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title: Client Settings
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# Client Settings

> Most settings can be changed through the connection string. 

Settings are changed by adding them to the connection string, as in the following example:

Connection string with two parameters

couchbases://cb.<your-endpoint>.cloud.couchbase.com?timeout.connect_timeout=75s&timeout.query_timeout=100s