> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://infisical.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # infisical profile > Keep a login per organization and choose between them ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile ``` ## Description A profile is a single login: an account on the specified Infisical instance, and the organization you chose for it. Each profile keeps its own session, so you can work in several organizations at the same time. The organization is a setting on a profile, not part of its identity. To use another organization for a single command, pass `--org`. To change the default organization for a profile, run `infisical profile set-org`. ### How a profile is selected Every command selects a profile in this order: 1. The `--profile` flag. 2. The `INFISICAL_PROFILE` environment variable. 3. A directory that you bound to a profile, with `infisical profile bind` or during `infisical init`. 4. The default profile for the machine, set with `infisical profile use`. The first one that applies wins. If an override hides a bound directory, the CLI reports which profile it used and why. Your first login creates a profile for you. The name comes from your account and organization, for example `you@example.com--acme`. ### Sub-commands List every profile on this machine, with its account, organization, instance, and session state. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile list ``` The current profile is marked with an asterisk. ```bash theme={"dark"} CURRENT NAME EMAIL ORGANIZATION SESSION DOMAIN DIRECTORY SCOPES * you@example.com--acme you@example.com Acme active https://app.infisical.com ~/code/acme globex you@example.com Globex active https://app.infisical.com - research you@example.com Acme / Research active https://app.infisical.com - ``` Show which profile a command run in the current terminal or directory will use, and why it was selected. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile current ``` ```bash theme={"dark"} Profile: globex Selected via: INFISICAL_PROFILE environment variable Email: you@example.com Organization: Globex (9c0f4df6-57fb-4b5f-927b-799dc0121520) Organization via: profile default Domain: https://app.infisical.com ``` #### Flags Print only the profile name. Use this in a shell prompt. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile current --plain ``` Create a profile for another organization without logging in again. The new profile reuses the account and instance that you're signed in to. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile new [name] ``` If you omit `--org`, the CLI will ask you to pick an organization. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile new globex --org globex-inc ``` #### Flags Also make the new profile the default for this machine. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile new globex --org globex-inc --use ``` Also pin this terminal to the new profile. Run the command through `eval`, because a command can't change the environment of the shell that started it. ```bash theme={"dark"} eval "$(infisical profile new globex --org globex-inc --pin)" ``` Make a profile the default for this machine. The default applies when no flag, no environment variable, and no bound directory selects a profile. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile use globex ``` To choose a profile for one terminal, use `infisical profile pin`. To choose one for a directory, use `infisical profile bind`. Pin the current terminal to a profile. Other terminals keep the profile that they already use. The command prints an export statement. Run it through `eval` to apply it to the shell that you're in. ```bash theme={"dark"} eval "$(infisical profile pin globex)" ``` In PowerShell, run `infisical profile pin globex | Invoke-Expression`. In `cmd.exe`, or in a script, set `INFISICAL_PROFILE=globex` yourself. Remove the pin from the current terminal. The terminal falls back to a bound directory, or to the default profile. ```bash theme={"dark"} eval "$(infisical profile unpin)" ``` Bind a directory, and every directory under it, to a profile. Commands that run inside it select that profile with no flag and no environment variable. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile bind globex ~/code/globex ``` If you omit the path, the CLI binds the current directory. If bindings overlap, the nearest one wins. `infisical init` also offers to bind a directory, if you have more than one profile. The binding is stored in your own configuration, never in the repository, so it doesn't affect anyone else who clones the project. Remove the profile binding from a directory. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile unbind [path] ``` If you omit the path, the CLI removes the binding that covers the current directory. Set the organization that a profile uses by default. The change persists for future commands. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile set-org globex-inc ``` To use another organization for a single command, pass `--org`. To keep a second organization available as its own profile, run `infisical profile new`. Rename a profile. The stored session, the default-profile setting, and any directory bindings follow the new name. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile rename old-name new-name ``` Update any terminal that you pinned to the old name. The pin holds the old name, so those terminals no longer find the profile. Delete a profile and remove its stored session. The CLI revokes the session on the server as well. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile delete globex ``` #### Flags Remove the profile without revoking its session on the server. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile delete globex --local-only ``` ### Global flags These flags work on every command, not only on `infisical profile`. Use a specific profile for this command. ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical secrets --profile globex ``` The `profile` flag can be substituted with the `INFISICAL_PROFILE` environment variable. ### Examples ```bash theme={"dark"} # You are already logged in to Acme. infisical profile new globex --org globex-inc # Use Globex in this terminal only. eval "$(infisical profile pin globex)" infisical secrets ``` ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical profile bind acme ~/code/acme infisical profile bind globex ~/code/globex cd ~/code/globex infisical profile current # globex ``` ```bash theme={"dark"} infisical login --save-as contractor infisical secrets --profile contractor ```