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title: "Setup basic information"
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description: "Setting up the basic info of Home Assistant."
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related:
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- docs: /integrations/homeassistant/
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- docs: /docs/configuration/
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As part of the default onboarding process, Home Assistant can detect your location from IP address geolocation. Home Assistant will automatically select a unit system and time zone based on this location. If you didn't adjust this directly during onboarding, you can do it later.
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<p class='img'>
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<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/docs/configuration/general-settings.png' alt='Screenshot showing General settings page'>
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Screenshot showing the General settings page.
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</p>
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The general settings described here are managed by the [Home Assistant Core integration](/integrations/homeassistant/). If you are interested in the actions offered by this integration, check out the integration documentation.
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## Editing the general settings
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To change the general settings that were defined during onboarding, follow these steps:
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1. Go to {% my general title="**Settings** > **System** > **General**" %}.
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- Make your changes.
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- To change location or radius, under **Edit location**, select edit.
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- Then, adjust location and radius.
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<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/docs/configuration/change_location_radius.webp' alt='Screencast showing how to zoom and pan to change location and radius on the Edit home page'>
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- To add a new zone, select **Add zone**.
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- To save your changes, select **Update**.
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2. To change network-related configuration, such as the network name, go to {% my network title="**Settings** > **System** > **Network**" %}.
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3. If some of the settings are not visible, you may need to enable **Advanced mode**.
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- In the bottom left, select your username to go to your {% my profile title="**User profile**" %}, and enable **Advanced mode**.
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4. **Troubleshooting**: If any of the settings are grayed out and can't be edited, this is because they are defined in the {% term "`configuration.yaml`" %} file.
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- If you prefer editing the settings in the UI, you have to delete these entries from the {% term "`configuration.yaml`" %} file.
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- For more information about the general settings in YAML, refer to the [Home Assistant Core integration documentation](/integrations/homeassistant/).
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5. To apply the changes, follow the steps on [reloading the configuration](/docs/configuration/#reloading-configuration-changes).
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## Changing a person's display name
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The display name is the name that is shown in Home Assistant. It can differ from the username, which is the name used to log in.
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### Prerequisites
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- You need administrator rights to change a display name.
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## To change a display name
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1. To edit the display name of a person using Home Assistant, go to {% my people title="**Settings** > **People**" %} and select the person for which you want to change the display name.
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2. Change the display name and select **Update** to save the change.
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## Changing a username
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The username is the name that is used to log in. It can differ from the display name.
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### Prerequisites
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- You need owner rights to change a username.
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### To change a username
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1. To edit the username of a person using Home Assistant, go to {% my people title="**Settings** > **People**" %} and select the person for which you want to change the display name.
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2. Change the username and select **Update** to save the change.
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- It must be lowercase and contain no spaces.
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- The log in is case-sensitive.
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## Changing authentication settings
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To learn how to edit authentication settings such as password or multi-factor authentication, refer to the following topics:
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- [Authentication](/docs/authentication/)
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- [multi-factor authentication](/docs/authentication/multi-factor-auth/)
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- [Help, I'm locked out](/docs/locked_out/)
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