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iPad User Guide

Create multiple Safari profiles on iPad

You can create multiple Safari profiles—like Work and Personal—and use them to separate your internet browsing into different themes. Each profile has separate favorites, histories, tabs, and Tab Groups. You can add, edit, or remove a profile at any time.

Create a profile

The profiles you create on iPad will appear in Safari settings on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.

  3. Tap New Profile, then tap Name.

  4. Enter a name for this profile, then choose an icon and color.

  5. Below Settings, tap Favorites to choose a bookmarks folder.

    If you have multiple folders of bookmarks, this option selects the folder of bookmarked websites that are recommended as you enter an address, search, or create a new tab. For example, if you have a folder of bookmarks related to work, you can create a work profile and use this field to ensure that those websites are suggested as you type in the address field.

  6. Tap Open New Tabs and choose the page you want new tabs to open to.

  7. Tap 👁 the Done button
    .

Use profiles in Safari

You can easily browse the internet with a profile, or move between profiles.

  1. Go to the Safari app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap the name of the current profile in the upper left of the window.

  3. Tap Profile at the bottom of the menu, then choose the profile you want to use.

👁 In Safari, the Tab Group menu is open. At the bottom of the menu, Profile is selected, and a menu shows the options Personal, School, and Work.

Edit a profile

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.

  3. Tap the profile you want to edit.

Choose which extensions to use with a profile

You can install extensions to customize the way your browser works on iPad. See Get extensions to customize Safari.

If you have extensions installed on your iPad, you can customize which extensions you want to use with each profile.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.

  3. Tap a profile, then select each extension you want to use with that profile.

Remove a profile

You can delete a profile at any time. This action also erases the favorites and history associated with the profile, and closes all websites open in the profile.

Important: This action can’t be undone.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Safari.

  3. Tap a profile.

  4. Tap Delete Profile, then tap Delete to confirm.

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