{"article":{"id":19227964556183,"url":"https://thebrowsercompany.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/19227964556183.json","html_url":"https://resources.arc.net/hc/en-us/articles/19227964556183-Profiles-Separate-Work-Personal-Browsing","author_id":16435102183191,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":-8,"vote_count":26,"section_id":19211839689111,"created_at":"2023-11-21T16:19:13Z","updated_at":"2024-11-05T18:58:43Z","name":"Profiles: Separate Work & Personal Browsing","title":"Profiles: Separate Work & Personal Browsing","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2024-04-03T18:23:32Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":16435267079959,"content_tag_ids":["01J1WH1GDJ6GAV035WG2D24XW7","01J1WH1WBS6BEZ31RRP3TB9R2H","01J58N0YKRYX4JJMQZ7RC56A6H"],"label_names":["Arc for Windows","Arc for macOS","browser profiles","profiles on Arc browser","personal profile","Profiles","user profiles","work profile"],"body":"<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"text-md font-normal leading-normal text-body-secondary-color\">\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-heading intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p><em>This article applies to Arc on <strong>macOS</strong> and <strong>Windows</strong>.</em></p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Profiles allow you to scope Logins, Cookies, Browsing History, <a href=\"https://resources.arc.net/hc/en-us/articles/19228855311127\">Archive</a> timing, and other settings to one or multiple Spaces.</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>A common use for Profiles is separating Work data from Personal data.</p>\n</div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 2.1em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><iframe src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kVZZv1ygNP8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"></iframe></strong></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p> </p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-heading intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<h2 id=\"h_772102f43d\">What’s included in a Profile?</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://resources.arc.net/hc/en-us/articles/19228855311127\">Archive settings</a></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-unordered-nested-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Authentication (logins, passwords, autofill)</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Browser History</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Cache / Cookies</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Default Browser Selection</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Favorites</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Extensions</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Settings in arc://settings (such as Language or Download Preferences)</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-heading intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<h2 id=\"h_fd730dafcc\">How to add a Profile to a Space:</h2>\n<p><img src=\"https://resources.arc.net/hc/article_attachments/20677900113815\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-01-18 at 12.42.30 PM.png\"></p>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-unordered-nested-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Hover over your Space Title and click the ... on macOS or Edit on Windows then hover over \"Profile\"</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>Select an existing Profile or Create a new one</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>New profiles are empty containers without authentication or history. As you start logging in and navigating, the Profile will retain that data.</p>\n</div>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p><strong><em>To remove a Profile from your Space</em></strong>, hover over your Space Title and click \"Edit\" and select Profile &gt; Default.</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>For now, <strong>Profiles do not sync across devices</strong> (but we hope to build this soon!). Your Spaces and Tabs will still sync across devices, even if they belong to a Profile.\\</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-heading intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<h2 id=\"h_272e580576\">How to Delete a Profile</h2>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<h4 id=\"h_01HS1XJ59FYNWFGTXCRZ3W1Y1X\"><strong>macOS</strong></h4>\n<p>You can remove an unused or unwanted Profile by heading to<strong> Arc &gt; Settings &gt; Profiles </strong>in the Mac menu bar, clicking the Profile you want to delete, and then clicking “Delete Profile.”</p>\n<h4 id=\"h_01HS1XJB3M3EVF0BHK6G50BT29\"><strong>Windows</strong></h4>\n<p>You can remove an unused or unwanted Profile by heading to<strong> Arc menu &gt; Settings &gt; </strong>then clicking the Profile you want to delete, and then clicking “Delete Profile.”</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-paragraph no-margin intercom-interblocks-align-left\">\n<p>On both macOS and Windows you won’t be able to click the “Delete” button until you’ve removed that Profile from all your Spaces.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://resources.arc.net/hc/article_attachments/20677884325527\" alt=\"Screenshot 2024-01-18 at 12.43.32 PM.png\"></p>\n</div>\n</div>","user_segment_ids":[]}}