If yous have more than i Google account, y'all may take wondered whether you can use them simultaneously on your Android phone. Yes, you tin, and I'll testify you how to set them upwards, then you lot can manage multiple Google accounts in 1 contour.

All instructions beneath will piece of work on stock Android. For screenshots, we've used a OnePlus telephone running OxygenOS nine.0.6. We verified that all the steps are identical on Android 11.

How to Add Additional Google Accounts

We'll presume you've already gear up one Google account and want to add together a second ane.

Add the Google Business relationship

From your Android device'due south home screen, go to Settings > Accounts and tap Add together business relationship at the lesser. Select Google from the list. You might have to ostend your device password or fingerprint.

Next, log into your Google account with your email accost, password, and a 2-factor authentication code, if yous've set up this up. You might also have to confirm your account using a backup email accost or telephone number you provided upon setup. Y'all tin can even create a new account from the initial login screen.

Once you lot've signed in successfully, Android will automatically set up your new Google account.

Ready Upward the New Google Account

To customize which account data Android syncs, return to Settings > Accounts, then tap Google and the account yous'd like to manage. Nether Account sync, you can toggle diverse Google services.

To remove an account, tap the Remove Business relationship button.

This process as well works for Google Apps for Work accounts.

Which Apps Does This Affect and How?

The sync settings shown above reveal that adding a Google account affects several apps. Your Google account connects to the post-obit apps and features:

  • Calendar
  • Chrome
  • Contacts
  • Docs
  • Bulldoze
  • Gmail
  • Google Fit data
  • Google News
  • Google Play
  • Google TV
  • Keep Notes
  • People details
  • Play Games Cloud Save
  • Sheets
  • Tasks in Calendar
  • and possibly more, depending on the apps yous accept installed

In improver, you lot'll encounter a alter on whatsoever other apps that back up Google login. Allow'southward see how this affects some standard apps.

Gmail

If you chose to sync your Gmail business relationship, you'll now see two or more accounts listed in the Gmail app. To switch between inboxes, tap your profile icon in the pinnacle-right.

You tin customize inbox and notification settings via the account settings menu. With Gmail open, tap the hamburger icon in the top-left, then scroll down to the very bottom of the listing of labels and tap Settings. Select the account for which yous'd like to adjust settings, and make your changes.

If you encounter issues, information technology's easy to fix Android email sync bug.

Chrome

In Chrome, you can merely sync i account at a time. Tap the three-dot icon in the acme right, go to Settings, and tap Sync to review your sync settings. Back on the Settings screen, yous'll see a list of all your accounts when you tap the primary business relationship, just y'all tin't switch between them or brand private settings.

To utilise multiple Chrome profiles on Android, you'll have to use a tool like Parallel Infinite. What yous can choose, yet, is which account to sync Chrome with.

Go to Settings, tap Sync, and select Sign out and turn off sync. Checking the option to Also clear your Chrome data from this device is optional.

When y'all Turn on sync again, you lot can choose a different account for your Chrome browser. When yous exercise that and didn't clear the information earlier, y'all'll be asked whether you want to combine your data or go along them separate.

What's good to know is that throughout this process, y'all won't lose your open browser tabs.

Run into

Meet is replacing Hangouts for video meetings. And it's one of the easiest Google tools to switch accounts in. Just open the app, tap your profile icon in the meridian correct, select the desired account, and join a coming together with information technology.

Duo

Duo is another culling to Hangouts that enables FaceTime-like video chats between Android and iPhone users. While Hangouts supports multiple accounts (encounter beneath), Duo is tied to your phone number, and y'all tin only associate it with one Google account at a fourth dimension. Yet, you can switch accounts.

To switch accounts in Duo, open the app and tap the three-dot menu in the top-correct. Select Settings, tap Account, and choose Remove Google Account from Duo. Now go back to Settings and tap Add Account. If you have more than ane account, you'll run across a dropdown list with all the accounts y'all can add together. Choose one, Agree, and you're washed.

Hangouts

Much like Gmail, the Hangouts app will prove you a listing of your accounts, so y'all can manage multiple identities.

Via Settings, yous can make individual choices for each account. For example, you could cull to receive vibration and sound notifications for 1 business relationship just but vibration for another.

Calendar

Your calendar can display events from multiple sources. Non only can y'all manage multiple calendars under one account, you tin manage them from multiple accounts.

Open the app, tap the hamburger icon, and scan through the listing of calendars under each of your Google accounts. While yous can't disable unabridged accounts hither (y'all'd have to do this under Android's Google business relationship settings, as described in a higher place), y'all can deselect all calendars listed under a specific profile.

When you scroll down all the mode and tap Settings, you can select each calendar and edit its individual settings, such as color or default notifications.

Play Store

The Play Store besides supports multiple accounts. Tap your profile icon in the acme correct to encounter your account options. Here, y'all can switch between accounts using the drop-down selection.

Go to Manage apps & device > Manage to review all the apps yous've e'er installed on any business relationship; just switch between Installed and Not installed. This is an interesting Google Play feature for when you're using the aforementioned account on two different devices or moving an account to a new device.

To remove apps from this listing, check the box on the right and click the trash icon in the top correct.

Thus, this is where you can find apps you've used in the by, possibly on another device, and install them. Unfortunately, you can no longer bulk-install apps from this screen.

Other Apps

Managing multiple accounts in Google Drive, Keep, and other Google apps is very similar to what we described above. Contacts from all your Google accounts and other non-Google accounts like Facebook and WhatsApp should automatically sync with your Contacts app.

And if you're interested, larn how to set ane Google account as the default for signing in to apps.

Can I Practise the Same for Other Accounts?

Aye, but not for many. Facebook, Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Dropbox, for example, only let a single user ID per device. You tin can ready additional accounts for other email clients, and other apps may also support multiple IDs.

However, you can run multiple copies of the same app on Android using a third-party app called Parallel Space. You tin can then associate each app with a different user business relationship.

How Do Yous Manage Your Android Apps?

It'southward quite common to have multiple identities or email accounts associated with different projects or jobs. Thankfully, Google made it piece of cake to manage all your identities on a single device.

How to Employ Android Without Google: Everything Y'all Need to Know

Want to use Android without Google? Here'southward a full guide to going Google-free on your Android device to regain privacy control.

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