diff --git a/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.h b/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.h
--- a/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.h
+++ b/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.h
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit MailWebEnginePage(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-    explicit MailWebEnginePage(QWebEngineProfile *profile, QObject *parent = nullptr);
-    ~MailWebEnginePage();
+    virtual ~MailWebEnginePage() = default;
 
     void setPrintElementBackground(bool printElementBackground);
 
diff --git a/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.cpp b/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.cpp
--- a/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.cpp
+++ b/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebenginepage.cpp
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@
     initialize();
 }
 
-MailWebEnginePage::MailWebEnginePage(QWebEngineProfile *profile, QObject *parent)
-    : WebEngineViewer::WebEnginePage(profile, parent)
-{
-    initialize();
-}
-
-MailWebEnginePage::~MailWebEnginePage()
-{
-}
-
 void MailWebEnginePage::initialize()
 {
     settings()->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::JavascriptEnabled, false);
diff --git a/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebengineview.cpp b/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebengineview.cpp
--- a/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebengineview.cpp
+++ b/messageviewer/src/viewer/webengine/mailwebengineview.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <QContextMenuEvent>
 #include <WebEngineViewer/WebHitTest>
 
-#include <QWebEngineProfile>
 #include <QPrinter>
 
 #include <WebEngineViewer/WebHitTestResult>
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
     : WebEngineViewer::WebEngineView(parent)
     , d(new MessageViewer::MailWebEngineViewPrivate)
 {
-    d->mPageEngine = new MailWebEnginePage(new QWebEngineProfile(this), this);
+    d->mPageEngine = new MailWebEnginePage(this);
     setPage(d->mPageEngine);
     d->mWebViewAccessKey = new WebEngineViewer::WebEngineAccessKey(this, this);
     d->mWebViewAccessKey->setActionCollection(ac);
diff --git a/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.h b/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.h
--- a/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.h
+++ b/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.h
@@ -31,10 +31,41 @@
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * A private QWebEngineProfile, only applying to this QWebEnginePage,
+     * will be created to implement browser settings.  It can be accessed via
+     * @c profile(), but it should not be shared or reused unless care is
+     * taken that the profile is not deleted until all of the QWebEnginePage's
+     * belonging to it are deleted first.
+     *
+     * @param parent The parent object
+     **/
     explicit WebEnginePage(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-    explicit WebEnginePage(QWebEngineProfile *profile, QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
-    ~WebEnginePage() override;
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * The specified QWebEngineProfile will be used.  See the description of
+     * @c WebEnginePage(QObject *) and the API documentation of QWebEnginePage
+     * for caution regarding the lifetime of the profile.
+     *
+     * @param profile The profile to be used
+     * @param parent The parent object
+     * @deprecated Use the single argument constructor, which creates and uses
+     * a private profile.
+     **/
+#ifndef WEBENGINEVIEWER_NO_DEPRECATED
+    explicit WEBENGINEVIEWER_DEPRECATED WebEnginePage(QWebEngineProfile *profile, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+#endif
+
+    /**
+     * Destructor.  If there is a private QWebEngineProfile then it will also
+     * be destroyed.
+     **/
+    virtual ~WebEnginePage() override = default;
+
     WebEngineViewer::WebHitTest *hitTestContent(const QPoint &pos);
 
     void saveHtml(QWebEngineDownloadItem *download);
diff --git a/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.cpp b/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.cpp
--- a/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.cpp
+++ b/webengineviewer/src/webenginepage.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,24 @@
 using namespace WebEngineViewer;
 
 WebEnginePage::WebEnginePage(QObject *parent)
-    : QWebEnginePage(parent)
+    : QWebEnginePage(new QWebEngineProfile, parent)
 {
+    // Create a private (off the record) QWebEngineProfile here to isolate the
+    // browsing settings, and adopt it as a child so that it will be deleted
+    // when we are destroyed.  The profile must remain active for as long as
+    // any QWebEnginePage's belonging to it exist, see the API documentation
+    // of QWebEnginePage::QWebEnginePage(QWebEngineProfile *, QObject *).
+    // Deleting it as our child on destruction is safe.
+    //
+    // Do not try to save a line of code by setting the parent on construction:
+    //
+    //    WebEnginePage::WebEnginePage(QObject *parent)
+    //      : QWebEnginePage(new QWebEngineProfile(this), parent)
+    //
+    // because the QWebEngineProfile constructor will call out to the QWebEnginePage
+    // and crash because the QWebEnginePage is not fully constructed yet.
+    profile()->setParent(this);
+
     init();
 }
 
@@ -44,10 +60,6 @@
     init();
 }
 
-WebEnginePage::~WebEnginePage()
-{
-}
-
 void WebEnginePage::init()
 {
     connect(profile(), &QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested, this, &WebEnginePage::saveHtml);