# Configuring the Connect Experience
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/open-finance-au/documentation/connect/configure-connect-experience/index.md

It is possible to configure some of the UI and functional aspects of the Connect user experience. This can be useful to keep the experience aligned with your own branding. To enable this, you must [contact us](https://developer.mastercard.com/open-finance-au/documentation/support/index.md) and collaborate with a solution engineer to have your customizations setup on our system.

Once complete, you will be given an unique ID that you can use in the `experience` parameter when [generating a Connect URL](https://developer.mastercard.com/open-finance-au/documentation/connect/generate-2-connect-url-apis/index.md). The generated URL will then load your configured version of the Connect experience.

#### Configuration Options {#configuration-options}

The following table outlines the options you have when you want to configure the Connect experience.

|                 Name                 |                                                                                                                                       Description                                                                                                                                        | Connect Full | Connect Lite |
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Purpose                              | The reason for asking user to link their accounts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | ✔            | ✔            |
| Brand Color                          | The brand color that is used for primary buttons and the loader within Connect.                                                                                                                                                                                                          | ✔            | ✔            |
| Brand Logo                           | Display a logo in Connect. Format allowed: SVG files                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | ✔            |              |
| Brand Icon                           | Display an icon on the Share data page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | ✔            | ✔            |
| Heading Image                        | Customise or remove a heading image at the top of the Consent screen.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | ✔            | ✔            |
| Popular Financial Institutions       | Display the most common financial institutions (up to 8 tiles) on the Bank Search page.                                                                                                                                                                                                  | ✔            |              |
| Single Use URL                       | By default a Connect URL can be used multiple times. Set this to true if you want to prevent multiple reports from being run from one Connect URL or email. **Note** : The `singleUserUrl` value passed in the Generate Connect URL API call overrides the value set via the experience. | ✔            | ✔            |
| Hide Exit Button                     | Hide the Exit button on all Connect pages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | ✔            | ✔            |
| Hide Back Button                     | Hide the Back button on all Connect pages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | ✔            | ✔            |
| De-identification Consent Enablement | Enable or disable de-identification consent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ✔            | ✔            |
| De-identification Purpose Statement  | Explanation of the reason for the de-identification consent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ✔            | ✔            |

## Resources {#resources}

Within the Connect experience you can also control which financial institutions appear for your customers, refer to [Institutions Settings](https://developer.mastercard.com/open-finance-au/documentation/connect/connect-institutions-settings/index.md) for more information.