Preferences

Preferences dialog is used to configure general interface, behavioural and other settings of WinSCP.

To show Preferences dialog go to View > Preferences in Explorer-like interface or Options > Preferences in Norton Commander interface. You can also open the dialog before opening the session from Preferences tab of Login dialog.

Tabs available on Preferences dialog:

• Environment
  • Interface
  • Panels
  • Commander
  • Explorer
• Editors
• Transfer
  • Presets
  • Drag & Drop
  • Background
  • Resume
• Logging
• Integration
• Commands
• Storage
• Updates

Note that when Preferences dialog is opened from Login dialog, the tabs available directly from the Login dialog (Logging and Interface) are hidden.