKD3D, DXVK-NVAPI and LatencyFleX. [Read more about DXVK](https://docs.usebottles.com/components/dxvk).

### Experiments

The **Experiments** sections allows you to enable functions that are currently under active development and may work unstable. Use them at your own risk.