How to quickly change user profile in Google Chrome?

Question

Is there any keyboard shortcut for changing it? Google couldn't solve my problem.

I'm using too many different profiles for my blog and their social media profiles etc. Sometimes it's getting annoying to open it with mouse from top corner. I love shortcuts.

Answer 1

Windows and Linux:

Ctrl+Shift+M then ▼ then Enter then ► or ◄ until you reach the user you want.

Mac OS:

⌘+Shift+M then ▼ then Enter then ► or ◄ until you reach the user you want.

Note

On Chrome 78 this keyboard shortcut opens the profile menu and focuses your previous used profile, so after you invoked the menu it's enough to hit Enter to quickly switch from one profile to the other.

Answer 2

Chrome now has a "People" menu. If you have two profiles, say "Work" and "Personal",

1. go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts
2. click the +
3. choose "Google Chrome.app"
4. add one keyboard shortcut for "Work" and another one for "Personal".

Answer 3

Below are instructions to setup your own quick shortcuts for Mac OS X in case you consider Chrome's default combination of keys too long for a "shortcut".

Part 1.

1. Launch Chrome
2. Click "Preferences" in "Chrome" menu in the top bar. You should see more than one user profile in the section People. For example, "Work" and "Personal" or "Work" and your name.
3. Click on "Personal" or your name and click "Edit" below it.
4. Rename it to "Gpersonal" or something else. I am not sure why this is needed, but it worked for me only after renaming it.

Part 2.

1. Go to Mac OS X Settings You can do it via Apple icon in the top left corner.
2. Go to "Keyboard" > "Shortcuts".
3. Choose "App Shortcuts" in the left pane.
4. Click "+" in the bottom.
5. In "Application" section choose "Google Chrome"
6. In "Menu Title" type first profile name. For example, "Work" without quotes.
7. Choose a keyboard shortcut, for example, "Cmd+Shift+,".
8. Click "Add".
9. Click "+" in the bottom.
10. In "Menu Title" type first profile name. For example, "GPersonal" without quotes.
11. Choose a keyboard shortcut, for example, "Cmd+Shift+.".
12. Click "Add".
13. You can go back to Chrome now and try new shortcuts.

Answer 4

For Mac OS X :

Since there is the People menu and in Mac OS X, you can access all items in menus with a search in the Help menu, you can also do :

cmd + shift + ? (to access the search in the help menu)

[name of the profile]

▼

Enter

What is nice with this tip is that, it works also to have a "shortcut" to menu item that do not natively have one :-)

Answer 5

With the latest version of Chrome, there is now a Menu option "People" at the top, with items for each profile you maintain. Since this is now a built-in menu, it is possible (at least on OSX) to bind a custom keyboard shortcut to switch to a specific profile.

For example, I have a shortcut set up for "Personal" (Ctrl+Cmd+Shift+1) and "Work" (Ctrl+Cmd+Shift+2) - you just have to make sure your profiles aren't named exactly the same.

Answer 6

I created a small autohotkey script if you want to automate shortcut.

#IfWinActive, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1

    ^+k::SendInput ^+m{up}{up}{enter}{right}{right}

    ^+m::
        WinGetPos,,, Width,, A
        ControlClick % "x" width - 175 " y10",,, Right
        SendInput {down}
    Return

#IfWinActive

Note: You may need to change the values of 175 and 10 depending upon your system resolution

Answer 7

First we need to access Chrome profile switcher options; the default keyboard shortcut for this is “Ctrl + Shift + M.” Just press “Ctrl + Shift + M” on any active window in Chrome, and the profile switcher should drop down from the top-right corner.

Answer 8

This is helpful Ctrl+Shift+M then ▼ then Enter then ► or ◄ until you reach the user you want.

But this is even faster way to switch : In the upper right corner of the browser window right-click on the current profile name and then select the other profile, this i find much faster