What a Profile keeps apart
A Profile has its own history, saved passwords, cookies, extensions and Favorites. Every Space uses one Profile, and a Profile can be used by several Spaces. Use separate Profiles to stay signed in to two accounts of the same site, or to keep work and personal browsing apart.
Create and manage Profiles
Open Settings ▸ Profiles.
- + under the list creates a Profile; the edit button renames it.
- − deletes a Profile, after you type its name to confirm. Deleting removes its cookies, history, preferences and logins from this Mac. The Default Profile cannot be deleted, and a Profile cannot be deleted while a Space uses it.
Give a Space a Profile
Choose the Profile when you create the Space, or right-click the Space name and choose another Profile.
Settings per Profile
Each Profile has its own:
- Search engine and search suggestions
- Archive tabs after: how long Today tabs stay (see Today and the archive)
- Download location
- Privacy and Security, Passwords, Credit Cards, Notifications and Autofill pages, and Clear Browsing Data
The Profile's data pages open in a tab of a Space that uses it.
Profiles and sync
Profiles are not synced between Macs. A synced Space uses the Default Profile on a Mac that does not have its Profile.