# Config Settings

To set up default alert channels like Emails and Slack, go to the "My Account" page and choose the "Config Settings" tablist.

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Set up your alert channels in the Config settings.
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Within the **Config Settings** tab, users will find two distinct subtabs:

1. **Config Alerts**: This is where you can establish and adjust your primary alert channels.
2. **Default Settings**: Use this section to define standard parameters, such as Monitoring Frequency and Incident Severity Levels, for your monitors.

### Config Alerts

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### Config Alerts

Check out how to set up notifications for each alert channel below.

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[notification-alerts](https://docs.decube.io/alert-notifications/notification-alerts)
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### Default Settings

Within the **Default Settings** tab, you can configure the default frequencies and incident levels for all monitor types, excluding the Grouped-by monitoring type.

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Note that after setting your default configurations for monitors, these changes will only apply to newly added data sources. Existing monitor configurations will remain unaffected.
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