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Profile Settings vs General Settings

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Written by Camila

There are two separate settings areas in Spear. Knowing which one to use saves time and avoids confusion.

Quick answer

There are two settings in Spear — here's the difference in one line:

  • Profile Settings = your name, top-left → just you (ICP, calendar, exclusions)

  • Org Settings = gear icon, bottom-left → whole team (integrations, profiles, team members)


How to find Org Settings:

This is the most common source of confusion — so let's clear it up:

Setting type

Where to find it

What it controls

Profile Settings

Your name/avatar, top-left of the sidebar

ICP, calendar link, excluded companies — just your profile

Org Settings

Gear icon, bottom-left of the sidebar

Team members, integrations, profiles — affects the whole org

Quick rule: If it affects the whole team → gear icon, bottom-left. If it's just for you → your name, top-left.


Profile Settings

Profile Settings apply to a specific outreach profile — they control elements like ICP, excluded companies, LinkedIn connections, calendar link, operating user, and notifications.


Org Settings (General Settings)

General Settings apply to the entire organization/workspace — they control team members, integrations, profiles, and global configurations that affect all profiles.


​To get there: Look for the gear icon at the very bottom of the left sidebar — not your profile picture, not your name.


When to use which

  • Use Profile Settings for anything specific to one LinkedIn profile (ICP, calendar link, excluded companies)

  • Use Org Settings for team management, integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce), and organization-wide configurations

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