Manage Chrome with multiple profiles

With profiles, you can keep all your Chrome info separate, like bookmarks, history, passwords and other settings.

Profiles are ideal when you want to:

  • Share a computer with multiple people.
  • Keep your different accounts, like work and personal, separate.

What others can see when you share Chrome

Only share your device with people that you trust. If someone has your device, they can switch to any other Chrome profile on it. If they open your Chrome profile, they can see info like the websites you have visited.

Add a new profile

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile and then Add new profile.
  3. If you choose to sync to your Google Account, your profile name will automatically be your account name.
  4. Choose a name, photo and colour scheme.

If you choose to turn sync on in Chrome with a Google Account for the new profile, your bookmarks, history, passwords and other settings will sync automatically.

Tip: If you're using a Chromebook, you can share your Chromebook with other people by adding them to your Chromebook. Learn how to add a person to your Chromebook.

Switch to another profile

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile.
  3. Choose the profile that you want to switch to. 
Tip: If you use a Chromebook, you can use multiple accounts at the same time. Learn how to sign in multiple accounts in Chromebook.

Change a name, photo or colour

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile.
  3. Under 'Other Chrome profiles', select Manage Chrome profile .
  4. At the top right of the profile that you want to edit, select More More and then Edit.
  5. Enter a new name or choose a new photo or colour theme.
    • Changes are saved automatically.

Tip: To change the name, photo or colour of your current profile, you can also select Profile Profile and then Customise profile Edit.

Remove a profile

Important: After you remove a profile from Chrome, the profile's bookmarks, history, passwords and other settings are erased from the computer.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select Profile Profile.
  3. Under 'Other Chrome profiles', select Manage Chrome profiles .
  4. Select the profile that you want to remove.
  5. At the top right of the profile, select More More and then Delete.
  6. To confirm, select Delete.

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