How to Keep LinkedIn Accounts Apart on One PC with Separate Browser Profiles

Can separate browser profiles keep LinkedIn accounts from clashing on one PC? #

Yes for the sign-in clash, and no for the rules. A browser profile keeps its own cookies, so two LinkedIn accounts open in two profiles do not sign each other out. It does not let one person hold two personal accounts: LinkedIn's User Agreement allows one account per member, in your real name (read 3 October 2026).

The case this guide serves is several people, each with their own account, sharing a computer: a shared workstation, a support desk, or a team that also holds roles on company Pages through their own logins.

What a profile keeps apart #

Chrome's Help page adds saved passwords and other settings to what a profile keeps separate. Mozilla's page says containers also separate localStorage, IndexedDB and the HTTP and image caches. LinkedIn's Cookie Policy explains why this matters: persistent cookies recognise you so you can return without signing in again.

LinkedIn lists the current and previous major releases of Edge, Firefox, Chrome and Safari as supported on desktop, so keep your browser up to date.

Set up one Chrome profile per account #

1. In Chrome, open the Profile menu at the top right and choose Add Chrome profile.
2. Choose a name, photo and colour. Pick a different colour for each person so the window is easy to recognise.
3. In that profile open linkedin.com and sign in with that person's own login only.
4. Open Me, Settings & Privacy, then Where you're signed in and check that only sessions you expect appear.
5. To change person, open the Profile menu and pick the other profile.
6. When someone finishes, they sign out in their profile. LinkedIn's security page recommends signing out at the end of each day, while saying it remembers your most recent sign-in for a period of time.

If a person lets Chrome save their password, it stays inside that profile. LinkedIn's Keep me logged in option is separate: it works on trusted browsers, on desktop only, on up to five devices, and is not available if two-factor authentication is on.

Naming, hand-over and backups #

• Naming. Name each profile after its owner and purpose, such as a first name plus "own account", and never put a password or email in the name.
• Hand-over. When a person leaves: remove their roles on Pages and ad accounts first (see the Page roles guide); ask them to sign out and, if you used Keep me logged in, remove the computer under Devices that remember your password; then delete their Chrome profile. Chrome warns that deleting a profile erases its bookmarks, history, passwords and settings from the computer, so export what is needed first. The LinkedIn account itself stays with its owner.
• Backups. Chromium's documentation says each profile is a subfolder of the user data folder, for example %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data on Windows. Back up bookmarks by exporting them. Do not rely on copying a profile to another computer as a way to carry a sign-in: LinkedIn says it may ask for a code or app approval when you sign in from an unfamiliar location or device, so plan for a normal sign-in there.

Firefox containers, in one paragraph #

Mozilla's wiki describes containers as lightweight persistent contexts that isolate sites from one another inside one window. Users can sign in to several accounts on the same site. That is handy for two colleagues on one screen, but history and bookmarks stay shared, so it separates less than a profile does. Read what a browser profile is for the wider picture.

When ordinary profiles stop being enough #

Profiles are manual. Once a team has many people, many computers or many Pages to look after, creating, naming, opening and retiring profiles by hand takes time, and you have to keep track yourself of which profile belongs to whom. That is the point at which a profile manager is worth a look.

If something goes wrong #

• Signed out of everything after clearing cookies. LinkedIn says this signs you out of all websites. Sign in again, in the same profile.
• A colleague appears signed in as someone else. Sign out, open Where you're signed in and end unfamiliar sessions. If you did not recognise one, change the password.
• Code or app prompts on a new computer. Expected on a new device; complete them with your own account. The sign-in checks guide covers each prompt.
• Wrong profile in front. Close the window and reopen the right profile from the Profile menu.
• A link from a LinkedIn email opens in the wrong profile. Links open in whichever browser window your system picks, so check the profile name at the top right before acting, and paste the link into the right profile if needed. LinkedIn also says that after signing out you may be signed back in from an email link if you signed in on that device before.

Where ADSSPEED fits #

ADSSPEED is a desktop app for Windows and macOS that manages many browser profiles in one place. Each profile keeps its own cookies, local data and browser settings, so accounts you manage can stay signed in side by side without signing each other out. Profiles can be opened, stopped and organised in bulk, and profile data stays on your own computer. There are also Android phone profiles, each with its own device configuration, for mobile apps on a PC. Setup is in install ADSSPEED on Windows. ADSSPEED is not affiliated with LinkedIn.