tweak profiles docs

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Josh Hawkins 2026-04-05 10:29:36 -05:00
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Profile changes are applied in-memory and take effect immediately — no restart is required. The active profile is persisted across Frigate restarts (stored in the `/config/.active_profile` file). Profile changes are applied in-memory and take effect immediately — no restart is required. The active profile is persisted across Frigate restarts (stored in the `/config/.profiles` file).
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## Example: Home / Away Setup ## Example: Home / Away Setup
A common use case is having different detection and notification settings based on whether you are home or away. A common use case is having different detection and notification settings based on whether you are home or away. This example below is for a system with two cameras, `front_door` and `indoor_cam`.
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1. Navigate to <NavPath path="Settings > Camera configuration > Profiles" /> and create two profiles: **Home** and **Away**. 1. Navigate to <NavPath path="Settings > Camera configuration > Profiles" /> and create two profiles: **Home** and **Away**.
2. For the **front_door** camera, configure the **Away** profile to enable notifications and set alert labels to `person` and `car`. Configure the **Home** profile to disable notifications. 2. From to the Camera configuration section in Settings, choose the **front_door** camera, and select the **Away** profile from the profile dropdown. Then, enable notifications from the Notifications pane, and set alert labels to `person` and `car` from the Review pane. Then, from the profile dropdown choose **Home** profile, then navigate to Notifications to disable notifications.
3. For the **indoor_cam** camera, configure the **Away** profile to enable the camera, detection, and recording. Configure the **Home** profile to disable the camera entirely for privacy. 3. For the **indoor_cam** camera, perform similar steps - configure the **Away** profile to enable the camera, detection, and recording. Configure the **Home** profile to disable the camera entirely for privacy.
4. Activate the desired profile from <NavPath path="Settings > Camera configuration > Profiles" /> or from the **Profiles** option in Frigate's main menu. 4. Activate the desired profile from <NavPath path="Settings > Camera configuration > Profiles" /> or from the **Profiles** option in Frigate's main menu.
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