# General User Profile

This resource lets you read and update general settings in the YouTrack profile of the specified user.
|  Resource  |     ```GENERIC /api/users/{userID}/profiles/general ```    |
| --- | --- |
|  Returned entity  |  [GeneralUserProfile](api-entity-GeneralUserProfile.html). For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](#GeneralUserProfile-supported-fields) section.  |

## 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](api-entity-DateFormatDescriptor.html)  |  Format in which dates are shown to this user.  |
|  timezone  |  [TimeZoneDescriptor](api-entity-TimeZoneDescriptor.html)  |  Timezone of the user.  |
|  locale  |  [LocaleDescriptor](api-entity-LocaleDescriptor.html)  |  Personal locale selected by the user.  |