Settings

Created 4 Mar 2026·Updated 31 Jul 2026

Open Settings in TipLink

The Settings page holds TipLink's global options. Open it with the gear icon (⚙️) in the left sidebar.

Settings save automatically as you change them. A line at the top of the page shows when they last saved.

Most people never need to change anything here. The sections marked For advanced users are safe to leave alone.

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App Preferences

Setting	What it does	Default
Maximum Saved Events	How many non-chat events TipLink keeps in its history. Higher values use more memory.	1000
Maximum Saved Chat Messages	How many chat messages TipLink keeps. Higher values use more memory.	1000
Pause Event Queue Processing	Stops new events being processed. Events already running finish normally. Events still arrive and are recorded, they just do not fire any alerts until you unpause.	Off
Multi-Alert Execution Mode	How several alerts run when more than one fires on the same event. Sequential runs them one at a time in priority order. Simultaneous runs them all at once. Only matters when an alert has Always Trigger turned on.	Sequential
Countdown Timer History Limit	How many history entries to keep per countdown timer. Older entries are removed past this limit.	500

Pause is a safety switch

Pause Event Queue Processing is the fastest way to stop everything, including device actions, without disconnecting your platforms.

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Goals

Setting	What it does	Default
Max Completions Per Increment	Caps how many Goal Completed events a single increment can fire. Stops a huge donation flooding you with events when a goal is set to loop.	50

See Stream Goals.

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Stream Overlay Settings

For advanced users.

Setting	What it does	Default
Use Custom Stream Overlay Settings	Turn on to choose your own overlay port.	On
Custom Stream Overlay Port	The port your stream overlay listens on. If you change it, update the browser source addresses in your streaming software to match. Restart TipLink for the change to take effect.	7001
Port Auto-Update Status	Shows whether TipLink has moved the port automatically because something else was using it.	-
Server Status	Shows whether the overlay server is running, and on which port.	-

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VRChat Actions (OSC)

For advanced users. Only change these if VRChat runs on a different PC, or you have customised VRChat's OSC ports.

Setting	What it does	Default
Custom OSC Configuration	Turn on to reveal the options below.	On
Receive Port	Leave blank unless another app, such as face-tracking software, needs TipLink to pass OSC messages back to it.	Blank
VRChat OSC Port	The port VRChat listens on for commands from TipLink. Leave at 9000 unless you changed VRChat's OSC input port.	9000
Local Address	Leave as 127.0.0.1 unless you know you need something else.	127.0.0.1
VRChat Address	The IP address of the PC running VRChat. Use 127.0.0.1 if VRChat is on the same computer as TipLink.	127.0.0.1
Auto-Detect VRChat	Finds VRChat on your network automatically, even if its port changes. Also makes TipLink visible to face-tracking apps. Recommended.	On
Discovery Port	Leave at 0 to pick a port automatically. Only change this if your network needs a specific discovery port.	0

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PiShock Settings

For advanced users.

Setting	What it does	Default
Use Custom PiShock Settings	Turn on to set a custom command delay.	Off
PiShock Actions Delay Buffer (seconds)	How long to wait between PiShock commands. Increase it if commands are not sending reliably.	1

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VRChat Settings

For advanced users.

Setting	What it does	Default
Use Custom VRChat Settings	Turn on to set a custom cache location.	On
VRChat Cache Location	Where TipLink looks for VRChat's cache folder, which is how it finds your avatar parameters.	%AppData%/./LocalLow/VRChat/VRChat/

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Webhook API Settings

TipLink includes a built-in webhook server so other apps can send events into TipLink.

Setting	What it does	Default
Enable Webhook API Server	Turns the server on or off. Must be on before any webhook platform can receive events.	On
Webhook API Port	The port the webhook server listens on. Restart TipLink for a change to take effect.	3821

tip

Turning the server on is only half the job. You also need to add a Webhook platform on the Platforms page. See Using Webhooks.

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User Management

These control how TipLink tracks your viewers.

Setting	What it does	Default
Block Repeat Follow Alerts	Marks a repeat follow as Duplicate Follow instead of firing your follow alerts again, so viewers cannot farm rewards by unfollowing and following back.	On
Track Chat-Only Viewers	Creates or updates a viewer record for every chat message, the same as follows, tips and subscriptions do. Turn off on very busy channels if you only want records for viewers who follow, sub or tip.	On
Verbose Points & User Logging	Writes a log line for every viewer and points decision. Useful when troubleshooting missing viewers or points, but noisy on busy channels. Turn it back off afterwards.	Off

Chat events must be allowed

Tracking chat-only viewers only works if Chat Message is not in that account's Excluded Events list. Chat is excluded by default, so check the account's settings on the Platforms page first.

Points amounts are set separately, from the Points Settings button on the Users page.

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Analytics & Telemetry

Setting	What it does	Default
Share Anonymous Usage Data	Sends anonymous usage data to help improve TipLink. No personal information, usernames, chat content or IP addresses are collected. Data is tied to your licence token and deleted after 90 days.	Off
Delete My Analytics Data	Deletes all analytics data tied to your licence and turns analytics off. Only appears when the setting above is on.	-

You can turn this on or off at any time. See the Privacy Policy for the full detail.

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Help & Onboarding

Restart Onboarding Tour runs the first-time setup wizard again. Useful if you skipped it, or you want to add one of its ready-made alert templates later.

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Full Backup & Restore

Creates a complete portable copy of your TipLink data, including alerts, platform accounts, settings, events, overlays, viewers and points.

Button	What it does
Export Full Backup	Saves everything to a .json file. You can password-protect it.
Import Full Backup	Replaces all your current data with a backup file.

Importing replaces everything

Import overwrites all existing data. Export first if you want to keep anything you have now.

Full guide: Exporting & Importing Data.

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Danger Zone: Storage Controls

These permanently delete data. Click Unlock Storage Controls first, and each one asks you to confirm.

Button	What it does
Clear Entire App Memory	Deletes everything: settings, alerts, accounts, the lot. You will need to enter your licence again.
Delete All Received Events	Deletes your stored event history, not including chat messages.
Skip All Pending Events	Marks every queued or cooldown-delayed event as Skipped. They stay in your history but never run. Events already being processed are not affected.
Delete All System Activity Logs	Deletes TipLink's internal activity logs.
Delete All Stored Chat Messages	Deletes every stored chat message.
Clear All Users (Points)	Deletes every viewer record, including points balances, name histories and follow records. Points Redemptions are not affected. Viewers are recreated automatically as new events arrive.

None of this can be undone

Export a full backup before using anything in this section.

Click Lock Storage Controls when you are finished, so nothing is clicked by accident.

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Licence and Version Information

Your licence status, device binding and version number are on the About screen, along with the update checker.

Open About in TipLink