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ThewayyousignintoanyChromebookisthroughyourGoogle/Gmailaccount.EveryChromebookhasanowner.Thisistheuserwhofirstsetupthelaptop.However,youcanshareyourChromebookwithmultipleotherusersorGoogleAccounts.Forinstance,youcouldhaveanaccountforworkorschoolandanotheraccountforyourpersonalstuffwhichhelpstoseparateyourtwolives.TheseareloginaccountsthatGooglecalls“Persons“.

TheothertypeofGoogleaccountoraccountsarecalledsignedinaccounts.You’llhavetologintoyourChromebookwithyourprimaryaccounttoaccessyourothersignedinaccounts.WhenyouaddanewsigninGoogleaccounttoyourChromebook,youcanaccessthataccount’sGmail,GoogleDrive,Chromebrowsersettingsandpreferences,PlayStore,andmore.YoursignedinaccountsarealsosharedwithAndroidappsforthepurposesofforexampleregistrationorlogin“signinwithGoogle”.

AddingandremovingaGoogleAccount

ToaddanewGoogleaccount,gotoSettings>AccountsandthenunderAccountssection,selectyourprimaryaccount.

NowselectAddGoogleAccountbutton.ThenenteryourGmailemailaddressandpasswordinthesubsequentscreens.

YouraddedGoogleaccountsshouldappearjustbelowyourprimaryaccountasseenbelow.

Toremoveanaccount,simplyclickonthemenu(3dots)ontheright,andselectremoveasseenbelow;

YouraccountsarenowavailableacrossGoogleservicessuchasGmail,GoogleDrive,Chromebrowseretc.

Addanewuser/persontoyourChromebook

ThesecondtypeofGoogleaccountisonethat’susedinthesigninscreenatstartup.ThiscaneitherbeyourotherGoogleaccount,orsimplyanotherChromebookusersuchasfamilyorfriend.WhentheysignintotheChromebookwiththeiraccount,theyhavealltheirdatalocalandonlineappearontheiruseraccount.Otherusers’accountdataisn’taccessible.

TocreateanotherloginuserGoogleaccount;

HowtorestrictuserswhosignintoChromebook

BeforeyouaddorremoveauseraccountonaChromebook,pleasenotethatonlytheowneroftheChromebookcanmanageusers.SoiftheChromebookwashandedovertoyoubyyourschooladministrator,youmightbeabletoaddordeleteotherusers.

Alright,sotoaddanewuseraccountalistofrestrictedaccounts,gotoSettings>Security&Privacy>Manageotherpeople>AdduserandentertheirGmailemailaddress.