Managing Multiple Users on Your Google Chromebook

1. Adding Users to Your Chromebook
2. Editing User Information
3. Switching Users

Editing User Information

Don’t like the picture you’ve chosen for your Chromebook user account? It’s easy enough to change—along with other information in your Google Account.

Change Your Profile Picture

Google Chrome lets you choose from a selection of built-in icons for your user account picture, upload an existing picture, or shoot a new picture using your webcam.

1. Click anywhere in the status area to display the Settings panel.
2. Click Settings to open the Settings page.
3. Scroll to the Users section and click the thumbnail image. The Change Picture panel displays. Use step 4, 5, or 6 as appropriate.
4. To use one of the built-in icons, click the image you want to use for your picture and then click OK.
5. To take a picture with your Chromebook’s webcam and use it for your account picture, click the Camera icon. When the live image from your webcam appears, smile into the camera and click the green camera button. If you like the picture that results, click the OK button. (If you don’t like what you see, click the Trash icon and take another picture.)
6. To upload a stored picture for your account picture, click the Folder icon. When the Select a File to Open panel appears, navigate to and select the file you want to upload and then click the Open button.

Edit Your Profile

Your Chromebook account is tied to your Google Account, in that they both use the same username (email address) and password. As a result, you can log into your account from any Chromebook.

Your Google Account is used by all Google services and applications, and includes your personal account profile. If this is a new Google Account, you need to create a new profile. You can also edit your profile at any time.

1. Open a new Chrome window and go to www.google.com.
2. Click your account name or picture in the top-right corner of the page and select View Profile. Your profile page displays.
3. Click the Edit Profile button. This makes everything in your profile editable.
4. Click the section of your profile you want to edit; this opens a panel for editing.
5. Enter the appropriate information for that section.
6. Click the Save button when you’re done entering information for that section.
7. Move to the next section you want to edit and repeat steps 4 through 6. When you’re done editing your profile, click the Done Editing button at the top of the page.