Workrave’s Qt preferences use a sidebar with sections and pages. Open Preferences from the timer-window or tray menu.

  • Timers

    Contains all settings for the three breaks.

  • User Interface

    Settings for several aspects of the user interface.

  • Monitoring

    Timers → Monitoring contains activity-monitoring settings and, on supported Windows builds, Focus Assist integration.

  • Sounds

    User interface → Sounds contains settings for the sounds Workrave plays.

  • Remote control

    Remote control → gRPC is available in builds with gRPC support.

  • Software updates

    Settings for the optional update checker under Plugins → Software updates.

Select Timers → Micro-break, Rest break or Daily limit to configure a break:

Preferences - Timer - Microbreak

Last updated: Oct 12, 2026