Spaces are self-contained workspaces in WebCatalog Desktop that help you organize apps, accounts, and browsing data into completely separate environments.
Each space lives in its own window and can contain multiple apps. Inside a space, you can create and use one or more profiles. A profile represents a single account or identity for an app, with its own login session, cookies, settings, and browsing data. This makes it easy to sign in to multiple accounts of the same app within a space, while keeping them fully isolated.
Spaces themselves are also isolated from each other. Accounts, profiles, settings, bookmarks, browsing data, and history never mix across spaces unless you explicitly set them up that way.
Spaces are designed to reduce clutter and help you stay focused by grouping everything by context. You can create spaces for work, school, personal use, or individual projects and customers, and switch between them instantly.
How Spaces work
A space is a high-level environment that groups related apps and accounts together.
Within each space, you can:
Add multiple apps
Create multiple profiles per app
Sign in to different accounts
Keep dedicated settings, cookies, and browsing data
Each profile is fully isolated, and each space is fully isolated from other spaces.
When to create a new space
Create a new space when you want a clear separation of context, such as:
Work and personal use
Different clients or projects
Shared and private environments on the same computer
Focused setups with different sets of apps
A simple rule: if apps, accounts, or data should never mix, they belong in different spaces.
Using profiles within a space
Profiles are best used when you want to manage multiple accounts within the same context.
Use profiles when you want to:
Sign in to multiple accounts of the same app
Manage different roles (for example, admin and user accounts)
Keep related accounts together
For example, in a “Work” space, you might have multiple profiles for different Google or Slack accounts, all organized within one workspace.
Space vs profile: how to choose
Use a space for high-level separation (work, personal, client, shared computer)
Use a profile for multiple accounts within the same space
If switching accounts feels distracting or risky, create separate spaces. If the accounts are closely related and often used together, use profiles.
Creating and switching spaces
You can create a new space at any time from the space switcher. Each space opens in its own window.
Switching between spaces is instant, letting you move between contexts without closing apps or signing in again.
Sharing a computer with multiple people
Spaces are ideal for shared computers. Each person can have their own space with their own apps, profiles, and browsing data. Accounts and sessions remain completely private.
Best practices
Keep each space focused on a single context
Name spaces clearly (for example: “Work”, “Personal”, “Client – Acme”)
Avoid adding unrelated apps to the same space
Use profiles only when you need multiple accounts