# Options flow

> The steps in the UI that change the options of an existing config entry, like how often it polls.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/options-flow/

- In code: `OptionsFlow`, `entry.options`
- In the UI: Configure

Options are settings that users can change at any time without setting up the integration again. Settings that are needed to connect, like a host, belong in the config entry itself, and change with a [reconfigure flow](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/reconfigure-flow/).

## Related terms

- [Config flow](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/config-flow/): The steps in the UI that set up an integration and create a config entry.
- [Config entry](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/config-entry/): One set-up instance of an integration, like one Hue bridge, with the configuration Home Assistant stores for it.
- [Reconfigure flow](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/reconfigure-flow/): A flow that changes the settings of a config entry, like its host, without removing and adding it again.