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How to change your units, appearance and profile

A tour of Settings in Phork It! covering your account, About you, nutrition goals, Metric or US units, auto-convert, auto-translate, dark mode and more.

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  1. Account
  2. About you
  3. Preferences
  4. Feedback, About and Legal
  5. Things you can't change yet

Everything you can set up lives in the Settings tab, the last tab in the app. Here's what each part does.

Account

Account shows your email. Tap it to Sign out of this device or Delete account. If you're trying Phork It! without an email, Add your email sits above it.

About you

Your answers from the welcome screens, which you can change any time: Name, Allergies & intolerances, Diet, Favourite food and Why you're here. Tap one, change it and tap Save. These belong to you only.

Preferences

  • Nutrition: compare recipes with standard daily values, or turn on Use my daily goals and set your own targets.
  • Units: choose Metric or US. Under Recipes:
  • Auto-convert (on by default) opens every recipe in your units. Turn it off to open recipes exactly as written.
  • Show metric equivalents adds millilitres beside cups and spoons.
  • Auto-translate (off by default) translates recipes you import in another language into English.
  • Appearance: System follows your phone's light or dark mode, or pick Light or Dark. The Ingredient pictures switch is here too.
  • Send feedback reports a bug or shares an idea with our team.
  • What's new lists recent changes to the app.
  • Terms of Service and Privacy Policy open our legal pages.
  • The version line at the bottom (for example "Version 1.0.0 (12)") is handy to include when you report a problem.

Things you can't change yet

  • App language: the app is in English for now. Recipes in other languages can be translated with one tap.
  • Email address: you can't change your account's email yet.
CookingHow to change servings and units on a recipeScale any recipe up or down and switch between metric and US cups and ounces. Oven temperatures and pan sizes show in both systems. About Phork It!How to contact us or send feedbackReport a bug, suggest an improvement or tell us about a recipe that came out wrong, right from the app, with screenshots. Or email [email protected].

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