How to Create and Switch Profiles in Chrome

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

Signing into your Google account with your Google Chrome browser affords you a number of extra features, such as saving and syncing your bookmarks across all the devices you use Chrome on, screen sharing, and easy transfer of pages from your mobile devices to your desktop and vice versa.

Chrome allows for multiple users to have separate profiles, for example, having separate profiles for your Work and Home Google Accounts.

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Before You Begin:

You must have Google Chrome installed

• How to Download and Install Google Chrome in Windows
• How to Download and Install Google Chrome on a Mac

You must have a Google account

• How to Create a Google Account

2. Create New Profile in Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome, and select the user icon in the top right.
   

1. Select Manage People.
   

1. Select Add person.
   

1. Enter a name for the new person, select an icon to help represent this new account and make it easier to find later. Then, select Add.
   

If you want, you can then link that new profile to a Google Account.

Sync Profile to Google Account

• How to Sign in to Chrome

3. Switch Profiles in Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome, and select the user icon in the top right.
   

1. Select the profile you'd like to use from the list.