Settings and privacy

Open the Settings and activity menu

• On a computer: select More at the bottom of the left menu. The menu first lists the Explore pages and Your studios, then the rows below.
• On a phone: open Profile in the bottom bar, then select ⋯ at the end of the line with your posts and followers. A window called Settings and activity opens.

At the bottom are links to Privacy, Terms, Guidelines and About.

If you are using a guest account, the menu starts with Keep your account. Use it to add Google or your phone number so you can log in again. See Guest accounts.

Appearance: light and dark mode

1. 1Open the Settings and activity menu.
2. 2Select Appearance.
3. 3Choose Light, Dark or Use device setting.

The change applies at once. Use device setting follows the light or dark setting of your phone or computer; the menu then shows "Device setting" next to Appearance.

Your choice is saved in this browser only. On another device, choose it again.

The Settings page

Select Settings & privacy in the menu, or go to Settings. The page has these groups:

Your account

Studios

Learning studio and Creator studio, the same as in the menu.

Money

• My orders and payments: course applications, notes orders and everything you paid for. See Your orders.
• Earnings: sales of your notes, clubs, meetups and study rooms. See Earnings and payouts.
• Bank and tax details: where Sikhami pays your earnings, and your PAN and GST details.
• Sikhami Credits: shows how many credits you have. See Sikhami Credits.

Your activity

My learning, Saved posts, Liked posts, Archive, Quiz history and Calls (your audio and video call history).

About

About Sikhami, the policy pages (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, Copyright Policy, Trademark Policy, Refund Policy, Security Disclosure and Child Safety Standards) and How to delete your account. Log out is at the very bottom.

You cannot change your email address or phone number on the website. The Settings page says: "Changing your email or phone number is still done in the app."

Notifications

Settings > Notifications has these switches:

• Browser notifications: alerts on this device even when the tab is closed.
• Pause all: silences every notification until you turn it off.
• Posts, Follows, Messages, Reviews, Courses, Teachers and Dashboard: one switch for each kind of notification.
• Email: Email notifications for everything, then Messages, Followers, Comments, Sales, Meetups and invites and Daily activity summary.

Details are in Notifications, Push notifications and Email notifications.

Account: verification and deletion

• Verification: select Request verification to ask for the blue badge. Requests are reviewed by hand. Once you ask, the page says your request is under review. See The verified badge.
• Delete account: select Delete my account to close your account for good. Read Delete your account first.

Privacy controls

• Private account in Settings: only people you approve can follow you. See Private account and follow requests.
• Blocked accounts in Settings: see and unblock people you blocked. See Block someone.
• Location in the menu: set or remove your area. See Your location.
• Open to connect in Edit profile: shows you in the Open to connect filter of People search.

For the full picture of who can see what, read Privacy on Sikhami.

Bank and tax details

If you sell on Sikhami, Bank and tax details is where you add the bank account Sikhami pays your earnings into. It has four parts: Bank account, PAN and who you are, Address and GST. Only you and Sikhami's payouts team can see these details.

Step-by-step help is in Bank details and KYC.

Log out

Select Log out in the menu or at the bottom of the Settings page. A box asks "Log out?" Select Log out. You can log back in any time with the same account.

A guest account cannot be logged back in to. If you log out of a guest account, its posts, likes, follows and chats are lost. Select Keep your account in the menu first.

Questions