Use the app

Settings, shortcuts and the command palette.

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Open Settings in the sidebar, or press Cmd/Ctrl+,. The search box at the top finds a setting by name. Most changes wait for Save Settings; Discard changes drops them. Sections marked “Actions in this section apply immediately” need no save.

Settings

Section	What it controls
Appearance	Theme: Light, Dark, System, a Theme Preset, or Custom Colors. Interface sounds for buttons and switches.
Language	The interface language, or System Default.
Default Browser	Set as Default Browser: links from other apps open in the profile you pick. Not in the portable Windows build.
System Permissions	macOS only. Microphone and camera access for the browsers Donut starts. Each site still asks.
Integrations	Open Integrations Settings opens the Integrations page (Cmd/Ctrl+I): the local API and remote MCP.
DNS Blocklist	Manage DNS Blocklists: the blocklist levels with their domain counts, Refresh All Lists, and your custom lists. See DNS blocklist.
Sync Encryption	The password for end-to-end encrypted sync. See Sync and backup.
Commercial License	The time left in the commercial trial, or your plan.
Privacy	Block on fingerprint mismatch, Block launches without a proxy or VPN, VPN extension warning, Record visited sites, Clear all traffic history and Keep deleted profiles for (days in the trash, or Delete at once). See Leak protection.
Advanced	Disable App Auto Updates (browser updates continue), Keep Decrypted Profiles In RAM, Clear All Version Cache, Copy logs (a redacted bundle of recent logs, up to 5 MB) and Open log folder.

Redaction removes email addresses, IP addresses, web addresses and secrets, but it cannot find every kind of personal data. Read the logs before you share them.

To keep profiles, browsers and settings in another folder, start the app with the DONUTBROWSER_DATA_DIR environment variable set to that folder.

Settings page, Appearance section. Theme is set to Custom with the Theme Preset Tokyo Night, and a grid of Custom Colors swatches: background, foreground, card, popover, primary, secondary, muted, accent, destructive, success, warning, border and five chart colors. Below: an Interface sounds switch, and Discard changes and Save Settings buttons. Section tabs across the top: Appearance, Language, Default Browser, System Permissions, Integrations, DNS Blocklist, Sync Encryption, Commercial License, Privacy. — Pick Light, Dark, System or a custom theme from presets, then adjust any color.

Keyboard shortcuts

Mod is Cmd on macOS and Ctrl on Windows and Linux. More → Keyboard shortcuts (Mod+/) shows the same list, with a search box.

Shortcut	Action
Mod+K	Open the command palette
Mod+/	View keyboard shortcuts
Mod+P	Go to Profiles
Mod+N	Go to Network
Mod+E	Go to Extensions
Mod+G	Go to Groups
Mod+B	Go to Cookie Bot
Mod+J	Go to Agent
Mod+I	Go to Integrations
Mod+Shift+A	Go to Account
Mod+,	Go to Settings
Mod+Shift+T	Go to Trash
Mod+O	Import profile
Mod+Shift+O	2FA code from a key
Mod+Shift+H	Open tips
Mod+Shift+F	Send feedback
Mod+1 to Mod+9	Show one profile group

Command palette

Press Mod+K and type. The palette goes to any page, launches or stops a profile by name, opens a profile’s details, creates a profile, and switches the profile group.

Press Cmd+K (Ctrl+K) to search commands and profiles.

Tips and feedback

More → Tips has short walkthroughs of features. More → Send feedback sends a message to the Donut team. Tick Include recent logs to attach the redacted logs; Preview logs shows them first.

Updates

The app checks for its own updates and shows a notice when one is ready. Wayfern updates download in the background. To find the version you run, open More → About Donut Browser.

Checked against the app on October 15, 2026.