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title: "Signer Profiles"
space: "Frappe Sign Documentation"
url: "https://eben.isambane.co.za/frappe-sign-docs/signer-profiles"
updated: "2026-08-06"
---


# Signer Profiles

Every signer - internal or external - should have a **Frappe Sign Profile**. It stores their identity and their reusable signature/initials, so they don't have to redraw or retype a signature for every single request.

![A Frappe Sign Profile: identity, signature type and text, hashes, and consent](/files/fsign-signer-profile.png)

A profile holds:

- **Identity**: User (optional - a profile doesn't have to be tied to a Frappe user account, which is how external signers work), Full Name, Email.
- **Signature**: Signature Type (Drawn / Uploaded / Typed), the signature image or text, and the same for initials.
- **Hashes**: a hash of the stored signature/initials, so a later tamper check can tell if they were changed outside the normal flow.
- **Consent**: whether the signer has agreed to use their saved signature/initials for electronic signing, and when.
- **Active** / **Revoked On** - deactivate a profile without deleting its history.

## Creating or updating a signature

A signer can manage their profile two ways:

- From Desk, if they're a Frappe user with access to the doctype.
- From the portal route `/frappe-sign-profile`, which works for internal and external signers alike.

Either way, they choose **Draw**, **Upload**, or **Type** to produce a signature and initials. The first time a signer is asked to sign something and has no saved signature yet, this same capture flow opens automatically, right inside the signing portal - see **Sending a Request & the Signing Portal**.

Next: create your first request - either **Creating a Request - From an Uploaded PDF** or **Creating a Request - From a Frappe Document**.