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stage: Create
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group: Source Code
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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type: index
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---
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# Admin Area settings **(FREE SELF)**
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As an administrator of a GitLab self-managed instance, you can manage the behavior of your
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deployment.
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The **Admin Area** is not accessible on GitLab.com, and settings can only be changed by the
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GitLab.com administrators. For the settings and limits on the GitLab.com instance,
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read [GitLab.com settings](../../gitlab_com/index.md).
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## Access the Admin Area
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To access the **Admin Area**:
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1. Sign in to your GitLab instance as an administrator.
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1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings**, and the group of settings to view:
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- [General](#general)
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- [Geo](#geo)
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- [CI/CD](#cicd)
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- [Integrations](#integrations)
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- [Metrics and profiling](#metrics-and-profiling)
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- [Network](#network)
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- [Preferences](#preferences)
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- [Reporting](#reporting)
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- [Repository](#repository)
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- [Templates](#templates)
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### General
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The **General** settings contain:
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- [Visibility and access controls](visibility_and_access_controls.md) - Set default and
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restrict visibility levels. Configure import sources and Git access protocol.
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- [Account and limit](account_and_limit_settings.md) - Set projects and maximum size limits,
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session duration, user options, and check feature availability for namespace plan.
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- [Diff limits](../diff_limits.md) - Diff content limits.
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- [Sign-up restrictions](sign_up_restrictions.md) - Configure the way a user creates a new account.
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- [Sign in restrictions](sign_in_restrictions.md) - Set requirements for a user to sign in.
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Enable mandatory two-factor authentication.
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- [Terms of Service and Privacy Policy](terms.md) - Include a Terms of Service agreement
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and Privacy Policy that all users must accept.
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- [External Authentication](external_authorization.md#configuration) - External Classification Policy Authorization.
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- [Web terminal](../../../administration/integration/terminal.md#limiting-websocket-connection-time) -
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Set max session time for web terminal.
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- [Web IDE](../../project/web_ide/index.md#enable-live-preview) - Manage Web IDE features.
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- [FLoC](floc.md) - Enable or disable
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[Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_Learning_of_Cohorts) tracking.
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### CI/CD
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The **CI/CD** settings contain:
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- [Continuous Integration and Deployment](continuous_integration.md) -
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Auto DevOps, runners and job artifacts.
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- [Required pipeline configuration](continuous_integration.md#required-pipeline-configuration) -
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Set an instance-wide auto included [pipeline configuration](../../../ci/yaml/index.md).
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This pipeline configuration is run after the project's own configuration.
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- [Package Registry](continuous_integration.md#package-registry-configuration) -
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Settings related to the use and experience of using the GitLab Package Registry. Some
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[risks are involved](../../packages/container_registry/reduce_container_registry_storage.md#use-with-external-container-registries)
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in enabling some of these settings.
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### Geo **(PREMIUM SELF)**
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The **Geo** setting contains:
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- [Geo](../../../administration/geo/index.md) - Replicate your GitLab instance to other
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geographical locations. Redirects to **Admin Area > Geo > Settings** are no
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longer available at **Admin Area > Settings > Geo** in [GitLab 13.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/36896).
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### Integrations
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The **Integrations** settings contain:
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- [Elasticsearch](../../../integration/elasticsearch.md#enable-advanced-search) -
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Elasticsearch integration. Elasticsearch AWS IAM.
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- [Kroki](../../../administration/integration/kroki.md#enable-kroki-in-gitlab) -
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Allow rendering of diagrams in AsciiDoc and Markdown documents using [kroki.io](https://kroki.io).
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- [Mailgun](../../../administration/integration/mailgun.md) - Enable your GitLab instance
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to receive invite email bounce events from Mailgun, if it is your email provider.
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- [PlantUML](../../../administration/integration/plantuml.md) - Allow rendering of PlantUML
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diagrams in documents.
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- [Slack application](../../../user/project/integrations/gitlab_slack_application.md#configuration) -
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Slack integration allows you to interact with GitLab via slash commands in a chat window.
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This option is only available on GitLab.com, though it may be
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[available for self-managed instances in the future](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28164).
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- [Customer experience improvement and third-party offers](third_party_offers.md) -
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Control the display of customer experience improvement content and third-party offers.
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- [Snowplow](../../../development/snowplow/index.md) - Configure the Snowplow integration.
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- [Google GKE](../../project/clusters/add_gke_clusters.md) - Google GKE integration enables
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you to provision GKE clusters from GitLab.
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- [Amazon EKS](../../project/clusters/add_eks_clusters.md) - Amazon EKS integration enables
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you to provision EKS clusters from GitLab.
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### Metrics and profiling
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The **Metrics and profiling** settings contain:
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- [Metrics - Prometheus](../../../administration/monitoring/prometheus/gitlab_metrics.md) -
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Enable and configure Prometheus metrics.
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- [Metrics - Grafana](../../../administration/monitoring/performance/grafana_configuration.md#integration-with-gitlab-ui) -
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Enable and configure Grafana.
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- [Profiling - Performance bar](../../../administration/monitoring/performance/performance_bar.md#enable-the-performance-bar-for-non-administrators) -
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Enable access to the Performance Bar for non-administrator users in a given group.
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- [Self monitoring](../../../administration/monitoring/gitlab_self_monitoring_project/index.md#create-the-self-monitoring-project) -
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Enable or disable instance self monitoring.
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- [Usage statistics](usage_statistics.md) - Enable or disable version check and Service Ping.
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- [Pseudonymizer data collection](../../../administration/pseudonymizer.md) -
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Enable or disable the Pseudonymizer data collection.
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### Network
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The **Network** settings contain:
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- Performance optimization - Various settings that affect GitLab performance, including:
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- [Write to `authorized_keys` file](../../../administration/operations/fast_ssh_key_lookup.md#setting-up-fast-lookup-via-gitlab-shell).
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- [Push event activities limit and bulk push events](push_event_activities_limit.md).
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- [User and IP rate limits](user_and_ip_rate_limits.md) - Configure limits for web and API requests.
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These rate limits can be overridden:
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- [Package Registry Rate Limits](package_registry_rate_limits.md) - Configure specific
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limits for Packages API requests that supersede the user and IP rate limits.
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- [Git LFS Rate Limits](git_lfs_rate_limits.md) - Configure specific limits for
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Git LFS requests that supersede the user and IP rate limits.
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- [Files API Rate Limits](files_api_rate_limits.md) - Configure specific limits for
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Files API requests that supersede the user and IP rate limits.
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- [Search rate limits](../../../administration/instance_limits.md#search-rate-limit) - Configure global search request rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated users.
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- [Deprecated API Rate Limits](deprecated_api_rate_limits.md) - Configure specific limits
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for deprecated API requests that supersede the user and IP rate limits.
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- [Outbound requests](../../../security/webhooks.md) - Allow requests to the local network from hooks and services.
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- [Protected Paths](protected_paths.md) - Configure paths to be protected by Rack Attack.
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- [Incident Management Limits](../../../operations/incident_management/index.md) - Limit the
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number of inbound alerts that can be sent to a project.
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- [Notes creation limit](rate_limit_on_notes_creation.md) - Set a rate limit on the note creation requests.
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- [Get single user limit](rate_limit_on_users_api.md) - Set a rate limit on users API endpoint to get a user by ID.
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### Preferences
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The **Preferences** settings contain:
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- [Email](email.md) - Various email settings.
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- [What's new](../../../administration/whats-new.md) - Configure **What's new** drawer and content.
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- [Help page](help_page.md) - Help page text and support page URL.
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- [Pages](../../../administration/pages/index.md#custom-domain-verification) -
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Size and domain settings for static websites.
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- [Polling interval multiplier](../../../administration/polling.md) -
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Configure how frequently the GitLab UI polls for updates.
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- [Gitaly timeouts](gitaly_timeouts.md) - Configure Gitaly timeouts.
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- Localization:
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- [Default first day of the week](../../profile/preferences.md).
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- [Time tracking](../../project/time_tracking.md#limit-displayed-units-to-hours).
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- [Sidekiq Job Limits](sidekiq_job_limits.md) - Limit the size of Sidekiq jobs stored in Redis.
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### Reporting
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The **Reporting** settings contain:
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- [Spam and Anti-bot Protection](../../../integration/recaptcha.md) -
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Enable anti-spam services, like reCAPTCHA, Akismet or [Spamcheck](../reporting/spamcheck.md), and set IP limits.
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- [Abuse reports](../review_abuse_reports.md) - Set notification email for abuse reports.
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### Repository
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The **Repository** settings contain:
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- [Repository's custom initial branch name](../../project/repository/branches/default.md#instance-level-custom-initial-branch-name) -
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Set a custom branch name for new repositories created in your instance.
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- [Repository's initial default branch protection](../../project/repository/branches/default.md#instance-level-default-branch-protection) -
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Configure the branch protections to apply to every repository's default branch.
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- [Repository mirror](visibility_and_access_controls.md#enable-project-mirroring) -
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Configure repository mirroring.
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- [Repository storage](../../../administration/repository_storage_types.md) - Configure storage path settings.
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- Repository maintenance:
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- [Repository checks](../../../administration/repository_checks.md) - Configure
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automatic Git checks on repositories.
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- [Housekeeping](../../../administration/housekeeping.md)). Configure automatic
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Git housekeeping on repositories.
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- [Repository static objects](../../../administration/static_objects_external_storage.md) -
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Serve repository static objects (for example, archives and blobs) from an external storage (for example, a CDN).
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### Templates **(PREMIUM SELF)**
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The **Templates** settings contain:
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- [Templates](instance_template_repository.md#configuration) - Set instance-wide template repository.
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- [Custom project templates](../custom_project_templates.md) - Select the custom project template source group.
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## Default first day of the week
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You can change the [Default first day of the week](../../profile/preferences.md)
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for the entire GitLab instance:
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1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Preferences**.
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1. Scroll to the **Localization** section, and select your desired first day of the week.
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