How to change your default google account on chrome

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How to Change Default Google Account
What is my default Google account?
Default Google account on desktop: Google Chrome vs. other browsers
Change the default Google account on the web
How do I change my default Gmail account in Chrome?
How do I change the default user on Google Chrome?
Why can't I change my default Google account?

By Irene | Follow | Last Updated December 01, 2021

Many users don't know how to change default Google account. Actually it is not a difficult thing. This post from MiniTool will show you how to change default Google account in a simple way.

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Many users have multiple Gmail accounts for different tasks to manage. After logging into multiple Google accounts, you may have noticed that one of your accounts is always considered the "default account."

This can cause convenience sometimes. And some users asked: how does Google set up a default account? How to change default Google account?

If you don't know how to change default Google account, don't worry. The following contents will show you how to set your most required Gmail account as a default account for your browser.

How to Change Default Google Account

In most cases, the first Google account you log into will be set as the default account in Google Chrome. So if you want to change default Google account, you just need to sign out all of your accounts, and then log into the account that you want to make it the default account first.

You can follow the detailed steps below to learn how to change default Google account on Chrome easily.

Step 1. Open Google Chrome, click here to access the default Gmail account that you are currently usingin your browser.

Step 2. Click on your profile on the upper right corner of the window. Then you are able to see all Google accounts associated with your computer listed here.

Step 3. Click the Sign out button to sign out any accounts you logged in.

Note: Before you sign out, make sure that you have saved or written down the passwords for these accounts. If you didn't save those passwords in Google and forgot your passwords, it would be an annoying thing when you log back into your account (this post may help you: How to Manage Chrome Saved Passwords on a Windows PC 2020).

Step 4. Then sign in to the account that you want to set it as your default account first. To make your desired account as the default account, you must log into your default account first. So, make sure that all other Google accounts have been signed out before you do this.

Step 5. Then you can sign in to your other Gmail accounts. Now you can sign in to your personal and any other Gmail accounts you might have. You just need to click on your account profile on the upper right corner and click the Add or Add another account button to go on.

After signing in to all your Google accounts, check if the account you signed in first has been set as your default account in Google.

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If you don't know how to change default account on Google, just try the above steps immediately.

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Google marks one account as your default in each browser on your desktop computer—much like Google sets one of your accounts as a default on Android, too. The practice makes it easier for users to sync data like settings, bookmarks, and more across Chrome on different computers, but it also dictates which account is loaded by default when using Google services. If you find that you constantly have to switch to your secondary account after opening a Google website, you may want to change the default.

What is my default Google account?

The Google ID that you use to sign in for the first time in a browser is set as the default account. The desktop browser will use this Google account on all the company’s web services like Drive, Calendar, Gmail, and so on. It's the one that will appear on the top of the account switcher menu in the top right corner of each Google website. If you don't want to keep switching to your secondary but more commonly used account manually, it’s time to change the default.

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Default Google account on desktop: Google Chrome vs. other browsers

Your default Google account is much more capable on Google Chrome compared with Microsoft Edge, Safari, Firefox, and other browsers on the desktop. Chrome will sync bookmarks,history, passwords, payment, and address information to your default Google account.

Other desktop browsers will use the default account to determine which account to default to when visiting a Google service on the web. Your browsing data remains separate from your Google account.

Change the default Google account on the web

You can’t simply select another Google account as the default one and get the job done. You are required to sign out of all accounts and sign back in with your preferred Google ID first.

Here's how to change the default for good:

Visit any Google service on the web. In the screenshots below, we are using Google Drive as an example.
Click on the circular profile icon in the upper right corner. If you haven’t set a profile picture for your Google account, you will see your initials instead.
From the dropdown menu, select Sign out of all accounts.
You are now signed out from all the added Google accounts.
You can either select one of the signed-out accounts or use a new Google account when you login again. Remember that the first Google account you use here will be set as the default.
Once you select a Google ID from the list or add a new Google account, the following screen will ask you to enter the account password.
If you have set 2FA (two-factor authentication) for your Google account, the company will ask for further verification.
Complete the authentication process.
Enjoy a new default Google account on the web.

From now on, you will see the new default account in action whenever you visit any Google service through a browser.

Any changes you make only apply to your Chrome browser. If you try to use another browser on the desktop, it will continue to use the first Google ID that you used during setup as the default. You must go through the same steps again if you wish to change the default Google account on a different browser.

Now that you've got your default Google account all sorted on Chrome, take a few minutes to set up Google Messages on your browser, so you can send text messages without picking up your phone.

How do I change my default Gmail account in Chrome?

Choose your default account.

Go to your Gmail inbox..

Click on your profile image at the top right of your inbox..

Sign out of your account. ... .

Back in Gmail.com, click Sign in and choose your preferred default account..

Enter your password..

Click Next..

Now you can add your other accounts to your new default account..

How do I change the default user on Google Chrome?

How to Change Default Google Account.

Go to Google.com and select the profile image on the upper right of the Google search page..

Select Sign out to sign out of that Google account..

Now that you aren't logged into any Google accounts, you can sign in to your first account..

Why can't I change my default Google account?

Unfortunately, there is no way to change your default Google account or Gmail account without signing out of all profiles. The first profile you log into is the only way to select the default Gmail account.