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Profiles

Profiles give you separate browser spaces inside WebLibre. Each profile keeps its own browsing data, so switching profiles feels closer to switching to another browser than opening another tab.

In the app, some screens use the word User for this feature. In this guide, profile and user mean the same thing.

What a profile keeps separate

Each profile has its own data and settings, including things like:

  • bookmarks and browsing history

  • cookies and saved logins

  • open tabs

  • installed extensions

  • RSS feeds

  • bang providers and user bangs

  • many browser settings and preferences

Nothing important is meant to carry over between profiles. For example, signing in to a website in one profile does not sign you in inside another profile.

When to use profiles

Profiles are most useful when you want a clean split between people or between major parts of your life.

Common examples:

  • Shared device — one profile for you, one for a partner, one for a child, or one for guests

  • Work and personal separation — keep work accounts, tabs, and settings away from personal browsing

  • High-trust and low-trust browsing — keep your main accounts in one profile and use another profile for experiments, temporary sign-ins, or less trusted sites

If you only need to separate a few sites or tabs, Containers or isolated tabs are usually faster. Use profiles when you want the whole browsing space to be separate.

Open the profile switcher

  1. Open the browser menu.

  2. Tap the card with the current user name.

  3. WebLibre opens the Select user sheet.

From there, you can:

  • tap another user to switch

  • tap Add user to create a new one

  • tap Manage Profiles for the full list and backup tools

Create a profile

  1. Open the browser menu.

  2. Tap the current user card.

  3. Tap Add user.

  4. Enter a name.

  5. Tap the checkmark in the top bar.

The new profile starts empty, with its own fresh data and default settings.

Switch profiles

You can switch from the Select user sheet or from Manage Profiles.

When you confirm a switch, WebLibre tells you that the browser needs to restart. After that, the app closes so the next launch opens the selected profile.

This is expected. It helps WebLibre load the selected profile’s own data cleanly.

Edit, delete, or manage a profile

Open Manage Profiles to see all profiles. There you can:

  • open a profile to rename it

  • turn profile authentication on or off

  • create a backup

  • switch to that profile if it is not active

  • delete that profile if it is not active

The active profile is marked as Active.

Lock a profile with biometrics

Profiles can require biometric authentication, such as fingerprint or face unlock.

To enable it:

  1. Open Manage Profiles.

  2. Open the profile you want to protect.

  3. Turn on Require Authentication.

  4. Choose an Auto-lock Behavior:

    1. Lock on Background locks when WebLibre goes into the background.

    2. Lock After Timeout locks after inactivity, with a timeout such as 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or 1 hour.

When a locked profile opens again, WebLibre shows Profile is locked until you unlock it.

This feature depends on biometric authentication being available on your device. If your phone or tablet does not support it, or it is not set up in Android, profile locking may not be available.

Back up a profile

You can create an encrypted backup of an individual profile.

  1. Open Manage Profiles.

  2. Open the profile you want to back up.

  3. Tap Backup.

  4. Enter a password.

  5. Optionally leave Verify Backup Integrity turned on so WebLibre checks that the backup can be restored.

  6. Tap Backup.

You need that password later to restore the backup. Without it, the backup cannot be opened.

Restore a backup

  1. Open Manage Profiles.

  2. Open the Backups screen from the toolbar icon.

  3. Tap the backup file you want to restore.

  4. Enter the backup password.

  5. Choose one of these options:

    1. Create New User restores the backup as a new profile with a new name.

    2. Restore & Replace restores the backup using the profile already stored inside the backup, and replaces that existing profile if it is already on the device.

  6. Tap Restore.

You cannot use Restore & Replace on the profile that is currently active. If needed, switch to a different profile first.

Profiles, containers, and isolated tabs

Profiles Containers Isolated tabs

Scope

Whole browser space

Selected groups of tabs

One tab at a time

Best for

Different people, work vs. personal, guest access

Keeping specific sites or topics separate inside one profile

Quick one-off sessions

Keeps separate

Browsing data, extensions, tabs, feeds, bang providers, and many settings

Site data for tabs opened in that container when Cookie Isolation is enabled; otherwise mainly tab grouping and routing

That tab’s isolated session

Switching cost

Highest - browser restart required

Low

Low

Use profiles for the biggest separation. Use containers when you want separation inside one profile. Use isolated tabs when you only need a temporary isolated session.

Practical tips

  • give profiles clear names such as Personal, Work, or Guest

  • create a guest profile before handing your device to someone else

  • put sensitive profiles behind Require Authentication

  • keep backup passwords somewhere safe

  • make a backup before deleting or replacing a profile