Settings

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1. Menu button Accessing the Settings Panel
2. Manage Account Account
3. Import Recipes Import Recipes
4. Export Recipes Export Recipes
5. Find Duplicates List of Settings
6. Browser settings List of Settings

The settings panel allows you to configure Paprika's default behavior.

It also provides access to your Paprika account and syncing, the Paprika 4 Premium purchase screen, and Paprika's import and export tools.

Accessing the Settings Panel

You can open the Main Menu by pressing the menu button in the upper-left corner of the toolbar, and then press Settings to bring up Paprika's settings panel.

List of Settings

Account

The Account row of the settings panel is where you create or log into your Paprika account, manage your account details, and control syncing. It reads Set Up Account when you are logged out, and Manage Account once you are logged in.

Paprika Cloud Sync

Paprika Cloud Sync is an automated backup and syncing service for your recipe collection. It will automatically upload your recipes, cookbooks, categories, grocery lists, pantry, meals, and other data to our cloud servers, ensuring your data is safely backed up.

If you have Paprika installed on multiple devices, you can also use Paprika Cloud Sync to keep your data synced across all of those devices.

Creating an Account

You'll create one Paprika account for all devices sharing the same recipe collection. You can do this through the settings pane of any version of Paprika, and then log in to that same account on all other versions of Paprika.

To create an account, open the Settings panel, and then select Set Up Account. Then select Sign Up.

Enter in your name, and the email address and password you would like to use for this account.

Logging In

If you already have an account, you can log back into it using the Log In button on the account screen.

Managing your Account

After logging in, you can manage your account and sync status from the Manage Account screen.

Import Recipes

Paprika can import recipe databases from several other applications. To perform an import:

1. Open the Settings panel and choose Import Recipes from the Manage group.
2. Choose File and select the file to be imported using your device's file picker.
3. If the file type is ambiguous, choose the Format of the file.
4. Press Import.

Shortcut You can also import a .paprikarecipes file simply by opening it — for example, tap the file in your file manager, or tap a recipe attachment in your email app — and Paprika will offer to import it.

The currently supported file types are:

YAML Format

YAML is a simple, plain text file with sections delimited by key-value pairs. To indicate a block of text, use an initial pipe character, as shown in directions and ingredients. Consistent indenting should be used, but the order of the fields does not matter, and most are optional with the exception of the name, ingredients and directions. It is recommended that you use an online YAML validator such as this one to validate your file if you're experiencing difficulties importing.

YAML recipe example:

name: My Tasty Recipe
servings: 4-6 servings
source: Food Network
source_url: http://www.google.com
prep_time: 10 min
cook_time: 30 min
on_favorites: yes
categories: [Dinner, Holiday]
nutritional_info: 500 calories
difficulty: Easy
rating: 5
notes: |
  This is delicious!!!
photo: (base-64 encoded image)
ingredients: |
  1/2 lb meat
  1/2 lb vegetables
  salt
  pepper
  2 tbsp olive oil
  4 cups flour
directions: |
  Mix things together.
  Eat.
  Tasty.
  Yum yum yum.

YAML multiple recipes example:

- name: My Tasty Recipe
  servings: 4-6 servings
  source: Food Network
  source_url: http://www.google.com
  prep_time: 10 min
  cook_time: 30 min
  nutritional_info: 500 calories
  on_favorites: yes
  categories: [Dinner, Holiday]
  difficulty: Easy
  rating: 5
  notes: |
    This is delicious!!!
  ingredients: |
    1/2 lb meat
    1/2 lb vegetables
    salt
    pepper
    2 tbsp olive oil
    4 cups flour
  directions: |
    Mix things together.
    Eat.
    Tasty.
    Yum yum yum.

- name: My Tasty Recipe 2
  servings: 4-6 servings
  source: Food Network
  source_url: http://www.google.com
  prep_time: 10 min
  cook_time: 30 min
  nutritional_info: 500 calories
  difficulty: Easy
  rating: 5
  photo: | (base-64 encoded image)
  notes: |
    This is delicious!!!
  ingredients: |
    1/2 lb meat
    1/2 lb vegetables
    salt
    pepper
    2 tbsp olive oil
    4 cups flour
  directions: |
    Mix things together.
    Eat.
    Tasty.
    Yum yum yum.

Export Recipes

Paprika currently offers two different export formats:

How to export your recipes

1. Open the Settings panel and choose Export Recipes from the Manage group.
2. Choose a Category to export. By default All Recipes will be selected, but you can choose to export one or more different categories if you would like.
3. Choose either the HTML or Paprika Recipe Format.
4. Press Export.
5. The export file or folder will be written to your device's Downloads folder.

Alexa Premium

You can link your Paprika account to Amazon Alexa for use with the Paprika skill on your Echo devices. To link your account, open the Settings panel and choose Alexa from the Connections group. The screen shows whether your account is currently linked; press Link and follow the sign-in steps to connect, or unlink to disconnect.

Find Duplicates

Over the years, it's easy to end up with the same recipe saved more than once. The Find Duplicates tool helps you clean these up. To open it, choose Find Duplicates from the Manage group of the Settings panel.

Turn on the fields that must match: Name, Source, Source URL, Ingredients, or Directions. Recipes are considered duplicates when all of the chosen fields match. Then tap Search.

The matching recipes are listed in groups. Tap Select Duplicates to select every recipe except the oldest in each group, review the selection, and then tap Delete to move the selected recipes to the Trash.