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# $Profile

A global merge field type to use when referencing information about the current user’s profile. Use profile merge fields to reference information about the user’s profile such as license type or name.

## Usage

Use dot notation to access your organization’s information.

Note that you can’t use the following `$Profile` values in Visualforce:

-   `LicenseType`
-   `UserType`

## Example

```visualforce
{!$Profile.Id}
{!$Profile.Name}
```