You can enable or disable some new features on the Update options screen.
This section describes the features for which you can change the enable/disable setting as of the May 2026 update.

This feature lets you use AI Search on kintone.com. For details on the AI Search, refer to the following page:
AI Search

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

In Apps on the App management screen, the Regular users with access and Guest users with access columns have been added, allowing you to check the number of regular and guest users who can access each app. This feature is only available to Kintone users & system administrators.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

JavaScript APIs in Kintone have been enhanced.
For details, refer to the following pages.

• API Updates for March 2026​
• API Updates for April 2026​

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

You can now perform more flexible searches when filtering records in a Lookup field. For example, you can filter records containing "kintone" by entering a single character like "k" or a partial string such as "kin".
For details on filtering, refer to the following page:
Partial match search

This new feature becomes available when you select Enable partial match search (Recommended) in the settings of a Lookup field.
For details on the settings, refer to the following page:
Search method for retrieving records

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

When searching all of kintone or within an app, you can now exclude search results containing a specific keyword. To exclude a keyword, enter a hyphen followed by the keyword you want to exclude, such as "-keyword".

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

You can now view up to 1,000 records in the change history of app settings. Previously, only up to 50 records were available.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

You can now export app record comments to a CSV file.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

You can now place "App", "Space", "Assigned to me", and "Notifications" widgets on additional portals.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

If you update an additional portal while this feature is disabled, any "App", "Space", "Assigned to me", or "Notifications" widgets on that portal will be deleted.
Deleted widgets cannot be restored even if you enable this feature again. If they are deleted, you will need to place them on the portal again.

For portals that were not updated while the feature was disabled, the widgets will be restored and reappear on the portals once the feature is enabled again.

Kintone administrators can now prohibit granting the "Manage app" permission to the Everyone group.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

Kintone System Administrators can now prohibit granting the file export permission to the "Everyone" group.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

You can now place the "Assigned to me" widget on the Android home screen in the Kintone mobile app.
For details on the "Assigned to me" widget, refer to the following page:
Adding a widget to the home screen (Android)

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

In Apps on the App management screen, the Apps referencing this app column has been added, allowing you to check the number of apps that reference this app through the Lookup or Related records fields.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

The front-end infrastructure of the [Notifications] screen has been revamped, with design changes and added functionality. Users can now switch between the old and New "Notifications" screen using a button to try out New "Notifications" screen.

For details on the new notifications screen, refer to the following page.
Checking notifications on the new notifications screen

If you select this option in Disable new features, the new feature will be disabled. The option to disable this new feature will be available until the October 2026 update is released. After that, users will not be able to switch the notification screen.

On the Android version of the Kintone mobile app, you can now capture and adjust documents when attaching files.
For details, refer to the following page:
Capturing and attaching documents (with adjustment feature)

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

On the iOS version of the Kintone mobile app, you can now edit photos, including rotating, cropping, and adjusting brightness and contrast, when attaching files. This applies to both photos captured on the spot and those selected from your photo library.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under Disable New Features will disable it. This feature can be disabled until the August 2026 update is released. From that time onward, this feature will always be enabled.

Features selectable under Disable New Features (Features available only in Current Channel) are displayed only when Current Channel is selected in the Select Update Channel section.
Note that the features you can enable or disable may change at any time. For the latest information on which features can be enabled or disabled, please check the Update options screen.

As of the May 2026 update, there are no new features available in advance.

This feature adds the System monitoring section to the Kintone administration screen.
On the  System monitoring screen, you can check the status of search indexing jobs.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

This feature updates the UI and layout design of the Kintone administration screen.
Selecting the checkbox for this feature under  New Features Under Consideration will enable it.
This feature is only applied to the Header color screen. There are plans to apply it to additional screens in future updates.

The front-end infrastructure for the header, global navigation menu, and "Notifications" in the mobile-optimized view has been updated. Additionally, the layout and some UI components have been changed.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

This feature, which lets you use AI to search for apps, is now offered in Kintone AI Lab.​​

When you click Kintone AI at the top of Kintone and select AI App Finder , the AI App Finder screen will open.

When you enter a word or phrase and click Search apps, the AI will start searching your apps. The AI will also offer search suggestions based on what you've entered.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

This feature revamps the front-end framework of the screens that appear after clicking Create from Excel in Kintone marketplace, with changes to the layout and screen configuration.

Also, with this update, if any errors occur during file import, only the rows with errors will be skipped, and the import will continue. This way of handling errors is the same as when you are importing record data from a file into an app and have selected Continue importing (Only rows with errors will be skipped) on the Import from file screen.
For details on error handling, refer to the following page.
Continue importing (Only rows with errors will be skipped)

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

The front-end framework of the "Portal" screen for both desktop and mobile views has been updated. The layout and some UI components have also been changed.

Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

• When you enable this feature, keep the following in mind if you disable it later.
  Any changes made to the portal while the feature is disabled will overwrite the settings from when the feature was enabled. This means that if you enable the feature again, the portal will reflect those changes. Since you cannot restore the old settings, you will need to change the portal settings again.
  If you do not change any settings while the feature is disabled, the settings from when the feature was enabled will be applied when you enable it again.
• Even if the "Front-end update for the header and global navigation bar in the mobile-optimized view" feature in "New features under consideration" is not enabled, the header and global navigation bar of the "Portal" screen in the mobile view will be displayed with the new design when you enable this feature.
  For details on "Front-end update for the header and global navigation bar in the mobile-optimized view", refer to the following section:
  Front-end update for the header and global navigation bar in the mobile-optimized view

API Lab lets you try out APIs that are currently in development.
These APIs may be discontinued mid-development or changed dramatically. For this reason, we recommend using them only for testing purposes, and not with your actual environment.

This allows you to use a REST API for creating a space without specifying a space template.
Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

This allows you to use a REST API for getting or updating the Categories settings of an app.
Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.

This allows you to use a REST API for getting or updating the settings of an app's plug-ins.
Selecting the checkbox for this feature under New Features Under Consideration will enable it.