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# Profile Manager

If you use the Internet at home and at work, you may want to have access to different sets of bookmarks, options, and browsing data. Similarly, family members may want to share the same copy of &brandFullName; but keep their Internet identities separate.

The Profile Manager lets you create, edit, and delete profiles, each with its own bookmarks, options, and browsing data. &brandShortName; automatically creates a default profile upon first install. If you create one or more additional profiles, you will be asked which you want to use each time you launch &brandShortName;.

In this section:
Creating a New Profile Deleting or Renaming a Profile

## Creating a New Profile

To create a profile:

1. Open the Profile Manager:
   - Windows: from Windows, select Start menu > Run, and then browse to the folder where you installed &brandShortName;. Type in `Firefox.exe -P`, then click OK.
   - Mac OS: open the &brandShortName; folder and then double-click the Profile Manager.
   - Linux: type `./firefox -P` at the command line.
2. Click Create Profile, read the Profile description, and then click Next.
3. Enter a profile name. This can be anything you like, such as your real name or a name related to the profile's use, such as "School."
4. Accept the default location for the new profile or click the Choose Folder button and navigate to the location you want.
5. If you have Language Packs or Regional Content Packs installed, click Region Selection and choose the Language/Content set you want.
6. Click Finish.

The opening screen of the Profile Manager will reappear with the new profile listed and highlighted.

## Deleting or Renaming a Profile

You may want to delete profiles that you don't normally use. To delete or rename an existing profile:

1. Open the Profile Manager:
   - Windows: from Windows, select Start menu > Run, and then browse to the folder where you installed &brandShortName;. Type in `Firefox.exe -P`, then click OK.
   - Mac OS: open the &brandShortName; folder and then double-click the Profile Manager.
   - Linux: type `./firefox -P` at the command line.
2. To delete a profile, select its name and click Delete Profile.
3. To rename a profile, select its name, click Rename Profile, and follow the instructions.

04 September 2003

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