Updates & settings

This page covers the app-level features that live outside your profiles: staying up to date, switching theme, finding logs when you need support, reading your license badge, and signing out.

Automatic updates

Santiago checks for new versions on its own. You don’t need to download anything from the website to upgrade — the app pulls updates straight from the official update channel.

How update checks work

• The app checks for a newer version periodically (roughly every half hour) while it’s running.
• When a new version is found, an update banner appears in the bottom-left corner of the window.
• Updates download in the background, so you can keep working with your profiles while it happens.

The update banner

The banner walks you through the update step by step. It changes as the update progresses:

Banner state	What you see	What to do
Update available	A new version is ready to download	Click Download to start, or postpone (see below)
Downloading	A progress indicator while the update transfers	Nothing — keep working, it runs in the background
Downloaded	The update is ready to install	Click Install to restart and apply it
Error	The download didn’t finish	Check your connection and try again later

Installing an update

1. When the banner shows Update available, click Download.
2. Wait for the download to finish — the banner shows progress.
3. When it shows Downloaded, click Install. The app restarts to apply the new version.

Tip

If you don’t install right away, the update is applied automatically the next time you fully quit and reopen the app. You won’t lose the downloaded update.

Postponing an update

Not a good time to restart? You can postpone the update. The banner is hidden for that version for 24 hours, then it reminds you again. Your profiles and sessions are never touched by postponing — it only delays the install.

Updates are version-specific

Postponing applies to the current available version. If a newer version is released, you’ll see the banner again.

Light & dark theme

Santiago supports both a light and a dark appearance. Use the theme toggle in the app header (the sun/moon icon) to switch between them whenever you like. Your choice is remembered the next time you open the app, so you only set it once.

Tip

Pick whichever is easier on your eyes for long sessions — the theme is purely visual and has no effect on your profiles, fingerprints, or proxies.

Opening the logs folder

If something isn’t working and you reach out to support, they may ask for your logs. The app can open the folder where Santiago stores its log files so you can attach them to a support message.

1. In the app header, click the logs icon (the document icon, next to the theme toggle and Sign out).
2. Your file manager opens at the folder where Santiago keeps its logs.
3. Attach the relevant log files when you contact support.

Caution

Logs are meant for troubleshooting. Only share them with official Santiago support via t.me/santiago_browser, and review them first if you’re concerned about anything sensitive.

For common problems you can often fix yourself before contacting support, see Common errors and the FAQ.

The license badge

The app header shows a license badge that tells you, at a glance, the state of your subscription. It shows your current plan and how much time is left, and its color changes as renewal gets closer.

Badge	Meaning
{plan} · {N}d left, gray	More than 7 days remaining
{plan} · {N}d left, blue	7 days or fewer remaining
{plan} · {N}d left, orange	2 days or fewer remaining
{plan} · {N}d left, red	1 day or fewer remaining
{plan} · Expired, solid red	Your subscription has lapsed
No plan, solid red	You haven’t chosen a plan yet

Click the badge to open your account page on the website, where you can pick a plan, renew, or upgrade.

What changes when a plan expires or is missing

Santiago never deletes your work when a subscription lapses. You keep full read access — but the actions that consume your plan are paused until you have an active subscription.

What you can do	Active plan	Expired / No plan
View and list profiles	Yes	Yes
Edit a profile	Yes	Yes
Delete a profile	Yes	Yes
Export cookies	Yes	Yes
Launch a profile	Yes	No
Create a profile	Yes	No
Import cookies	Yes	No
Generate a fingerprint	Yes	No

When you’re out of subscription, the Launch and New Profile buttons are disabled with an explanation, and a prompt invites you to choose a plan or renew. To learn more about each state and what to do, see License states. To compare what each plan includes, see Plans, and to renew or move up a tier, see Subscribe & upgrade.

Signing out

Signing out disconnects the app from your account. Your profiles, fingerprints, and saved sessions stay safe on your account — signing out doesn’t delete anything.

After you sign out, you’ll see the login screen and can sign back in with your email and password. There’s no registration inside the app: to create an account, use the Register on our website link, which opens the sign-up page in your browser.

Note

You can sign in to the same account from another device. While a profile is open somewhere else, it shows as locked so two devices don’t run the same session at once.

Related pages

• Supported platforms — macOS, Windows, and Linux details.
• License states — what each subscription state means.
• Plans — what’s included in Starter, Pro, and Agency.
• Support — how to reach the team and what to include.