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# Manage endpoint prevention profiles

Manage endpoint prevention profiles by viewing their policy usage, editing their settings, or creating policy rules.

Go to **Inventory** → **Endpoints** → **Policy Management** → **Prevention** → **Profiles**.

### Check profile usage

Check which policy rules use a profile before you modify or delete it.

Right-click the profile, then select **View Policy Rules**.

Cortex Cloud opens a filtered **Prevention Policy Rules** tab. It shows only rules using that profile.

### Manage a profile

#### Edit

1. Right-click the profile, then select **Edit**.
2. Make your changes, then click **Save**.

#### Export

1. Right-click the profile, then select **Export Profile**.
2. Click **Export** to download the profile.

#### Duplicate

1. Right-click the profile, then select **Save as New**.
2. Edit the name, description, and any settings.
3. Click **Create**.

Create a policy rule with the new profile.

#### Delete

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You can delete a profile only when its **Usage Count** is `0`.
{% endhint %}

1. Delete or detach every policy rule that uses the profile.
2. Locate the profile and confirm its **Usage Count** is `0`.
3. Right-click the profile, then select **Delete**.
4. Click **Yes** to confirm.

### Create a policy rule from a profile

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{% step %}
Right-click the profile, then select **Create a new policy rule using this profile**.

Cortex Cloud sets the platform from the profile configuration. It also assigns the profile by type.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Enter a **Policy Name**. Optionally, add a description.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Assign additional profiles, then click **Next**. The endpoint list opens.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Select target endpoints. Alternatively, use filters to define the policy criteria. Click **Next**.
{% endstep %}

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Review the policy rule summary, then click **Done**.
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