The Settings tab is where you decide how Lonida looks, how you prove it is you when signing in, who is allowed to contact you, and how much the platform is allowed to email you. Nothing here affects your club or your money — it is entirely about your own experience.
Appearance and language
How Lonida presents itself
- ThemeOptionalYour preferred colour scheme. Applies across the whole platform on this account.
- LanguageOptionalDisplay language. English is currently the only one available — French, Spanish, Portuguese, Yoruba and Hausa are listed but not yet selectable.
Why some languages are greyed out
The list shows where the platform is heading, not where it is. A language shown as unavailable simply has not been finished yet — selecting it is blocked rather than giving you a half-translated interface.
Login verification
This decides how you prove it is you when logging in. There are three options, but two of them have to be earned first:
The three methods
- Email OTPOptionalA one-time code sent to your email. Always available — this is the default.
- PINOptionalYour six-digit PIN. Only selectable once you have set a PIN in the Security tab.
- 2FAOptionalA rotating code from your authenticator app. Only selectable once two-factor authentication is enabled.
If an option is unavailable
The interface tells you exactly why — "Set a PIN in the Security tab first", or "Enable 2FA in the Security tab first". Do that, come back, and the option becomes selectable. 2FA is the strongest of the three.
Direct messages
Allow Direct Messages controls whether other managers can start a private conversation with you. Turning it off does not delete existing conversations — it stops new ones being opened. If you are getting unwanted contact, this is the switch.
Email notifications
Each of these is an independent switch, so you can be told about money and matches while ignoring everything else.
What each email covers
- Match RemindersOptionalAn email before your next fixture.
- Transfer AlertsOptionalWhen a bid of yours is accepted or rejected, or you are outbid.
- Wallet TransactionsOptionalCredits and debits on your wallet.
- Gift ReceivedOptionalWhen another manager sends you LONIDA.
- Team ActivityOptionalNew team members and role changes.
- Weekly SummaryOptionalYour club's stats, every Monday.
- Tournament AnnouncementsOptionalNew tournaments and prize pools.
- Transfer & Loan RequestsOptionalWhen another club wants one of your players.
- Friendly RequestsOptionalWhen another club challenges you to a friendly.
- Unread Chat RemindersOptionalIf a chat goes unanswered while you are online, or stays unread about ten minutes after you were last seen.
Do not switch off the money ones
Wallet Transactions and Transfer & Loan Requests are the two worth keeping on whatever else you disable. The first is your early warning that funds moved; the second is another club waiting on an answer, and silence reads as a refusal.
In-app notifications and sounds
Inside the platform
- Gift Received (In-App)RequiredAlways on and cannot be turned off — you will always be told when someone sends you LONIDA.
- Post & Comment RepliesOptionalSomeone comments on your post, or replies to your comment.
- Live Match EventsOptionalGoals, red cards and match end as they happen.
- Chat SoundOptionalPlays a sound when a chat message or like arrives.
- Notification SoundOptionalPlays a sound for new notifications.
One notification you cannot silence
Receiving a gift always produces an in-app notification. It involves someone giving you real value, so the platform makes sure you know about it regardless of your other preferences.