Profiles
Keep separate subjects apart with profiles, each with its own notes, cards, theme and timers.
On this page
A profile is a separate workspace. Each profile has its own:
- notes folder (its “vault”)
- decks, cards and review history
- quizzes, tutor chats and code exercise progress
- theme and tutor settings
- timer settings and session history
Switching profiles never merges or overwrites anything. Most people only need one, but a second profile is handy for keeping, say, a language and a programming course completely apart.
Switch profiles
Use the Profile menu in the top bar, or open Profiles in the sidebar and press Switch on the one you want. If a timer is running, it’s stopped and saved first.
Create a profile
- Open Profiles and press New profile.
- Give it a name. Add focus labels if you like.
- Pick a theme pack.
- Choose where its notes are saved. The default is
Documents/Engram/<profile name>. Press Browse to pick another folder. - Press Create. The new profile becomes the active one.
Tip: keep vault folders inside your user folder, such as Documents. See Troubleshooting if you choose a folder on another drive.
Rename, relabel and add art
On the Profiles page:
- Rename changes the profile’s name. The folder on disk keeps its original name.
- Edit labels changes its focus labels.
- Art (on the active profile) lets you pick an image for the profile card, up to 1.5 MB.
The active profile’s card also shows how many notes, decks and cards it holds.
Remove a profile
Press Remove on a profile and confirm.
On the desktop app, removing a profile does not delete anything on disk. Your notes and the profile’s database stay in its folder, and Engram just stops listing it. To bring it back, create a new profile and point it at the same folder with Browse.
If you remove your only profile, the first-launch setup appears again so you can create a new one.
Where imports go
Imports always go into the profile that is active when you start them. To import into a different profile, switch to it first.