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Profiles: Separate Work & Personal Browsing
Profiles: Separate Work & Personal Browsing

Scope Logins, Cookies, Browsing History, and other settings.

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Written by Adena
Updated over a week ago

What are Profiles

Profiles allow you to scope Logins, Cookies, Browsing History, and other settings to one or multiple Spaces.

A common use for Profiles is separating Work data from Personal data.

What’s included in a Profile?

  • Authentication (logins, passwords, autofill)

  • Browser History

  • Cache / Cookies

  • Default Browser Selection

  • Favorites

  • Extensions

  • Settings in arc://settings (such as Language or Download Preferences)

How to add a Profile to a Space:

  • Hover over your Space Title and click "Edit" then hover over "Profile"

  • Select an existing Profile or Create a new one

  • New profiles are empty containers without authentication or history. As you start logging in and navigating, the Profile will retain that data.

To remove a Profile from your Space, hover over your Space Title and click "Edit" and select Profile > Default.

For now, Profiles do not sync across devices (but we hope to build this soon!). Your Spaces and Tabs will still sync across devices, even if they belong to a Profile.

How to Delete a Profile

You can remove an unused or unwanted Profile by heading to Arc > Settings > General and then clicking “Delete [Profile Name].”

Keep in mind, you won’t be able to click the “Delete” button until you’ve removed that Profile from all your Spaces.

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