A single username and password gets you into everything Google (Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, Google Maps). Set up your profile and preferences just the way you like. Switch between devices, and pick up wherever you left off. Come on, let's see how to add a new Google account on your Android smartphone, take Samsung Galaxy for example. Step 1 Go to 'Settings' > 'Account' > 'Add Account'. Step 2 If you have a Google account, select 'Existing'. Or you need to choose 'New' to sign up. Here we will choose 'Existing' to sign in with the existing account. Step 3 Sign in with your Google account and the password.
If you’re using multiple Google accounts simultaneously there’s a good chance that one of them is the one you want to default. When it isn’t the default it’s rather frustrating; read on as we show a reader how to ensure the account they want is the default one. Dear How-To Geek, I have multiple Google accounts.
I have my personal account, I have a Google-managed work account, and my college recently switched to a Google-managed system. Up until a few weeks ago, whenever I loaded a general Google tool like Gmail or Google Calendar, it always defaulted to my personal Google account (the one I use the most). Now, however, it defaults to my work account. I’ve looked in every menu of every individual Google account I have, in my Google dashboard, this way and that way, and I can’t find a single toggle, switch, or drop down menu in sight that lets me specify which account should be the default. Please don’t tell me I have to manually log in and out of all these accounts!
Sincerely, Multi Login Lost Well, you will have to sign out of all your accounts, but only once. Although it isn’t well documented, and nowhere in the configuration dashboard or menus is it even noted, there is a method to the multi-login madness. We’re going to go out on a limb and assume that a few weeks ago something occurred that logged you out of your accounts and you had to log back in (major browser update, Windows update, a computer crash, you wiped your cookies, etc.) and that when you went to log back in you logged into your work account first.
That’s the hidden trick that’s not very well documented: whichever account you log into first when you’re using Google’s multi-login feature becomes your default account for the duration of the time that you’re logged into Google. Logging out of the default account switches the default to the next account in the list and logging out of all of the accounts resets the entire cycle such that the next login becomes the new default.
It would be nice if there was a future set-as-default feature, but in the mean time you’ll just need to remember to login to your desired default first. Have a pressing tech question? Shoot us an email at [email protected] and we’ll do our best to answer it.
How to set the default or primary Google account for multiple Gmail account users? Google mail or Gmail is one of the most popular email in the world, not a surprise that a lot of people owns more than one address, for work, for personal or commercial purposes. Google produced multiple sign-in feature to facilitate the usage of several emails. However, there is a common issue with using multiple accounts, when you get lost which is your default account and you sign up with the wrong one. To set up a proper default email is not a strenuous task, however it takes multiple steps to proceed and may look confusing initially. Once it's setup it works in all Google services and saves your time really efficiently.
Google services also attempts to help you set a default account by offering an option as to set this as default, but it does with every account you sign in and that may be annoying and wasting your time. Here we will show you how to set a proper default account manually, by focusing web services. This will prevent unnecessary suggestions from Google when your log-in to you accounts. Table of Contents:. It is recommended to run a free scan with Spyhunter - a tool to detect malware and fix computer errors. You will need to purchase the full version to remove infections and eliminate computer errors. Enabling or replacing the default google account for multiple sign in users Visit any google site (like google.com, gmail.com or any other) in a non-private browser window (to let google set up a cookie).
Log out from all Google or Gmail accounts, this can be performed by clicking on your avatar icon in the upper right corner of a Google page and choosing Sign Out from the menu option. Visit the Gmail.com and sign in with the account you prefer to be default or primary, this is important, because only the first logged in account becomes the default when multiple sign ins are used. Once you have logged into the default or primary account, click on the avatar icon in the upper right corner of a Google page and select Add Account. Using this path add as many accounts as necessary. Note: Don't forget that default or primary account becomes your first signed in account. Switching between google accounts Once you have setup your multiple accounts, remember that you don't need sign out to access another account, just simply click on avatar icon and choose another account in any google service. What is more some of services may ask for user input when trying to access another account.
This will help you to save your time while working with several work or work and personal emails. Video Showing how to set the default account for Google services.
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