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uid: Uno.Features.Settings
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# Settings

> [!TIP]
> This article covers Uno-specific information for managing user preferences. For a full description of the feature and instructions on using it, see [Save and load settings in a WinUI app](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/get-started/settings-learning-track).

* Settings API allows you to store the preferences of the user and preserve them across the launches of the application.

## Supported features

| Feature                                   | Windows | Android | iOS | Web (WASM) | macOS | Linux (Skia) | Win 7 (Skia) |
|-------------------------------------------|---------|---------|-----|------------|-------|--------------|--------------|
| `ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings`   | ✔       | ✔       | ✔   | ✔          | ✔     | ✔            | ✔            |
| `ApplicationData.Current.RoamingSettings` | ✔       | ✔       | ✔   | ✔          | ✔     | ✔            | ✔            |

## Using Settings with Uno

* On each target platform, the native user preferences APIs are used for storage.
* `RoamingSettings` are not roamed across devices, as this feature has been disabled by WinUI.

## Examples

### Storing a Setting

```csharp
ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
localSettings.Values["MySettingName"] = "A user setting";
```

### Reading a setting

```csharp
ApplicationDataContainer localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
var localValue = localSettings.Values["MySettingName"] as string;
```