Profile

The Profile tab is where you manage your identity in GeoMaster: your name, contact details, professional background, locale preferences, and account deletion.

Opening Settings

Reach Settings two ways: click your avatar in the top-right corner, then Settings in the dropdown, or click Settings in the left sidebar. Both land on /settings, on the Profile tab by default.

📸 Screenshot 1: Full Settings page with the four tabs (Profile / Security / Notifications / Activity), Profile tab active.

The Profile tab is a stack of cards, top to bottom.

1. Trial Qualification (Free plan only)

If your account is on the Free plan, a collapsible Trial Qualification card appears at the top showing:

Your current status badge (e.g. Incomplete, Ready, Pending review, Trial already used, Rejected)
A profile-completion progress bar
A checklist of required fields (first name, last name, phone number, user type, job title, experience level, country, LinkedIn URL or bio, plus academic reference name/email for students)

Click the card header to expand or collapse it. Click Complete Profile to jump down to the Professional Information section. Once the checklist is 100% complete, click Request Free Trial to submit a trial request for admin review (or Resubmit Trial Request if a previous request was rejected).

📸 Screenshot 2: Trial Qualification card expanded, showing the progress bar and requirement checklist.

This card is skipped entirely for accounts on a paid or trial plan.

2. Profile Identity (avatar)

Shows your avatar, name, and email, with photo upload controls.

To upload a new photo:

Click the small pencil icon on the bottom-right of your avatar circle.
Choose a JPG, PNG, WebP, or GIF file (max 10 MB).
A crop dialog opens: drag to reposition, use the Zoom slider to scale, then click Save Photo.

To use your Google profile photo (only shown if your account is linked to Google): click Use Google Photo.

📸 Screenshot 3: Profile Identity card with avatar, name/email, and the "Use Google Photo" button visible.

📸 Screenshot 4: The crop dialog open with the zoom slider and "Save Photo" button.

3. Personal Information

Editable fields:

Field	Notes
First Name	Required, max 15 characters
Last Name	Required, max 20 characters
Email	Read-only, shown for reference, cannot be changed here
Phone Number	Required, international format (e.g. `+447911123456`)

Edit any field and click Save Personal Information.

To verify your phone number (if it shows as unverified): enter your number, click Send Code below the Phone Number field, enter the 6-digit code sent by SMS, and click Verify. A green "Verified" badge appears next to the field once confirmed.

📸 Screenshot 5: Personal Information card with the phone verification flow, code-entry state showing "Verify" and "Resend".

4. Professional Information

This section adapts based on the "I am a" selection:

Industry Professional: asks for Company and Company Type.
Freelance / Independent Consultant: asks for Company/Trading Name and Company Type.
Student: asks for University, Degree Programme, Expected Graduation Year, and an Academic Reference (professor/supervisor name plus official university email).

Common fields for everyone: Job Title, Experience Level (or Degree Level for students), Country, LinkedIn Profile URL (optional), and a Short Bio (optional, 500 characters max).

Click Edit Profile in the card header to edit (on the Settings page the form is generally shown in edit mode), fill in the fields, then click Save Professional Information. Click Cancel to discard changes.

Student academic verification: if you selected Student, a University Email Verification box appears. Enter your official university email (must end in a recognised academic domain, e.g. .ac.uk, .edu), click Send Code, enter the 6-digit code emailed to that address, and click Verify. Once verified, the box shows a green confirmation with your verified email.

📸 Screenshot 6: Professional Information form in edit mode with "I am a: Student" selected, showing the academic fields and the University Email Verification box.

📸 Screenshot 7: Professional Information in view mode for an Industry Professional account, showing the saved values.

5. Preferences

A separate card for locale settings:

Setting	Behaviour
Timezone	Auto-detected from your browser, read-only, saved automatically if it differs from your stored value
Date Format	Choose `DD/MM/YYYY`, `MM/DD/YYYY`, or `YYYY-MM-DD`
Time Format	Choose 24 hour or 12 hour

Change Date Format and/or Time Format, then click Save Preferences (only enabled once you've changed something).

📸 Screenshot 8: Preferences card showing the Timezone (disabled), Date Format, and Time Format dropdowns.

6. Account Management: Deleting Your Account

At the bottom of the Profile tab is Account Management, with a single Delete Account button. This starts a 3-step, non-reversible flow.

Step 1, Review: if you own projects that have collaborators, a warning lists how many, and suggests transferring ownership first. A link to the Privacy Policy's Data Retention section is shown. Click Continue.

Step 2, Identity verification: click Send Verification Code, a 6-digit code is emailed to you. Enter the code and click Verify & Continue. You can resend after a 60 second cooldown.

Step 3, Final confirmation: type the exact phrase delete my account into the confirmation box (a copy icon is provided), then click Delete My Account. This immediately logs you out and permanently deletes your account and data.

📸 Screenshot 9: Delete Account modal, Step 1, the warning about owned projects and the Privacy Policy link.

📸 Screenshot 10: Delete Account modal, Step 3, the "type to confirm" input with the red "Delete My Account" button.

This action cannot be undone. There is no recovery path once Step 3 is confirmed.