While a key philosophy of Haiku is to cut down on options and have sensible defaults instead, there are some things that have to be configured or can be set to individual preference.
| Appearance | Configure certain aspects of the graphical interface. |
| Backgrounds | Set a color or image as background of the Desktop or any other folder. |
| DataTranslations | Settings for all supported file formats. |
| Configure your email accounts. | |
| FileTypes | Add, remove and configure filetypes. |
| Fonts | Set your system fonts. |
| Keyboard | Configure repeat delay and rate. |
| Keymap | Set the mapping of your keyboard. |
| Media | Audio and video settings like volume and in/output devices. |
| Menu | Configure the behaviour of menus and the command key (CTRL/ALT. |
| Mouse | Configure your mouse. |
| Network | Configure your network. |
| Printers | Add, remove and configure printers. |
| Screen | Configure resolution, depth and refresh rate. |
| ScreenSaver | Add, remove and configure a screen saver. |
| Sounds | Assign a sound to different system events. |
| Time | Set time, date and timezone. |
| VirtualMemory | Set the amount of swap space. |