--- title: "Profile" description: "Your QuantConnect profile page is your place to customize your community appearance. Your profile page is accessible to everyone from the forum." canonical: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/profile markdown: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/profile.md language: python source: https://github.com/QuantConnect/Documentation/tree/master/01%20Cloud%20Platform/14%20Community/04%20Profile modified: 2026-10-31 index: https://www.quantconnect.com/llms.txt --- # Profile [Documentation](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2.md) > [Cloud Platform](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform.md) > [Community](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community.md) > Profile > Code examples are shown in Python. Append `?lang=csharp` to this URL for the C# version of this page. ## Introduction Your QuantConnect profile page is your place to customize your community appearance. Your profile page is accessible to everyone from the forum. The page displays your personal information, your preferred programming language, your latest forum activity, and the badges that you have earned. ## Personal Information Your profile page displays the following personal information about you: - Username - Title - Picture - Biography - Social media accounts - Website - The date that you joined QuantConnect You can edit your profile image, username, title, biography, and social media links. ### Profile Image Follow these steps to update your profile image: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation, click **yourUsername > Change Profile Image**. 3. Click **Browse**. 4. Select a file from your local machine and then click **Open**. Your profile image must be in `gif`, `jpg`, or `png` format and less than 1MB in size. 5. Click **Save**. "Profile image changed successfully" displays. ### Username Follow these steps to update your username: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation, click **yourUsername > My Profile**. 3. On your profile page, hover over your username and then click the **Edit** box that appears. ![Edit username](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/update-username.png) 4. Enter your new username and then click **OK**. Your new username displays. ### Title Follow these steps to update your title: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation, click **yourUsername > My Profile**. 3. On your profile page, hover over your title and then click the **Edit** box that appears. ![Edit title](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/update-title.png) 4. Enter your new title and then click **OK**. Your new title displays. ### Biography Follow these steps to update your biography: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation, click **yourUsername > My Profile**. 3. On your profile page, hover over your biography and then click the **Edit** box that appears. ![Edit bio](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/update-biography.png) 4. Enter your biography and then click **OK**. Your new biography displays. ### Social Media Links Follow these steps to update your social media links: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation, click **yourUsername > My Profile**. 3. On your profile page, hover over the **social media** icon that you want to update and then click the **Edit** box that appears. ![Edit social media page link](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/update-social-media-links.png) 4. Enter your social media link and then click **OK**. ## Organizations Your profile page displays all of the organizations of which you are a member and the date that you joined each organization. ## Activity Your profile page displays your last five forum posts and your community engagement statistics. The forum post display lets other members read your recent posts and lets you find the comments that you recently posted. The page displays your community engagement statistics like the number of experience points that you've earned, the number of comments that you've posted, the number of discussions that you've created, and the number of algorithms that you've shared in the forum. Your community engagement statistics are displayed so that other members can see how active you are in the forum. In addition to your forum activity, your profile page also platform engagement statistics like the number of backtests that you've run and the proportion of the Bootcamp lessons that you've completed. Your platform engagement statistics are displayed so that other members can see how experienced you are with QuantConnect and Lean. ## Badges Badges are fun to collect and show your experience with QuantConnect. Your profile page displays the badges you've earned. The following table describes the badges you can earn: | Badge | Description | | --- | --- | | ![Algorithm sharing badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/algorithm-sharing.svg) Algorithm Sharing | Share an algorithm with the community. | | ![Chatter box badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/chatter-box.svg) Chatter Box | Post 100+ comments in the forum. | | ![Backtester badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/backtester.svg) Backtester | Run 100+ backtests. | | ![Live trading badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/live-trading.svg) Live Trading | Deploy a live trading algorithm. | | ![Parallel live trading badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/parallel-live-alg.svg) Parallel Live Trading | Run multiple live trading algorithms simultaneously. | | ![Connected with discord badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/connected-with-discord.svg) Connected With Discord | Connect your QuantConnect account with [our Discord server](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/discord.md). | | ![C# programming badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/c.svg) C# Programming | Set C# as your preferred programming language. | | ![Python programming badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/py.svg) Python Programming | Set Python as your preferred programming language. | | ![Popular badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/popular.svg) Popular | Receive 10+ upvotes from different members. | | ![Boot camp private badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/private.svg) Boot Camp Private | Finish the easy tutorial. | | ![Boot camp corporal badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/corporal.svg) Boot Camp Corporal | Finish the intermediate tutorial. | | ![Boot camp major badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/major.svg) Boot Camp Major | Finish the advanced tutorial. | | ![Notebook sharing badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/researcher.svg) Notebook Sharing | Attach a research notebook to a post in the community forum. | | ![Broadcaster badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/broadcaster.svg) Broadcaster | Attach a live running algorithm to a forum discussion. | | ![Cloner badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/cloner.svg) Cloner | Clone 100+ algorithms from the community forum. | | ![Bug hunter badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/bug-hunter.svg) Bug Hunter | Report 10+ bugs. | | ![Open source contributor badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/open-source-contributor.svg) Open Source Contributor | Make a pull request to one of [our GitHub repositories](https://github.com/QuantConnect). | | ![Alpha streams developer badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/alpha-approved-x1.svg) Alpha Streams Developer | Add 1 Alpha to the Alpha Streams Market. | | ![Alpha streams artisan badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/alpha-approved-x3.svg) Alpha Streams Artisan | Add 3 Alphas to the Alpha Streams Market. | | ![Alpha streams master badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/alpha-approved-x10.svg) Alpha Streams Master | Add 10 Alphas to the Alpha Streams Market. | | ![Alpha winner #1 badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/gold-medal.svg) Alpha Winner #1 | Place first in the Alpha competition. | | ![Alpha winner #2 badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/silver-medal.svg) Alpha Winner #2 | Place second in the Alpha competition. | | ![Alpha winner #3 badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/bronze-medal.svg) Alpha Winner #3 | Place third in the Alpha competition. | | ![Community editor badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/community-editor.svg) Community Editor | Provide great service to community members in the forum or the Discord server. | | ![Outstanding community service badge](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/outstanding-community-service.svg) Outstanding Community Service | Provide excellent service to community members in the forum or the Discord server. | ## Log In Follow these steps to log in to your account: 1. In the top navigation bar, click [Sign In](https://www.quantconnect.com/login). The Sign In to QuantConnect page displays. 2. If you signed up with your Google or Facebook account, click **Sign In with Google** or **Sign In with Facebook** and then follow the prompts. 3. If you signed up with your email address, enter your email address, enter your password, and then click **Sign In**. 4. If you have 2FA enabled on your account, in the **Please Enter 2FA Code** field, enter the authentication code from the Google Authenticator app on your mobile device and then click **Sign In**. [Contact us](https://www.quantconnect.com/contact) if you lost your mobile device. ## Toggle 2FA Follow these steps to activate or deactivate two-factor authentication (2FA): 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 3. If you want to activate 2FA, follow these steps: 1. On your Account page, in the **Security** section, click **Activate**. 2. Enter your email address and then click **Continue**. 3. Follow the steps in the pop-up window and then click **Activate Two Factor**. "Updated successfully" displays. 4. If you want to deactivate 2FA, follow these steps: 1. On your Account page, in the **Security** section, click **Deactivate**. 2. Enter your email address and then click **Continue**. "Success" displays. ## Request API Token Follow these steps to request an API token: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 3. On your Account page, in the **Security** section, click **Request Email With Token and Your User-Id for API Requests**. 4. Click **OK**. We email you your user Id and API token. ## Reset API Token Follow these steps to reset your API token: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Stop all the backtests, optimization jobs, live algorithms, and notebooks you're running. 3. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 4. On your Account page, in the **Security** section, click **Reset My Token**. 5. Click **OK**. 6. Check your email to get your new API token. ## Close Active Sessions Follow these steps to close active sessions: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 3. On your Account page, in the **Security** section, click **Sign Out** next to the session that you want to close. "Session terminated successfully" displays. ## Manage Email Subscriptions Follow these steps to manage your email subscriptions: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 3. On your Account page, in the **Account Settings** section, click **Manage Email Subscriptions**. 4. Select the subscriptions you want and deselect the subscriptions you don't want. "Preferences updated successfully" displays. ## Change Email Follow these steps to change your email: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 3. On your Account page, in the **Security** section, click [Change Email](https://www.quantconnect.com/change-email). 4. Enter your current email. 5. Enter your new email. 6. Enter your new email again to confirm. 7. Click **Change Email**. 8. Check the inbox of your current email address and click **Change Email** to confirm. The confirmation email goes to your current email address, so you need access to it to complete the change. For security, support only changes the email of an account when the request comes from the email address registered to the account. If you can't access your current email address, create a new account with an email address you control. ## Change Password Follow these steps to change your password: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > Change Password](https://www.quantconnect.com/changePassword). 3. Enter your current password. 4. Enter your new password. 5. Enter your new password again to confirm. 6. Press **Reset Password**. 7. Enter your email address and then click **Continue**. ## Sign Out In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > Sign Out](https://www.quantconnect.com/loggedout) to sign out. ## Deactivate Account You can deactivate and reactivate your account at any time. When you deactivate your account, your profile and all associated data (for example, your forum posts) become hidden from other members. However, our servers retain your data (except for backtest results that are older than 90 days) in case you reactivate your account later. Follow these steps to deactivate your account: 1. Log in to your account. 2. In the top navigation bar, click [yourUsername > My Account](https://www.quantconnect.com/settings). 3. At the bottom of your Account page, click **Deactivate Account**. 4. Click **Deactivate Account**. 5. Enter your email address and then click **Continue**. The QuantConnect homepage displays. Log in to reactivate your account. ## Remove Account [Contact us](https://www.quantconnect.com/contact) to remove your QuantConnect account from our servers.