shortcut for different profiles

[80]

i have switched from chrome since past 1 month and firefox is just better. the only thing i did not find easy is the option for having multiple profiles to be used at ease, could be better if there was one to easily access seperate profiles for work and home

[Toothpick]

Different Accounts

I’d love to see a feature in Firefox that makes switching between different accounts easier. Like a lot of people, I juggle several online identities—personal, work, school—and having a quick way to switch profiles within the browser would make a huge difference. If each profile could keep its own history, bookmarks, google account, and extensions, it would really streamline things and help keep everything organized without needing multiple windows or complicated workarounds. I think it could be a great way for Firefox to make life easier for people who need flexibility online. It could work by just clicking on the user icon and selecting a different account in the dropdown menu.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[VeganFox]

I think they have done a lot of work towards profiles, as in the last nightly the profiles tab in the application menu has returned and a workflow has been made to create a new profile (which also works). It is possible to edit them. This looks promising!

[Grindston]

Great news!! Thanks for the update @VeganFox 

[darryl]

@VeganFoxThat sounds great, cant wait to see it in main.

[maxzilla]

It would be even better if this could become a taskbar button rather than being hidden away in the hamburger menu. Maybe it can be integrated with the Account button, like how Chrome and Edge work.

[kaefnwsihrefguo]

adding my vote for this feature. makes it really hard to switch from chrome.

[prateem]

The lack of this feature is the thing that's keeping me away from Firefox and on Chrome instead

[profil_switcher]

Please Mozilla, do it!

[Jon]

@kaefnwsihrefguo @prateem @profil_switcher we're working on this feature right now and will be sharing updates in this thread - stay tuned 🙌

[fortyfive]

Just taking this opportunity to reiterate that this has been a highly requested feature since long before the first post in this thread, and has been repeatedly written off as a "niche" and/or unhelpful feature, all while Chrome implemented easily accessible profiles over 10 years ago.

Firefox is seriously behind the curve here.

[raaaaph]

"As a user, i'd like to easily switch from between work and personal profile when i'm browsing."

It's soon 2025 and this feature still isn't supported at all.

And no, asking your users to copy-paste a command or navigate in about:profiles is NOT a solution, it's plain evidence for the lack of it.

Please make it happen, I have to switch back to Chrome because of this. 💔

[PyetroCosta]

In the recent update vs 133.0, it seems to me that the "Switch Profile" button was lost, even with the configuration: browser.profiles.enabled as true.

What happened? Did they regress instead of improving?

[OzDrDj]

This is the only thing holding me back from switching to Firefox. With Chrome, Upon opening there is a page asking you which account to use. With a family using the same computer, There are a few accounts on my machine, and being able to click on a certain account so simply is the only way things can work.
I am over Googles monopoly on everything and their lack of communication now. They are so big they just don't listen. I hope Mozilla listens and adds this feature that we all so desperately need.
(I know there is an add on, but it's just not seamless enough)

[PyetroCosta]

I managed to overcome the loss of the "Switch Profile" button by adding the "-p" argument to my Firefox shortcut path, which then brings up a window to choose the profile. But it's unintuitive, ugly and discouraging to use this way. It works, but it's bad.