Katalon Preferences
Katalon Preferences define default behaviors of Katalon Studio across projects. In Katalon Preferences, you can configure:
In this article, you can learn some basic configurations for general behaviors at startup.
Katalon Preferences
To configure Katalon general behaviors at startup, from the main menu, go to Katalon Studio > Preferences > Katalon.
Shortcut to open the Preferences dialog:
macOS: ⌘+`
Windows: Ctrl+Shift+P
You can see the following options:
| Options | Capabilities |
|---|---|
| On the next starting application | This option allows you to Auto restore the previous session or Open a clean session when starting Katalon Studio. |
| Show Help at startup | This option allows you to turn on/off the Help page at startup. |
| Automatically check for new version | This option allows Katalon Studio to automatically check for the latest version. |
You need an active Katalon Studio Enterprise license to disable these functions below:
| Options | Capabilities |
|---|---|
| Allow usage tracking | This option allows you to configure the usage tracked by Katalon Studio. By default, Katalon Studio is allowed to collect errors, execution logs, and other information about your application use. You can refer to this document: Privacy Policy for further details of our tracking. |
| Received dynamic content notifications | From Katalon version 8.2.0 onwards, you can stop receiving notifications from the Katalon Studio team by un-checking this option. |
| Show Start Page contents | From Katalon version 8.2.0 onwards, you can hide Start Page contents by un-checking this option. |
To learn more about Katalon licenses, see Types of Licenses.
All the above preferences are saved into thecom.kms.katalon.composer.testcase.prefs file under theconfig\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settingslocation in your Katalon Studio build folder. You can manually modify the values in this file to change these preference settings.
You can also import Preferences to reuse a previous configuration. See Import Preferences.