# Main Panel

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Watchtower main panel has 3 buttons:

* **Watch/Un-watch —** toggle auto-sync
* **Sync —** to manually sync folders
* **Folders —** open watch-folders manager where you can add/remove watch folders and adjust watch-folders settings

{% hint style="info" %}
If you already selected watch folders for your project and turned auto sync on, you can close main panel and Watchtower will continue to work in background
{% endhint %}

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## Settings

To access settings, right-click on the main panel or click on 3 lines (flyout menu).

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## Add watch-folders

Select folders in your file browser and drag'n'drop them on Watchtower panel.

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## Link existing bins

Select one or more bins in your project and drag'n'drop them on Watchtower panel.

If there is at least one file inside bins,Watchtower will offer folder paths based on a file path.

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