Personalization & Profiles
Profiles that follow your account
Separate viewing for each person — and each profile travels to every device.
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Profiles keep everyone's viewing their own — separate Continue Watching, watchlists and recommendations under one account. Your profiles themselves sync: sign in on a new device and the same people, icons, PINs and limits are already there.
- Open the profile switcher (top of the sidebar), or Settings → Privacy & Parental → Profiles.
- Tap Add Profile and name it. Kid profiles can carry allowed categories, viewing hours and a time limit.
- Switch profiles any time — each remembers its own viewing.
A profile's chosen theme belongs to the profile, not the device — pick a look once and it follows that person to every screen they use. Guest profiles are the exception: they stay on the device they were made on.
Tip — Handing the device to a visitor? Guest Mode hides everyone's history and lists in one step — see Guest Mode & Private Mode.