Chrome User-specific Desktop Shortcut

How can I create multiple Google Chrome desktop shortcuts, each leading to a different account?
(All accounts are signed in).

Daniel Springer

Posted 2015-11-07T22:21:08.690

Reputation: 311

1This worked for me (Windows or Ubuntu). – Jonathan F. K. – 2016-07-14T23:04:44.323

Answers

On Chrome, go to settings.
Scroll to the user list (people), and click on the user profile you'd like a shortcut for*.
Edit button will light up (after selecting a user).
Click on that edit button.
Click on Add desktop shortcut, then click on save.

A shortcut to that user's Chrome should now display on your desktop.

*Note: you will need to manually switch (sign-in) to each account, so that it is the (current) account in the user list (people) in order to be able to click on edit, and edit that account.
*Note: you will need to sign in with at least two accounts in order to see the "Add shortcut" option.
-To add one manually (why? But it's your choice): tech-recipes.com

Yisroel Tech

Posted 2015-11-07T22:21:08.690

Reputation: 4 307

1Does it make sense I need to actually switch to each account to create the corresponding shortcut? – Daniel Springer – 2015-11-09T16:53:32.023

Yes, that's correct. I forgot to mention it. – Yisroel Tech – 2015-11-10T00:11:45.813

Is it the most recent version of Chrome? Check for updates by going with Chrome to chrome://chrome/ – Yisroel Tech – 2015-11-11T01:05:03.277

Your answer helped me in conjunction with these other answers: http://superuser.com/a/908108/74576 and http://superuser.com/a/377195/74576

– Ryan – 2016-12-30T03:55:55.767

2This is not valid any longer, refer to the answer for Chrome version 75+ for the current way to achieve it. – eMaringolo – 2019-12-27T12:48:37.387

The profile system has been updated sometime before Chrome version 75. In these versions, first activate the profile for which you want to make a shortcut. Then go to:

Settings
Chrome name and picture
turn on Show desktop shortcut

Return to your desktop view, and see the new profile activation icon.

ndemarco

Posted 2015-11-07T22:21:08.690

Reputation: 350

3This is the method that works in November 2019. – RJH – 2019-11-24T05:38:37.340

A picture is worth thousand words, here it is in Chrome 80:

Shimmy

Posted 2015-11-07T22:21:08.690

Reputation: 2 435

Can you give us a “what’s on my chrome extensions” please!? – Daniel Springer – 2020-02-17T12:45:36.013

What do you mean, doesn't it look like this in all browsers? If it isn't, it's due to profile management flags I changed in chrome://flags.

– Shimmy – 2020-02-18T13:57:18.877

what I’m asking is, what extensions do you have – Daniel Springer – 2020-02-18T13:58:54.490

2Left to right: Translate, Gmail, Hebrew Tooltip Translator, Office editing, AdBlock, Remote desktop, Google Spam report, Google Password checker, Web essentials, Gitpod. – Shimmy – 2020-02-19T14:08:02.547