Mac user accounts: How to create, switch between and delete user accounts on your Mac.

Want to create different user accounts on your Mac for work use, personal use or separate accounts for different members of your household?

In this video, you’ll learn how to create additional user accounts for your mac; how to remove accounts and learn how to enable and use Fast User Switching to switch between different accounts on your Mac.

CHAPTER MARKERS

0:00 - Intro

Opening System Preferences and adding a new account
0:20 - System Preferences
0:37 - Users & Groups
0:50 - Unlock to make changes (Users & Groups)
1:02 - Add user account (Users & Groups)
1:07 - New user account details (Users & Groups)

Fast User Switching
3:47 - Fast User Switching

Activating and setting up the new account with Setup Assistant
5:22 - About Setup Assistant
5:38 - Accessibility (Setup Assistant)
5:49 - About Data Privacy (Setup Assistant)
6:01 - Apple ID (Setup Assistant)
6:33 - Analytics (Setup Assistant)
6:44 - Screen Time (Setup Assistant)
7:01 - Siri (Setup Assistant)
7:27 - Touch ID (Setup Assistant)
7:42 - Using Apple Pay with Touch ID (Setup Assistant)
7:58 - Choose the look for this new account (Setup Assistant)

Deleting a user account and logging out with multiple users
8:28 - Deleting a user account
9:24 - Logging out when multiple users are logged in

10:18 - Outro

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[fatihece]

Many thanks, it is very clear and easy to understand the steps.

[Rrroza]

Thanks! Very clear and useful. Had to set up spouse as secondary in an emergency, while jetlagged.

[theascendingtimes]

Thank you! Easy to understand and exactly what I have been looking for.

[siddharthgundawar]

Great video! Had a doubt...Can we install different software on both accounts? And different versions of the same software on both accounts? Eg: I wanted to test if version 3.2 of xyz software is running fine/bug-free, can I have ver 3.1 on one account and install ver 3.2 on another account? Would both work fine independently?

[ztw]

Can I using the same apple ID on the new account?? I wanted to create one account for personal use and one for work from home, both using the same Apple ID.

[SK-rtue]

Thank you😃, I was looking for exactly this.

[lasesalu]

This was super helpful thank you so much!

[mjrybarski_]

Would Airdrop and handoff work for both accounts?

[JoshuaDeleon-om]

Say if I only have my account on my Mac can I delete it the same way and it js restart by it self so some one else can create an account ?

[HealthyLivng]

How much extra storage space can one expect to be used up for a new user before adding files into that account?

[Martin-lwqb]

What about privacy between the 2 accounts? My friend bought a mac and he’s obviously admin. I want to create an account on his mac, i would be admin too. We both have our own apple id with private information, pictures and so on. Would all of that stay privately in each account or would we have access to the other persons data since we are both admins?

[ycj]

Question, I recently purchased a used MacBook Pro from a pawn shop and normally the pawn shop employees are supposed to delete the administrator information before accepting the computer. They didn’t and now I cannot delete the previous administrator’s username and password because I don’t know the password. I can’t get into the find my Mac feature without the old password. Is there any solution to bypass the password to delete the other administrator? I’ve tried many of times but to no avail unsuccessful. What should I do?

[shashankshekhar]

Hi, I accidentally overlooked suggestions and ended up creating a new user after transferring files to my new mbp through migration assistant. I was just testing it out by migrating a small file but it ended up taking ages so I cancelled it. But now that I log in there's a totally new account with new login password.

I cannot find it in the users location in the system preferences. How do I delete it and go back to the previous user state I was in 15 mins ago? I'm freaking out freaking out

[creamteddy]

with the padlock open I can not click the user I was to delete, it has a orange tick under it and I don't know its passoword?

[magsff]

i cant access users and groups its grayed out help