---
title: "Your whale"
description: "See who your whale is and what it's doing, and read and correct what it remembers about you."
works_on: [desktop]
---

# Your whale

See who your whale is and what it's doing, and read and correct what it
remembers about you.

**Works on:** the desktop app. On the phone you see your whale at the top of
the list (see below). The web: not available yet.

![Your whale's profile beside the conversation, on Identity, with Soul and Memory](images/your-whale-profile.png)

## Open your whale's profile

Do one of these:

- Right-click the whale at the top of the sidebar, or press the ⋯ beside it,
  and choose **Open profile**.
- Pick **Open Whale's profile** in the command palette (⌘K, or Ctrl+K on
  Windows and Linux). The palette uses your whale's name.
- Open **Customize › Whales** and choose your whale.

The profile opens on the right with your whale, its name and the same line
the sidebar shows, such as "Resting". Press Esc or **Close profile** to put
it away.

Under the name are the looks your whale can wear. Your whale keeps its blue
look; choosing another one is not available yet.

The four buttons under the looks switch what the profile shows:

- **Activity:** the line saying what your whale is doing now. Anything more
  on this tab: Not available yet.
- **Needs you:** conversations waiting for your answer, each with **Open**.
  When nothing waits: "Nothing is waiting for you."
- **Upcoming:** Not available yet.
- **Identity:** where your whale lives (**This Mac**, or **This computer** on
  Windows and Linux) and the model it thinks with, then its **Soul** and
  **Memory**. **Edit** is not available yet.

## Read and correct what your whale remembers

Choose **Memory** in the profile, or pick **Open Whale's memory** in the
palette. Memory opens in place of the conversation. Press Back or Esc to
return.

Memory has two parts:

- **About you:** "What Whale knows about you, in every folder. You own it."
- **What it has learned:** "What Whale picked up while working in this
  folder."

Each line is one thing your whale remembers, with the day it learned it.
Point at a line, or move to it with Tab, to see where it came from ("From you
· Nov 1") and to **Edit** or **Remove** it.

- **Edit:** change the words and press Enter (or **Save**). Esc cancels. A
  toast says "Saved to memory", with Undo.
- **Remove:** the line goes at once. "Removed from memory" offers Undo for 6
  seconds (⌘Z, or Ctrl+Z). After that it's forgotten.
- **Add something:** at the end of About you. Type what your whale should
  know about you and press Enter.

With more than 20 lines, **Search memory** appears at the top.

If memory is off, the page says "Memory is off". Choose **Turn on memory** to
let your whale remember between conversations.

## When your whale wants to remember something

Your whale never adds to its memory on its own. When it wants to keep
something, the line shows at the top of its part as **Wants to remember**,
with **Keep** and **Not this**. A correction reads **Wants to change**, with
the old words struck through.

- **Keep** saves it, and your whale uses it from then on.
- **Not this** throws it away. Nothing is saved.

Memory follows changes made elsewhere, such as in the terminal, while it's
open.

## Your whale's soul

**Soul** is how your whale is: its manner, its voice and how it works with
you. Choose **Soul** in the profile, or **Open Whale's soul** in the palette,
to read what it's for. Reading and editing the soul itself: Not available
yet.

## Not available yet

- **Use on all your devices…** (in the profile and the whale's menu).
- **Show folder in Finder** for your whale.
- Choosing another look, **Edit** on Identity, and **Upcoming**.

## On your phone

When you're signed in, the top of the conversation list shows your whale with
its name and one line saying what it's doing. It moves with its work and
holds still when Reduce Motion is on. While it's busy, tap it to open the
conversation it's working in. The profile, memory and soul: Not available
yet.

## Related

- [The whale on your screen](whale-on-screen.md)
- [Customize](customize.md)
- [Codewhale on your phone](phone.md)

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