---
schema: rendered-html/v1
title: "Operations with Specific GeneralUserProfile | Developer Portal for YouTrack and Hub Documentation"
source_url: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html
generated_at: 2026-06-11T15:07:46.325158+00:00
---

Feedback

Thanks for your feedback!

Was this page helpful?

YesNo

Developer Portal for YouTrack and Hub

- Developer Portal
- Apps
- MCP Tools
- YouTrack Workflows
- YouTrack Import Scripts
- YouTrack Form API
- YouTrack REST API
- Get Started with REST API
- REST API Reference
- Entities
- Resources
- Activity Items
- Issue Activities Page
- Build Bundles
- Enum Bundles
- Owned Bundles
- State Bundles
- User Bundles
- Version Bundles
- Custom Fields
- Field Types
- Backup Files
- Database Backup Settings
- Global Settings
- Organizations
- Projects
- Telemetry data
- Global Time Tracking Settings
- Agiles
- Articles
- Assigned Roles
- Commands
- Command Suggestions
- User Groups
- Issue Link Types
- Issue Tag
- Issues
- Issue Count
- Permissions
- Roles
- Saved Queries
- Search Suggestions
- Tags
- Users
- [Operations with Specific User](jetbrains__com__help__youtrack__devportal__operations-api-users.md)
- Sub-resources
- General User Profile
- [Operations with Specific GeneralUserProfile](operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html)
- Notifications User Profile
- Time Tracking User Profile
- Saved Queries
- Tags
- My User Profile
- Issue Work Items
- REST API Use Cases
- REST API Troubleshooting
- Color Indices List
- Hub REST API

1. YouTrack REST API
2. REST API Reference
3. Resources
4. Users
5. [Sub-resources](#0)
6. General User Profile
7. [Operations with Specific GeneralUserProfile](#0)

# Operations with Specific GeneralUserProfile﻿

Last modified: 24 March 2026

This resource lets you read and update general settings in the YouTrack profile of the specified user.

| Resource | ``` /api/users/{userID}/profiles/general ``` |
| Returned entity | GeneralUserProfile. For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html#GeneralUserProfile-supported-fields) section. |
| Supported methods | - `GET`: [Read a Specific GeneralUserProfile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html#get-GeneralUserProfile-method). - `POST`: [Update a Specific GeneralUserProfile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html#update-GeneralUserProfile-method). |

## GeneralUserProfile attributes﻿

Represents the user profile in YouTrack.

### Related Resources﻿

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

- General User Profile

### Attributes﻿

This table describes attributes of the `GeneralUserProfile` entity.

- To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the `fields` request parameter.
- To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| id | String | The ID of the user profile. `Read-only`. |
| dateFieldFormat | DateFormatDescriptor | Format in which dates are shown to this user. |
| timezone | TimeZoneDescriptor | Timezone of the user. |
| locale | LocaleDescriptor | Personal locale selected by the user. |

## Read a Specific GeneralUserProfile﻿

Get profile with general settings of the user's profile.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires Read Self to read own profile and Read User Full to read profile of another user.

### Request syntax﻿

```
GET /api/users/{userID}/profiles/general?{fields}
```

| null | The database ID of GeneralUserProfile |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of GeneralUserProfile attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/1-2/profiles/general?fields=id,dateFieldFormat(id,presentation,pattern,datePattern),timezone(id,presentation,offset),locale(id,name,community,language,locale)
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "locale": {
    "name": "English",
    "locale": "en_US",
    "community": false,
    "id": "en_US",
    "language": "en",
    "$type": "LocaleDescriptor"
  },
  "timezone": {
    "presentation": "Central European Summer Time (UTC/GMT +2 hours)",
    "id": "Europe/Berlin",
    "offset": 120,
    "$type": "TimeZoneDescriptor"
  },
  "dateFieldFormat": {
    "pattern": "d MMM yyyy HH:mm",
    "presentation": "Default date format (31 Dec 2000 23:59)",
    "datePattern": "d MMM yyyy",
    "id": "",
    "$type": "DateFormatDescriptor"
  },
  "id": "generalProfile",
  "$type": "GeneralUserProfile"
}
```

## Update a Specific GeneralUserProfile﻿

Change settings in the specific user profile.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires Update Self to update own profile and Update User to update profile of another user.

### Request syntax﻿

```
POST /api/users/{userID}/profiles/general?{fields}
```

| null | The database ID of GeneralUserProfile |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of GeneralUserProfile attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

Let's change the time zone for the specific user.

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/1-2/profiles/general?fields=id,timezone(id,presentation,offset)
```

#### Sample request body﻿

```
{
  "timezone": {
    "id": "Europe/Moscow"
  }
}
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "timezone": {
    "presentation": "Moscow Standard Time (UTC/GMT +3 hours)",
    "id": "Europe/Moscow",
    "offset": 180,
    "$type": "TimeZoneDescriptor"
  },
  "id": "generalProfile",
  "$type": "GeneralUserProfile"
}
```

- [Operations with Specific GeneralUserProfile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html)
- [GeneralUserProfile attributes](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html#GeneralUserProfile-supported-fields)
- [Read a Specific GeneralUserProfile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html#get-GeneralUserProfile-method)
- [Update a Specific GeneralUserProfile](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users-userID-profiles-general.html#update-GeneralUserProfile-method)

General User ProfileNotifications User Profile

- Privacy & Security
- Terms Of Use
- Trademarks
- Legal

Copyright © 2000–2026 JetBrains s.r.o.
