Two Medium Accounts, One PC: How to Set Up Separate Chrome or Edge Profiles

How do you keep two Medium accounts apart on one PC? #

Give each account its own browser profile and sign in to only one Medium account in it. A Chrome profile keeps bookmarks, history, passwords and other settings separate, and Chromium stores cookies in the same per-profile folder, so a sign-in in one profile does not show up in another. Edge profiles likewise keep browsing history and bookmarks apart, and Firefox containers separate cookies and site storage inside one window.

That fits how Medium works. According to Medium's Help Center (read 3 October 2026), you use another account by signing out and signing in again, and there are no passwords, only an emailed link or a connected Google, Apple, Facebook or X login. A profile gives each account a sign-in of its own. It does not change your computer, your connection or Medium's rules. Read what a browser profile is first if the term is new.

What a profile keeps apart, and what it does not #

The sources are the Chrome, Chromium, Edge and Mozilla pages listed below. How private windows and VPNs differ from profiles is a separate topic, covered in the comparison guide.

Set it up in Chrome or Edge #

1. Create the profile. In Chrome, select Profile at the top right, then Add Chrome profile, and choose a name, photo and colour scheme. In Edge, select the profile icon at the upper right, choose Manage profile settings, then Add profile, and decide whether to sign in and sync or start without your data.
2. Decide on syncing. Chrome says signing in with a Google Account in the profile lets you keep bookmarks, passwords and settings with that account and reach them from other devices. For client work, think about whose Google Account that should be.
3. Name and colour it so you never open the wrong one; a pattern is suggested below.
4. Sign in to Medium. Open medium.com in that profile and click Sign in, then Sign in with email. Enter the address and click Continue. Open the email and click Sign in to Medium within two hours. If your mail app opens links in another browser, copy the link address and paste it into a window of this profile.
5. Check the result. Click your profile picture to confirm it is the account you meant. In Settings, the Security and apps tab lists the connected accounts.
6. Repeat for each account. Do not sign in to a second account in the same profile.

What is Medium-specific about it? #

• The link works once. It expires after two hours, and a click in the wrong window uses it up. Request a fresh link in the right profile.
• Google and Apple. The address you choose must match the Medium account; with Apple, choose Share My Email. If your browser offers several Google accounts, pick carefully, because the Help Center says duplicates appear when you sign in with a login that is not tied to the original account.
• Extensions. Medium says extensions that block paywalls prevent sign-in, and ad blockers may need exceptions for the Medium domains you use. Check the extensions in each profile.
• Cookies. If third-party cookies are turned off you may have problems browsing Medium, and publications on their own web addresses keep cookies of their own.
• Browsers. The Help Center lists the two most recent versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows and macOS.

Naming, hand-over and backups #

Naming. Put the brand first, then the Medium username, then the owner, for example ACME / @acme / Linh, and give each client a colour.

Hand-over. Because Medium has no passwords, access to an account follows access to its mailbox or connected login. Hand over access through a Publication role, as the team access guide explains, rather than moving a profile between people. If a profile that was signed in to your own account is being given up or deleted, sign out in it first, then delete it (in Chrome: Profile, Manage Chrome profiles, More, Delete). If you cannot sign out there any more, sign in to the account elsewhere and use Sign out other sessions, which the Help Center describes as signing out all other sessions and devices.

Backups. Two different things need saving:

• The account's data. Open Settings, the Security and apps tab, Download your information, then Export. Medium says the data and stories arrive as HTML files in a .zip archive, with a link sent by email.
• The profile folder. Chromium's documentation says each profile is a subfolder of the user data directory, which holds history, bookmarks and cookies; on Windows the Chrome default is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data. Treat any copy like a password, because it holds sign-in cookies.

When ordinary profiles are not enough #

No setup changes what Medium's rules allow or how it treats an account.

If a profile misbehaves #

• You are signed out whenever the browser closes. Check whether the browser clears cookies on exit, then see why Medium keeps logging you out.
• The wrong account is in the wrong profile. Sign out, sign in with the right address and rename the profile.
• A second account appeared by accident. Read the multi-login guide; Medium does not merge accounts.
• Sign-in is refused. Disable paywall-blocking extensions, as Medium advises, and try a fresh link.

Where ADSSPEED fits #

ADSSPEED is a desktop app for Windows and macOS that manages many browser profiles. 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. A proxy can be set per profile and assigned to many profiles in bulk, profiles can be opened, stopped and organised in bulk, and profile data stays on your own computer. Android phone profiles, each with its own device configuration, run mobile apps on a PC. Setup is in installing ADSSPEED on Windows. ADSSPEED is not affiliated with Medium.