> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.burakov.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Settings & tray

> Launch at login, history retention, importing and exporting your rules, and everything you can do from the Cronch tray menu.

## Settings

Open **Settings** from the header. It holds a small, deliberate set of options:

* **Launch Cronch at login** — on by default, because jobs only fire while Cronch is running (see below). Turn it off if you'd rather start Cronch yourself.
* **Keep run history for *N* days** — how long to keep run records; `0` means forever. See [History & logs](/cronch/history).
* **Export rules…** / **Import rules…** — save your rules to a JSON file, or load them back.

Click **Save settings** to apply.

## Import & export

Your rules export to a single **JSON** file. That file is useful for:

* **Moving to another computer** — export on one machine, import on the other.
* **Backing up** your setup, or keeping it in version control.
* **Sharing** a set of rules with someone else.

Importing adds the rules from the file to Cronch.

## Launch at login, explained

Cronch is a **tray-resident** app: it runs your jobs itself, so it has to be running for them to fire. On the first run it enables launch-at-login (via the OS mechanism — a Run entry on Windows, a LaunchAgent on macOS) and shows you a one-time banner about it. This keeps your schedules alive across reboots. You can switch it off any time in Settings.

## The tray menu

Cronch lives in the system tray (Windows) or menu bar (macOS). Right-click its icon for:

* **Add rule…** — jump straight to creating a rule.
* **Open Cronch** — bring the main window forward.
* **Pause all / Resume all** — stop every rule from firing, then resume. Handy during maintenance or a noisy deploy. (The same toggle is in the app header.)
* **Quit** — actually exit Cronch. Remember: while it's quit, nothing is scheduled.

<Note>
  **Closing the window does not quit Cronch** — it hides it to the tray, where it keeps running. Use **Quit** from the tray menu when you really want to stop it.
</Note>

## Next

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  <Card title="Privacy" icon="lock" href="/cronch/privacy">
    Where your rules and history are stored, and what never leaves.
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  <Card title="FAQ" icon="circle-question" href="/cronch/faq">
    Quick answers about login, offline behaviour and more.
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