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Evgeny Poberezkin
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# Your chat profiles
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## Creating additional chat profiles
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SimpleX Chat allows creating as many chat profiles as you like. Same as the first profile, they are only stored locally on your device.
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<img src="../../blog/images/20230204-profiles2.png" width="288">
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To create an additional SimpleX Chat profile:
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- [Open the app settings](./app-settings.md#opening-the-app-settings).
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- Select "Your chat profiles".
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- Unlock option via fingerprint or PIN.
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- Tap on "+ Add profile”.
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- Create a new profile by inputting your display name and full name (optional).
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- Tap on "Create".
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## Hiding and muting chat profiles
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v4.6 added the ability to mute and to hide chat profiles.
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<img src="../../blog/images/20230328-hidden-profiles1.png" width="288"> <img src="../../blog/images/20230328-hidden-profiles2.png" width="288"> <img src="../../blog/images/20230328-hidden-profiles3.png" width="288">
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These actions are available via long-press (Android) or swipe (iOS) on the profile in the list.
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To unhide hidden profiles, enter the full password in the search bar.
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## Switching between profiles
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<img src="../../blog/images/20230204-profiles1.png" width="288">
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- Tap on your user profile image in the upper right-hand of the screen.
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- Select which profile you want to use.
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You can also switch profile via Your chat profiles in the settings.
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## Incognito mode
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<img src="../../blog/images/20220901-incognito1.png" width="330"> <img src="../../blog/images/20220901-incognito2.png" width="330"> <img src="../../blog/images/20220901-incognito3.png" width="330">
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This feature is unique to SimpleX Chat – it is independent from chat profiles.
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When "Incognito Mode” is turned on, your currently chosen profile name and image are hidden from your new contacts. It allows anonymous connections with other people without any shared data – when you make new connections or join groups via a link a new random profile name will be generated for each connection.
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To toggle the incognito mode on/off:
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- [Open the app settings](./app-settings.md#opening-the-app-settings).
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- Turn on/off incognito mode by tapping on the switch on "Incognito".
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Please read more in [this post](../../blog/20220901-simplex-chat-v3.2-incognito-mode.md#incognito-mode).
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## Edit your profile
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To edit your profile:
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- [Open the app settings](./app-settings.md#opening-the-app-settings).
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- Select your profile.
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- Tap on "Edit".
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- Input your desired profile name and/or update your full name.
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- You can also set and change profile image.
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- Tap on "Save and notify contacts".
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## Move your chat profiles to another device
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SimpleX Chat stores all user data only on client devices using a portable encrypted database format that can be exported and transferred to any supported device.
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To export your SimpleX Chat data:
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- [Open the app settings](./app-settings.md#opening-the-app-settings).
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- Select "Database passphrase & export".
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- Stop chat by toggling "Chat is running" (tap "Stop” in the confirmation dialog).
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- Confirm it with fingerprint or PIN, in case you have [SimpleX Lock](./app-settings.md#simplex-lock) enabled.
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- If you didn't set it before, [set a passphrase](./managing-data.md#database-passphrase) in "Database passphrase". Initially, the database is encrypted with a random passphrase that is stored in KeyChain (iOS) or with KeyStore (Android).
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- Tap on "Export database" - it won't allow exporting unless you have set a passphrase.
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- Save the file on your device or share it via any available option.
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To import your SimpleX Chat data in the app on another device:
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- Transfer the database file to the new device.
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- Install SimpleX Chat app.
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- Create chat profile with any name by following the steps in [Create your first chat profile](#create-yout-first-chat-profile) – you will replace it soon.
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- Open the app settings
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- Select "Database passphrase & export".
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- Stop chat by tapping the switch on "Chat is running".
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- Tap "Import database".
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- Select the .zip file of the exported chat data.
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- Tap "Import” in the confirmation dialog.
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- Start chat via toggle or close and start the app – you will be prompted to enter the passphrase for your chat database.
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**Please note**:
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1. Currently you cannot move some of the profiles, only the whole database containing all profiles can be moved.
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2. You must NOT use the exported database on more than one device at a time, as it may disrupt some of the connections. You also must always use the latest version of the chat database - using the old one is also likely to disrupt your connections.
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3. There is no way to recover lost passphrase - make sure to store it securely.
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