Multiple Profiles (Microsoft Edge): Setting Up, Using, and Managing

Introduction

Setting up and using multiple browser proﬁles can be very helpful for keeping settings, favorites, and logins organized, especially if you have multiple accounts. Here are a few examples:

You have a work account and a personal account.
You work for two different institutions and have an account for each.

You have one account for general access to most systems and another account for specialized access and permissions.

In this guide, we’ll demonstrate the ﬁrst scenario. We’ll set up a separate proﬁle so that we can access Outlook using both a Pomona College account and a personal account. In the screenshot below, we’re already logged into Outlook using a Pomona College account.

Setting Up an Additional Proﬁle

To set up a new proﬁle,

Click on the Proﬁle button in the upper-left.

If you’re setting up a proﬁle for a work or school account, click on Other Proﬁles, then + Set up a new work or school proﬁle.
- If you’re setting up a proﬁle for your Gmail, Yahoo, or other personal account, click on + Set up new personal proﬁle.

Microsoft Edge browser showing the Profile menu with options to Set up a new personal profile and Other profiles.
A new browser window will open to conﬁgure your new proﬁle. Here you have two options: Sign in to sync data or Start without your data. Syncing your data can be especially useful if you use multiple computers.

For a work or school proﬁle: If you’re signed into a college-owned Windows computer, Edge should automatically populate your account. Choose Sign in to sync data. For any other account or if you get an error signing in, choose Start without your data.
For a personal proﬁle: Select Sign in to sync data and you will be prompted for credentials. Sign in to your personal account (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.)

The Microsoft Edge login page showing you can select which account to log into from a drop-down menu.

On the next page,

Uncheck the box for Make your Microsoft experience more useful to you
Click the button to Conﬁrm and start browsing.

The Microsoft Edge account page with options to personalize your use of Edge ("Make your Microsoft experience more useful to you) and a button to Confirm and start browsing.