# General settings (/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/general)

> Manage publishing, access, app identity, features, and advanced settings in My app



Open a Cloud project and select **My app → General**. This page is the control center for the app's publishing state and live settings.

## App identity [#app-identity]

When the app is live and no publish is in progress, select **Edit** next to the app name to change its icon or title.

* The title cannot be empty.
* The title cannot contain `%`, `*`, `#`, `@`, `&`, `<`, `>`, quotes, backticks, backslashes, `/`, `?`, `=`, braces, `|`, `^`, or `~`.
* Saving the title or icon updates the live app immediately; another publish is not required.
* **Visit** opens the current live URL in a new browser tab.

The URL is chosen during the publish flow. General lets you visit, copy, or display it as a QR code, but it does not provide an inline URL editor for a live app.

## Publish & Access [#publish--access]

The main status card changes with the app state:

| State                   | What you can do                                                                                                                                                          |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Not published**       | Start the first publish. Until then, the app is available only through its preview.                                                                                      |
| **Publishing**          | Follow build, scan, and release progress; cancel when cancellation is available; respond to a security confirmation or use the offered AI fix after a supported failure. |
| **Live**                | Visit the app, change its access level, copy its URL, view it on a phone, or unpublish it.                                                                               |
| **Failed or cancelled** | Review the reported problem and start a new publish attempt.                                                                                                             |

### Public and private access [#public-and-private-access]

Use the access selector on a live app:

* **Public** — anyone with the URL can open the app.
* **Private** — only you can access the app.

Changing access is saved and applied immediately. While a save or unpublish operation is running, the selector is temporarily disabled.

### Copy or open on a phone [#copy-or-open-on-a-phone]

The URL card provides two shortcuts:

* **Copy URL** copies the live link to the clipboard.
* The phone button displays a QR code that you can scan on a mobile device.

### Unpublish [#unpublish]

Select **Unpublish** and confirm the warning to take the app offline. The published URL becomes inaccessible immediately. The project remains available so you can continue editing and publish again later.

## Version history [#version-history]

Select **Version history** to review publish attempts with their timestamp, status, and release message. Possible states include **Live**, **Previously live**, **Publishing**, **Failed**, and **Cancelled**.

<Note>
  Version history is currently a read-only record. The dialog does not provide a rollback or restore action.
</Note>

## App features [#app-features]

General can send feature setup requests to the active project task:

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Ask Verdent to enable sign-in">
    Verdent asks the task to add sign-up, sign-in, password recovery, and sign-out using managed authentication. Supported methods can include Google and email/password. After publishing the generated changes, registered accounts appear in **Users**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Built-in database">
    Verdent asks the task to create and connect the data model needed by the app. After publishing the generated changes, tables and records appear in **Database**.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

The **Set up** button is disabled when the feature is already detected or when no setup action can be sent. Open a task in the Cloud project before requesting setup.

## Advanced [#advanced]

**Hide Verdent badge** removes the Verdent badge from the published website. This setting requires an active paid subscription.

* Before the first publish, the switch is saved as a draft for the upcoming release.
* For a live app, changing the switch updates the site immediately.
* If the account is not eligible, selecting the locked setting opens the Verdent pricing page.

## Related guides [#related-guides]

<CardGroup cols="2">
  <Card title="Database" icon="database" href="/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/database">
    Manage production tables and records
  </Card>

  <Card title="Users" icon="users" href="/docs/verdent-manager/my-app/users">
    Review signups and registered accounts
  </Card>
</CardGroup>