Other settings

Dark theme

To use a dark background for app elements like tabs and the SmartBox, enable the dark theme.

In Settings

  1. Tap  (profile picture).

  2. Tap App settings → Theme.
  3. Select Always dark.

To turn on the light theme, select Always light.

To have the app theme match your device settings, select System settings.

There's no dark theme

To make the feature available, update the app.

Font size

You can change the font size in your device settings, and then it'll change in the app as well. To do that, open the device settings and go to Display → Font size and style.

Where are my downloads?

By default, Yandex Start downloads files to the Downloads system folder. To view the default download path:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.

  2. Under Downloads, tap File storage directory.

If you have an SD card, you can store downloaded files there to save device memory. To do this:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.

  2. Under Downloads, tap File storage directory and select the SD card.

The storage folder will change, but the files that you already downloaded will remain in the old location.

If you've moved your downloads to your SD card, you can download files to your device memory again:

  1. Go to  (profile picture) → App settings.

  2. Under Downloads, tap File storage directory and select Phone.

The storage folder will change, but the files that you already downloaded will remain in the old location.

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