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One toggle in Settings → Scan behavior decides what scanning an Item does by default: Show a profile page.
  • On — a scan opens the Item’s page, which can offer several Destinations. This is Page Mode.
  • Off — a scan goes straight to a single Destination, with no page in between. This is Direct Mode, and it makes a Default destination setting appear below the toggle.

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It is a default, not a rule

This sets the starting point for new Items. Any individual Item can be switched to the other mode from its own settings, and that explicit choice always wins over the Collection. The corollary matters: an Item that has never made an explicit choice follows the Collection. Flipping this toggle changes how those Items resolve, including Items that already exist — most often Items created by CSV import, which do not record a per-Item choice unless you give them one.

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What changes in the interface

Turning the toggle on reveals the Collection’s page tab in settings, where you can preview the page design and open the Page Editor. Turning it off hides that tab — and if you were sitting on it, you land back on Scan behavior. The page design itself is not deleted; it is still there if you turn pages back on. Turning pages off is also what surfaces the Default Destination for New Items builder, since a pass-through Item needs somewhere to send the scan.

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Privacy is per-Item, not per-Collection

A related setting people look for here and do not find: there is no Collection-level control for whether pages require sign-in. Privacy is set on the individual Item. New Items start public.

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Choosing between them

Direct Mode is right when a scan has exactly one sensible outcome — a product page, an asset record in one system, a form. It is the fastest path for the person scanning: no page, no tap. Page Mode is right when one physical code has to serve more than one purpose or more than one audience — an inspection app for the operator, a manual for the technician, a support form for a customer. One code, several Destinations, no second sticker. For a full comparison of the two modes, see Direct Mode vs. Page Mode.