Delete, switch, or add users (2024)

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Delete or switch users Add or update users Types of user profiles Related resources Need more help? Try these next steps: FAQs

You can share your device with family and friends by creating a user profile for each person. Each user profile has a personalspace on the device for custom Home screens, accounts, apps, settings, and more.Learn about what users can do.

Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 9.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.

Delete or switch users

Delete user

If you're the primary user

  1. Open your device's Settings app.
  2. Tap System Delete, switch, or add users (1) Multiple users.
    • If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.
  3. Tap the user's name.
  4. TapDelete user Delete, switch, or add users (2) Delete. The user will be removed from the list.

If you're not the primary user

  1. Open the device'sSettings app.
  2. Tap SystemDelete, switch, or add users (3)Multiple users.
    • If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.
  3. Tap MoreDelete, switch, or add users (4).
  4. Tap Delete [username] from this device.
    Important:You can't undo this.
  5. The device will switch to the owner's profile.

Switch user

Switch users on Android Go

  1. From the Home screen, tap Switch user Delete, switch, or add users (6).
  2. Tap a different user. That user can now sign in.

Add or update users

To add or update a user, you must be the device owner.

Add user

  1. Open your device's Settings app.
  2. Tap System Delete, switch, or add users (7) Multiple users.
    • If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.
  3. Tap Add user Delete, switch, or add users (8) OK.
  4. Enter a name for the new user.

Set up the new user

  • After adding a new user, tap Switch to [username]. A pop up will ask "Set up user now?"
    • If you're with the new user:
      Tap Set up now. Then unlock your screen to set up the Google Account and other details.
    • If the new user isn't there:
      Tap Not now. The next time you switch to this user, they can set up the Google Account and other details.

Update user

Update your own profile

  1. Open your device's Settings app.
  2. Tap SystemDelete, switch, or add users (9)Multiple users.
    • If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.
  3. Tap your name.
    • To change your profile name, enter a new nameand then tap OK.
    • To change your profile picture, tap your picture and then take a new photo or choose an existing photo on your device.

Pick which other profiles can make calls & send SMS texts

  1. Open your device's Settings app.
  2. Tap SystemDelete, switch, or add users (10)Multiple users.
    • If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.
  3. Tap the user's name.
  4. Tap Turn on phone calls.

Types of user profiles

User

A user who isn't the device owner is the profile type for someone who may use your device a lot, like a family member.

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All users have their own spaces on the device for personal, custom Home screens, accounts, apps, settings, and more.

Guest

A guest profile is for someone using your device for a short time.

Like a user, the guest profile has its own space on the device, but it's easier to delete this space when a guest is done with the device.

Account

An account lets you use a service like Gmail with a single username and password.

Restricted profile (tablets only)

A restricted profile lets you control what features and content a user can see. For example, you can restrict the availability of mature content.

Child user

A child user lets you add a child account to the device. You can use an existing child account or create a new one. Parents can access parental controls and manage screen time, apps, and more with the Google Family Link app. Learn how to create a Google Account for your child.

Related resources

  • Change guest and user settings
  • Add or remove an account on Android

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Delete, switch, or add users (2024)

FAQs

What happens if I delete a user on Switch? ›

Important: Deleting a user account will delete all save data associated to the account. Save data cannot be restored after it is deleted. Note: If the user account is linked to a Nintendo Account, the Nintendo Account will not be deleted.

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How do I remove previous owner from Nintendo Switch? ›

Select “System Settings” from the HOME Menu. Scroll down to highlight “Users,” then select the appropriate user account to access the Profile Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the settings and select “Delete User.” If a Parental Control PIN has been set for the system, you will be prompted to enter it to proceed.

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How do you switch Users on Android phone? ›

Once multiple accounts have been set up, you can quickly switch between them: Drag down from the top of the screen to access Android's Quick Menu. You'll see the user account icon at the bottom of the screen. Tap it to get the Select user pop-up screen, which will let you switch accounts.

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Can you have two Users on a Samsung phone? ›

Android supports multiple users on a single Android device by separating user accounts and application data.

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Will I lose my games if I delete a user on switch? ›

Deleting a user account from a Nintendo Switch console will also delete any save data that is associated with that account and saved to the console. Data deleted from a console cannot be restored unless it is first backed up using the Save Data Cloud backup feature.

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Does deleting a user delete everything? ›

Before you delete or remove a user

All of a user's data is deleted, unless you transfer it to another user.

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How do I change the primary owner on a switch? ›

Log in to your main Nintendo Account (that's authorized for the eshop/downloaded games) Access "Account Settings" in the eshop and select the "deactivate console" option. Now connect to the internet with the other Switch that you want to designate as the primary console. Log in and access the eshop.

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Can you link multiple Users to the same Nintendo Account? ›

A Nintendo Account family group allows up to 8 Nintendo Account users to connect together into one group. Family groups can include a mixture of general accounts, parent/guardian accounts, and supervised accounts. Nintendo Accounts for children (users under 13) must be part of a family group.

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How do I delete my supervised Nintendo Account? ›

Click “Nintendo Account” in the upper-left corner of the screen to access your account settings. Select “Parental Controls.” Select the Nintendo Account that you want to release from your account. Select “Stop managing this account.”

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What is a switch user? ›

The su (short for switch user or substitute user) command is used to switch into other user accounts. If a username is not specified as an argument to the su command, it takes the root account into consideration.

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How do you change users on switch? ›

If you want to change user in the middle of playing, press the HOME Button to return to the HOME Menu, then select "(Y) Change User". The current user's game will be closed and you'll be able to select a different user. *If user selection isn't required, the user selection screen will not be displayed.

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How do you add users on switch? ›

How to add a new user profile to a Nintendo Switch
  1. On the home screen of your Switch, select System Settings — the second icon from the right, shaped like a gear. ...
  2. In the System Settings sidebar, scroll down to "Users."
  3. On the right side of the screen, select "Add User." ...
  4. Select "Create New User."
Sep 18, 2020

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How do I have two profiles on my Android phone? ›

How to Create Multiple User Profiles on Android
  1. To activate the User icon, go to Settings > System > Multiple users and turn the feature on.
  2. From here or through the icon that will now appear on your Quick Settings menu, tap the Add user icon.
Apr 6, 2023

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How do I have two users on Android? ›

Add or update users
  1. Open your device's Settings app.
  2. Tap System. Multiple users. If you can't find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users .
  3. Tap Add user. OK.
  4. Enter a name for the new user.

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Can two people be logged into the same Google account at the same time? ›

Go to User experience. Click Multiple sign-in access. Choose an option: To let multiple users sign in at the same time but specify that the primary user must sign in to a managed Google Account, select Managed user must be the primary user (secondary users are allowed).

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What does deleting a user profile do? ›

Deleting a profile deletes all email accounts stored in that profile. Any Personal Folders Files (. pst) associated with that profile will remain on your computer, but in order to access that data, you'll have to open the Personal Folders File from within another profile. .

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What happens when you delete a user? ›

When you delete a user, their personal folder is deleted and all of their Looks and dashboards in their personal folder will be moved to the trash (cite "Deleting Users" in Docs which has a nice table). You can recover the deleted content from the trash if you restore it before the trash is emptied by an Admin.

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What happens when you delete a child account on Nintendo Switch? ›

Any child accounts managed through the parent or guardian's Nintendo Account would also be deleted. After requesting an account to be deleted, the parent or guardian has 30 days to reactivate their account. Reactivating an account will also reactivate any child accounts managed by it.

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What does transferring user data do on switch? ›

Transferring user information and save data allows you to move your user profile along with all its associated save data and Nintendo eShop purchases from one console in the Nintendo Switch family to another. Data is moved one user at a time.

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