- Open Settings › Profiles.
- Select + (Add profile), give it a Name, and confirm.
On the same screen, each profile's ⋮ menu has Rename, and Archive puts away the ones you don't use.
Profiles and your data
Profiles
Each profile has its own library, history and statistics, for sharing Katari with others or for keeping collections apart.
Add a profile #
Switch profiles #
- Once there are two or more profiles, the active profile's picture sits at the end of the top bar on Library, Updates, History and Browse, and a card for it heads More. Either one opens Switch profile, which lists every profile and marks the locked ones.
- With Choose profile on launch on, as it is from the start, Katari asks every time it opens.
- A Switch tab can also sit among the tabs; add it under Settings › Appearance › Home screen tabs.
Switching back to a profile returns to the tab you left it on. Library updates and downloads already running stay with the profile that started them.
What a profile keeps apart #
| Each profile has its own | All profiles share |
|---|---|
| Library, categories, history and statistics, and library update schedule and rules | The storage folder and downloads |
| Library display, reader and appearance settings | Backups |
| Source settings and feeds | Networking and privacy settings |
| Translation, text recognition and text-to-speech choices | Extension stores and downloaded models |
| Its startup screen and its lock | Auto-translate settings for downloads |
Lock a profile #
- Switch to the profile and open Settings › Security and privacy.
- Turn on Require unlock, then pick how soon it locks again under Lock when idle.
The idle time starts when you leave Katari or switch to another profile. Katari asks again whenever it starts, and with Never switching to the profile asks only the first time after that. Require unlock only shows on phones with a screen lock.
LinuxUnlocking asks for the password you sign in to the computer with, and the idle time also counts while Katari is minimized or the screen is locked. If Katari can't check that password, Security and privacy says Profile lock isn't available.
Move titles to another profile #
- In the library, select the titles, then choose More › Move to profile.
- Pick the profile, unlocking it if it asks, and a category there.
- If the other profile already has a title, choose to overwrite it, remove yours, or leave it.
Delete a profile #
Archive it first; an archived profile's ⋮ menu has Delete. Deleting removes everything in that profile for good.