# Payment settings

In the payments settings, you can activate or deactivate the following features:

## Activate auto-settlement

Auto-settlement allows you to bypass the need to settle payments manually once they have been locked by the receiving institution.

To activate auto-settlement:

1. In the **Ripple Payments UI**, click the **Settings** tab.
2. Click **Payment settings**.
![Payment settings](/assets/auto-settlement-settings.5ca820e8bb306a44532cbda961e134046f2c1d04b9fcffec15f2b7eaa2f1fc87.6ae46ae6.png)
3. On the **Auto-settlement** panel, turn on the switch.
![Activate auto-settlement](/assets/auto-settlement-activate.66a4d9d02916ef0dc854431fcaf60cd4f3f169b5c55038b0485e856b1cd3ebff.6ae46ae6.png)
4. In the **Activate Auto-settlement?** modal, click **Activate**.
![Confirm activation](/assets/auto-settlement-confirmation.5a9ad2c478ea512aa6ad84f69c6b33435e527f351c2b9f238f8e8abbbce9b548.6ae46ae6.png)
Auto-settlement is now activated for all payments.


Deactivation
To deactivate auto-settlement, follow steps 1 and 2 in the above procedure, then in step 3, turn off the switch on the **Auto-settlement** setting panel.

## Deactivate auto-generation of end-to-end IDs

An end-to-end ID is a unique ID assigned to a transaction and shared between sender, receiver, and any intermediaries, which persists even if the payment ID for a transaction changes due to failures. By default, end-to-end ID auto-generation is turned on, and automatically generates an end-to-end ID for each payment in your organization.

To deactivate the auto-generation of end-to-end IDs:

1. In the **Ripple Payments UI**, click the **Settings** tab.
2. Click **Payment settings**.
![Payment settings](/assets/auto-settlement-settings.5ca820e8bb306a44532cbda961e134046f2c1d04b9fcffec15f2b7eaa2f1fc87.6ae46ae6.png)
3. On the **End-to-end ID Auto-generation** panel, turn off the switch.
![Deactivate end-to-end ID auto generation](/assets/end-to-end-id-deactivate.16889ba47df5b92307313fc06346b3706b63145fad52a28969e307212da28543.6ae46ae6.png)
4. In the **Deactivate End-to-End ID Auto generation?** modal, click **Deactivate**.
![Confirm deactivation](/assets/end-to-end-id-confirmation.ba6fc82e5392770cd3749a3dc16b4578bfd1f697a381a584ae2d9aa057c88c35.6ae46ae6.png)
End-to-end ID auto-generation is now deactivated for all payments.


Activation
To activate end-to-end ID auto-generation, follow steps 1 and 2 in the above procedure, then in step 3, turn off the switch on the **End-to-End ID Auto-generation** setting panel.