What is the use of profile control in salesforce?

Hi Piyush

Profiles in Salesforce controls the following.

• Page layouts :- Which page layout the user has to see.
• Field Level Security :- Using field level security we can restrict user to Create, Read, Edit and delete fields.
• Custom apps :- Which standard and custom apps the user can view.
• Tabs :- Which tabs the user can view.
• Record types :- Which record types are available to user.
• Login :- Login IP and Salesforce login Hours restrictions can be made t users.