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# Managing quality profiles

- [Introduction](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/introduction.md): Your introduction to understanding how to use quality profiles in SonarQube Cloud.
- [Understanding quality profiles](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/understanding-quality-profiles.md): Quality profiles are a key part of your SonarQube Cloud configuration because they are composed of a list of rules to check your code against.
- [Viewing quality profiles](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/viewing-quality-profiles.md): Any user can view and compare quality profiles in SonarQube Cloud.
- [Creating a quality profile](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/creating-a-quality-profile.md): The Sonar way quality profile is designed to be broadly suitable for most projects. You can use custom quality profiles to adjust your project as it progresses.
- [Editing a quality profile](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/editing-a-custom-quality-profile.md): To edit a quality profile, you need the Administer Quality Profiles permission or be authorized to manage this particular profile.
- [Associating with projects](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/associating-a-quality-profile-with-projects.md): By default, a SonarQube Cloud project is associated with each language’s default quality profile. You can also explicitly associate a quality profile with projects.
- [Changing default quality profile](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/changing-default-quality-profile.md): By default, the language’s BUILT-IN quality profile, Sonar way, is the profile assigned to projects not explicitly associated with another quality profile.
- [Maintaining quality profiles](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/maintaining-your-custom-quality-profiles.md): Maintaining your custom quality profile in SonarQube Cloud is important if it's not inherited from the Sonar way built-in profile.
- [Granting permissions to users](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/standards/managing-quality-profiles/authorizing-other-users-to-manage-quality-profile.md): It is a simple process in SonarQube Cloud to assign the correct quality profile administration permission to users and groups.


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