Profiles # Profiles and privacy Show the parts of you that matter, keep a few profiles under one account, and decide who can find you. ## Your profiles Share the parts of yourself that matter to you. You can keep several profiles under one account. - ### [Your profile](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-basics/) Add your name, a photo, a cover image, a bio and your pronouns. - Introduce yourself in a bio with formatting. - Pick which profile details other people see. ![Profile form with avatar, cover, username, display name, pronouns and biography.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-profile-basics-1200.1b398624.webp) The profile form for Alex Morgan, with a photo, a cover image, pronouns and a bio. Shown with sample community content. - ### [Who sees your birthday](https://welley.com/profiles/birthday-privacy/) Show your full birthday, just the month and day, or keep it private. - Your birthday has its own visibility setting. - You can share the date and hide the year. ![Profile controls for location, timezone, birthday and public visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-profile-additional-1200.fa8b024e.webp) The profile form with your location, time zone and birthday, and settings for who can see them. This uses sample community content. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/birthday-privacy/) - ### [Your location](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-location/) Add a location and decide whether it shows on your profile. - Search for a place, or let Welley detect your location. - You can save a location and still keep it private. ![Profile controls for location, timezone, birthday and public visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-profile-additional-1200.fa8b024e.webp) The profile form with your location, time zone and birthday, and settings for who can see them. This uses sample community content. - ### [Your local time](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-local-time/) Set your time zone and decide whether to show it. - With a valid time zone, your profile shows your local time. - Your time zone has its own visibility setting. ![Profile controls for location, timezone, birthday and public visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-profile-additional-1200.fa8b024e.webp) The profile form with your location, time zone and birthday, and settings for who can see them. This uses sample community content. - ### [Spotlights for links and details](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-spotlights/) Give your links and other details their own spot on your profile. - Add, edit and reorder spotlight items. - Add labels and links that point people to your work or your other profiles. ![Profile spotlights section with two spotlights, Edit and Delete controls, Add spotlight and a link verification hint.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-profile-spotlights-1200.568954e1.webp) The profile form with two spotlights and the tip about verifying links. Shown with sample community content. - ### [Verified website links](https://welley.com/profiles/verified-profile-links/) Prove that a website links back to your Welley profile. - Add the website as a spotlight link. - On the website, add a link to your Welley profile with the rel="me" attribute. - A verified link shows the date it was verified. Verification needs a public link back to your profile. It won't work on sites that remove or change that link. ![Welley link verification instructions with backlink and rel=me HTML methods.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-profile-verification-1200.4a4170c4.webp) The dialog for verifying a link, with the backlink and HTML methods. This uses sample community content. - ### [Several profiles on one account](https://welley.com/profiles/multiple-profiles/) Switch between your profiles from the user menu. - Use different profiles for different parts of your life. - When you switch, the new profile becomes your active one before it opens. ![Public Welley release text describes independent profiles under one account and one-click profile changes.](https://welley.com/assets/media/public-profiles-1440.ba1405e4.webp) Our public release announcement describes having several profiles on one account. It shows the explanation only, without an account switcher. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/multiple-profiles/) ## Your privacy You decide who can find you, who can follow you and what they see on your profile. Welley doesn't track or monitor you, and it shows no ads. - ### [Public posts in search results](https://welley.com/profiles/public-post-search/) Decide whether other servers may include your public posts in their search results. - This setting is the search permission for your public posts. - People who've interacted with a post may still be able to find it in search. This is a request to other servers. It doesn't make a public post private or delete copies of it. ![Privacy controls for public-post search, discovery recommendations, search engines, connection visibility and group visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/settings-privacy-1200.bfea7542.webp) Some of the settings for search, discovery and who can see what's on your profile. Navigation and account details are cropped out. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/public-post-search/) - ### [Profile and posts in discovery](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-discovery/) Decide whether your public profile and posts may show up in discovery areas. - This covers profile suggestions and recommended public posts. - You set it separately from search visibility. ![Privacy controls for public post search, discovery, search engines, followers and group visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-privacy-upper-1168.a058aa32.webp) Privacy settings for search, discovery, and who can see your connections and groups. The community content here is made up. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/profile-discovery/) - ### [Profile page in search results](https://welley.com/profiles/search-engine-profile/) Decide whether search engines may index your profile page. - This is separate from the setting for your public posts in search. - It applies to search engines like Google and Bing. Search engines decide when to refresh or remove results they've already stored. ![Privacy controls for public-post search, discovery recommendations, search engines, connection visibility and group visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/settings-privacy-1200.bfea7542.webp) Some of the settings for search, discovery and who can see what's on your profile. Navigation and account details are cropped out. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/search-engine-profile/) - ### [Show follows and followers](https://welley.com/profiles/connection-visibility/) Show or hide who you follow and who follows you. - Channels have the same setting for subscriptions and subscribers. - Someone you follow can still see that you follow them. ![Privacy controls for profile connections, groups, online and typing visibility, last-seen visibility and automatic follow approval.](https://welley.com/assets/media/settings-privacy-lower-1200.0729336a.webp) Choose who sees when you're online or typing, who sees when you were last seen, and whether you approve new followers. We removed account details and the navigation. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/connection-visibility/) - ### [Show groups on profile](https://welley.com/profiles/group-profile-visibility/) Show or hide your list of groups on your profile. - Your groups have their own visibility setting. - People still see the groups you both belong to. ![Privacy controls for public-post search, discovery recommendations, search engines, connection visibility and group visibility.](https://welley.com/assets/media/settings-privacy-1200.bfea7542.webp) Some of the settings for search, discovery and who can see what's on your profile. Navigation and account details are cropped out. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/group-profile-visibility/) - ### [Approve new followers](https://welley.com/profiles/follow-approval/) Accept new followers automatically, or review new follow requests yourself. - With automatic acceptance on, people can follow you without your approval. - Turn it off if you want to decide who follows you. ![Privacy controls for online presence, last seen and automatic acceptance of followers.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-privacy-lower-1168.6cb5f39b.webp) Privacy settings for presence, last seen and approving followers. Shown with sample community content. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/follow-approval/) - ### [Who sees you online](https://welley.com/profiles/presence-privacy/) Let everyone, your followers or nobody see when you're online and typing. - Your status only shows to people you have a direct conversation with. - If you block someone, they can't see your status. ![Presence audience menu with Everyone, Followers and Nobody options.](https://welley.com/assets/media/personal-presence-audience-1168.50ab006b.webp) The presence menu offers Everyone, Followers and Nobody. This uses sample community content. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/presence-privacy/) - ### [Show when you were last seen](https://welley.com/profiles/last-seen-privacy/) Decide whether people can see when you were last online. - This works together with your choice of who sees you online. - It's disabled when nobody can see you online. - People who can see you online can still notice when you go offline. ![Privacy controls for profile connections, groups, online and typing visibility, last-seen visibility and automatic follow approval.](https://welley.com/assets/media/settings-privacy-lower-1200.0729336a.webp) Choose who sees when you're online or typing, who sees when you were last seen, and whether you approve new followers. We removed account details and the navigation. [See all screens](https://welley.com/profiles/last-seen-privacy/)