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title: Default settings for sticky notes
description: Define default values for sticky notes.
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# Default settings for sticky notes

## You can define default settings for sticky notes to ensure a consistent look and behavior across your boards.

Default settings for sticky notes help ensure consistency and save time when working on a board. Instead of formatting each note individually, new sticky notes automatically follow your preferred colors, fonts, sizes, and layout.

Default sticky note settings are **user-specific**, not board-specific. This means each user can define their own preferences for sticky notes, independent of other users working on the same board.

These settings are applied when creating new sticky notes. You can find them under **Settings → Default**.

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-07-26-2910-PM.png?width=410&height=193&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-07-26-2910-PM.png)

 

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### Default background color

Choose a default background color for sticky notes from a palette of predefined colors.  
This color will automatically be used when new sticky notes are created and no color is selected.

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-08-53-5798-PM.png?width=472&height=197&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-08-53-5798-PM.png)

### Default font

Select the default font used for text on sticky notes (for example Segoe UI).

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-09-22-2633-PM.png?width=470&height=115&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-09-22-2633-PM.png)

### Text alignment

Define how text is aligned horizontally within sticky notes:

- Left
- Center
- Right

### Vertical alignment

Define how text is aligned vertically within sticky notes:

- Top
- Center
- Bottom

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-09-41-0542-PM.png?width=459&height=394&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-09-41-0542-PM.png)

### Text style

Set the default text styling for sticky notes:

- Bold
- Italic
- Underline

### Default font size

Choose the default font size for sticky notes.  
The **Auto** option automatically adjusts the text size depending on the amount of content.

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-10-11-8917-PM.png?width=458&height=297&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-10-11-8917-PM.png)

### Shape

Define the default shape for sticky notes:

- Square
- Rectangle

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-10-35-5598-PM.png?width=468&height=163&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-10-35-5598-PM.png)

### Restore factory defaults

Reset all sticky note settings to the original system defaults.

### Apply settings to existing notes

Use **Apply to all existing notes** to update sticky notes that are already on the board with the selected default settings. Attention: **This action can't be undone**.

![](https://help.collaboard.app/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-10-52-1059-PM.png?width=463&height=146&name=image-png-Feb-09-2026-07-10-52-1059-PM.png)

 

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