# Application Settings

From the Settings section of the menu, you can find the Settings page where you can:

* Access diagnostic info
* Find helpful links to administrative tools
* Run access or permission checks
* Change configurable settings and more

<details>

<summary>Version</summary>

This will display the currently running Frontend and Backend versions of CIPP for your instance.

Click `Check For Updates` to check and see if there is a newer version of CIPP available with more features, standards, etc. for you to implement.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Cache</summary>

You can clear the cached information used by the tenant selector, best practices analyzer, and domain analyzer features.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Clearing this cache can severely impact performance of your CIPP instance and will also remove any personal settings such as the selected theme.
{% endhint %}

</details>

<details>

<summary>Log Retention</summary>

Configure how long to keep CIPP log entries. Logs will be automatically deleted after this\
period. Minimum retention is 7 days, maximum is 365 days, default is 90 days.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Password Style</summary>

Configure password generation settings including type, length, character sets, and passphrase options.

* **Classic:** This is the usual combination of letters and symbols to meet outdated complexity requirements
* **Correct-Battery-Horse:** This sets a passphrase of four random words connected by hyphens. These can often be easier to remember and type for users.

Click `Configure` to go to the  page to change to your desired settings.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Backup</summary>

Click `Manage Backups` to launch the [CIPP Backup](/user-documentation/cipp/settings/backup.md) settings page.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Branding Settings</summary>

Customize your organization's branding for reports and documents. Changes will be applied to all generated reports.

Set your preferred:

* **Logo:** Recommended format is PNG. Max file size is 2MB. Optimal size is 200x100px.
* **Brand Color:** This color will be used for accents and highlights in reports

</details>

<details>

<summary>DNS Resolver</summary>

You can switch providers to either Google or Cloudflare for your domain analyzer results.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Backup Retention</summary>

Configure how long to keep backup files. Both CIPP system backups and tenant backups will be automatically deleted after this period. Minimum retention is 7 days; default is 30 days. Cleanup runs daily at 2:00 AM.

</details>

<details>

<summary>JIT Admin Settings</summary>

This allows you to set the maximum duration allowed for a JIT admin created through CIPP. Any attempt to create a JIT admin longer than the allowed time will return an error.

</details>

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## Feature Requests / Ideas

We value your feedback and ideas. Please raise any [feature requests](https://github.com/KelvinTegelaar/CIPP/issues/new?template=feature.yml) on GitHub.


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