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Don't Mix Work and Private Life in Safari: Creating a Profile on iPhone

Yayınlanma: 05 Ekim 2026 • Yazar: Kadir Gülmez

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If you use both work and personal internet accounts on your phone, Safari can become a mess over time.

On one side:

Job sites
Company accounts
Email
Workbookmarks

on the other side:

Social media
Shopping
Personal sites

could be.

In Apple's Safari 17 and later Profiles feature is used to make exactly this distinction.

What does the Safari profile do?

Each profile separately:

History
Cookies
Website data
Tabs
Tab Groups
Favorites

possible.

For example:

Personal

and

Work

How to create a profile on iPhone?

Settings application.
Applications.
Safari.
New Profile.
Specify a name for the profile.
Select an icon and color.
If desired, specify a different Favorites folder for the profile.

Why is there color and icon?

This little detail is actually useful.

For example:

Work → blue

Personal → green

Research → orange

you can.

So you can quickly understand which profile you are on.

Separate profile for job account

For example in your work profile:

Company portal
Work email
Work tools
Operation panels
Documentation

available.

In your personal profile:

YouTube
Shopping
News
Social media

may take place.

In this way, the browser history and site data of the two usage areas do not interfere with each other.

Are profiles separate user accounts with passwords?

No.

This distinction needs to be made specifically.

Safari profiles:

“Completely separate user account on the computer”

According to Apple's documentation, some information continues to be shared between profiles.

For example:

Autofill information
Password information
Security settings
Privacy settings
Some website settings

is among the shared areas.

Safari profiles may also appear across devices

Profiles can be synced on devices signed in to Safari 17 or later with the same Apple account and if Safari is enabled in iCloud.

This means:

Create Work profile on iPhone → Also use on Mac

may be possible.

What happens if you delete a profile?

According to Apple, when you delete a profile, the profile belongs to:

History
Cookies
Website data

is deleted.

Favorites and other bookmarks are preserved.

Therefore, it makes sense to check important data before deleting a profile.

Who is it particularly useful for?

Freelancers
Those using company accounts
Students
Content creators
Those who run multiple projects
Those who want to separate business and personal internet use