# 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 [Granting permissions to users](/sonarqube-cloud/~/changes/1027/standards/managing-quality-profiles/authorizing-other-users-to-manage-quality-profile.md) for more information.
{% endhint %}

To associate another quality profile to a language in your project:

1. Retrieve your project. See [Retrieving projects](/sonarqube-cloud/~/changes/1027/managing-your-projects/retrieving-projects.md) for more details.
2. Go to **Quality Profiles**.
3. Select another profile for the language.

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/iv8powzT1WLHMg2N9ESB" alt="Project quality profiles"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>


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