How to Set Your Trip Preferences in Uber Driver

Co-authored by Christopher Batchelor

Last Updated: October 17, 2018

If you do both Uber Driver and Uber Delivery trips, Uber gives you the option to turn on and off each type of trip type at your leisure. Turning one off may provide you with less opportunity for earning, but if you need to do it, it's easy to turn it back on anytime.

Steps

1
Open up your Uber Driver app. The icon is maroon with a white hexagon icon on it, with a square design cut out in the middle.
2
Open the Trip Planner from the map. Tap the list button with tiny checkmarks in the bottom right corner of the screen.

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3
Tap the "Driving Preferences" icon from the Trip planner. This button will look like two slider buttons in the bottom right corner of the menu.
4
Become familiar with the trip options available to you. Uber Driver Partners and Uber Delivery Partners alike have two types of trips (Deliveries and UberX) that may be available to you. If they're both available to you, you can tell Uber which kinds of trips you want to accept.
- You'll need to keep at least one trip type on. The options available to you may differ depending on your car, Uber City (for UberPOOL) and your different trip options.
- Look through the list. If you have only one type of ride you can fulfill, it'll generally be listed as on and will be the only one available. For those with more ride types available, they will be listed on the page. Your options may include UberX, UberXL, UberSUV, UberLUX, UberBLACK, UberPOOL, and Deliveries.
5
Tap on whatever services you don't want to accept, to disable them. If you only have one type of trip you drive for on Uber, this is not possible, as one service must be turned on at all times.
- If you inadvertently turned off too many request types, you'll see a "Reset" button in the top right corner that you can tap to start over.
6
Save your settings by tapping "Save" near the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Before you save your work, you can press the "Reset" button in the bottom left to re-enable all trip types.

Community Q&A

Question

What is Uber Black?

Christopher

Top Answerer

Uber Black is a special high-end luxury service provided by Uber that only select drivers can provide. It is based on the type of car and your current driver rating. Uber will tell you if you and your car qualify for doing this service, and any instructions about how this contrasts to other services provided by Uber.
Question

When only Uber X trips are listed and Uber Delivery is turned off, does this affect the amount of trips received?

Christopher

Top Answerer

Yes. Turning off delivery when leaving Uber X turned on will greatly affect the amount of trip requests received. Make sure to keep both running when you are handling requests. You will get them both inside the same queue in the same app.
Question

What if I don't have the "See Driving Time" or "Preferences" menus?

Christopher

Top Answerer

Both of these choices are found in the Trip Planner. The Trip Planner can be found when you are outside of a ride by pressing the Checklist menu button, which should be mentioned above.