Create your first profile

This is the fastest path from a fresh install to a real, isolated browser on your screen. You will create one profile, optionally give it a generated fingerprint and a proxy, launch it, watch the browser open, then stop it. Each step is a few clicks in the desktop app.

A profile is an isolated browser identity. It has its own cookies, history, cache, and a set of fingerprint settings that are applied every time you launch it. Profiles never share data with each other, which is what lets you keep separate accounts cleanly apart.

Before you start

You need the Santiago desktop app installed and an active subscription. If you haven’t installed it yet, see Install Santiago. Creating and launching profiles is a paid feature with no free trial — pick a plan on Plans & pricing if you don’t have one.

Step 1 — Open the app and create a profile

1. Launch the Santiago desktop app and sign in.
2. On the profile list, click New Profile.
3. Give the profile a Name (1–100 characters). This is the only required field — for example, Account 1 or Shop login.
4. Optionally add Notes (up to 2000 characters) and Tags to help you find it later.

That’s enough to save a working profile. Everything else on the form has sensible defaults, so you can fill it in now or come back later.

Tip

Tags make a big difference once you have more than a handful of profiles. See Organize profiles for filtering and sorting.

Step 2 — Generate a fingerprint (optional but recommended)

The fingerprint is what your browser reports to websites: operating system, User-Agent, screen size, language, timezone, WebRTC behaviour, and more. Instead of filling these in by hand, let Santiago build a realistic, internally consistent one for you.

1. In the profile form, choose a target OS (Windows, macOS, or Linux) next to the fingerprint section.
2. Click Generate.

Santiago fills every fingerprint field at once with a statistically plausible combination drawn from real browser data. You can still edit any individual value afterwards.

The most important fingerprint fields:

Field	What it controls
OS	windows, macos, or linux — the platform your browser pretends to be
User-Agent	The full browser identification string
Screen width / height	The screen size reported to sites
Language	A BCP-47 code such as en-US or de-DE
Timezone	An IANA timezone such as America/New_York
WebRTC	How your real IP is handled (see below)

WebRTC modes control whether a site can discover your real IP through the browser’s real-time communication APIs:

Mode	Behaviour
real	Uses your real local IP — no protection
fake	Reports a spoofed IP (matched to your proxy when one is set)
disabled	Turns WebRTC off entirely

Tip

Want the details on how fingerprints stay consistent and which parameters matter? See How fingerprints work, Fingerprint parameters, and Generate a fingerprint.

Step 3 — Add a proxy (optional)

A proxy routes the profile’s traffic through a different IP address. If you skip this, the profile uses your normal internet connection.

1. In the Proxy section, set the type to http, socks4, or socks5 (leave it none to skip).
2. Enter the proxy host and port.
3. If your proxy needs authentication, add the username and password.

When a proxy is set, Santiago can automatically match the profile’s timezone, language, and geolocation to the proxy’s exit location, so the identity stays coherent. For a step-by-step walkthrough and a way to verify the proxy actually works, see Configure proxies and Test a proxy & GeoIP.

Caution

Use a clean, reliable proxy. A flaky or already-flagged IP is one of the most common reasons an account looks suspicious to a website. The app can test a proxy before you rely on it.

Click Save to store the profile. It now appears in your profile list with the status idle.

Step 4 — Launch the profile

1. Find your new profile in the list.
2. Click Launch.

The status moves from idle to launching, then to running, and a real Santiago browser window opens on your screen with the fingerprint and proxy you configured. Browse, log in, and use it like any normal browser — your cookies and open tabs are saved to this profile automatically.

A profile can have these statuses:

Status	Meaning
idle	Not running, ready to launch
launching	The browser is starting up
running	The browser is open on this device
stopping	The browser is shutting down
locked	In use on another device — launch it there, or stop it there first

Note

The number of profiles you can run at the same time is capped by your plan. If you hit the limit, stop a running profile before launching another. See Plans & pricing for the limits.

Step 5 — Stop the profile

When you’re done:

1. Click Stop on the running profile (or just close the browser window).
2. The status moves to stopping, then back to idle.

On stop, Santiago saves the profile’s session — its cookies and open tabs — so everything is exactly where you left it the next time you launch. You can pick the profile up again at any time.

What you just did

You created an isolated browser identity, gave it a realistic fingerprint, optionally routed it through a proxy, ran it, and stopped it cleanly with its session preserved. That’s the full lifecycle of a Santiago profile.

Where to go next

• Profiles overview — the full set of profile fields and what each does.
• Create & edit profiles — every option on the profile form in detail.
• How fingerprints work — the anti-detect system behind the scenes.
• Configure proxies — proxy types, authentication, and auto geo-matching.
• Session sync — how your cookies and tabs are saved and shared across devices.
• Automate profiles — drive profiles from scripts or an AI agent once you’re comfortable with the basics.
• Common errors and FAQ — if something doesn’t behave as expected.

Need a hand?

Reach the team on Telegram at t.me/santiago_browser.