A profile is a collection of objects , fields, tabs, record types, app permissions and other settings assign to users in salesforce that determines the scope of what the can see and do after logging into the instance💥
There is standard profile - out of the box from salesforce and custom profile that is created by an administrator by cloning existing standard profiles.🎬
⁉️In salesforce, you can’t create a profile from scratch ! You clone an existing profile and you customize