METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING AND MANAGING MULTIPLE eSIM PROFILES

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with an Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, vehicle interconnection, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying, by a local profile assistant (LPA), information associated with a target profile requested to be enabled; sending, by the LPA, a first message for enabling the target configuration file to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC), the first message comprising a refresh flag and a port number corresponding to the target configuration file; receiving, by the modem from the eUI