# Quality profile

If you do not explicitly associate a language with a specific quality profile in your project, the default quality profile will be used for the analysis of this language’s code. To change a quality profile association in your project, you need the Administer permission on the project.

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With the Administer Quality Profiles permission, you can change the associations of a profile for any project. This is done from the respective quality profile. In addition, you can delegate this permission to any user for a given custom quality profile. See [authorizing-other-users-to-manage-quality-profile](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/authorizing-other-users-to-manage-quality-profile "mention") for more information.
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To associate another quality profile to a language in your project:

1. Retrieve your project. See [retrieving-projects](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/managing-your-projects/retrieving-projects "mention") for more details.
2. Go to **Quality Profiles**.
3. Select another profile for the language.

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