How to Prevent Chrome from Adding Desktop Shortcuts for New User Accounts

Generally, there is only one user uses Google Chrome on computer, (that’s you, with user name “First user”) unless you add few users. What if your relatives or family members or friends wants to access same Chrome browser instance from same system?. Since Google Chrome allows to create multiple user accounts for single of its browser instance, you can add more than one user.

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To add a new profile or create new user for Google Chrome

  • From Chrome menu, select Settings
  • Scroll down a bit to “Users” section and click on “Add New user”

Here after choosing the picture and typing the name, when you click “create” button new user profile will be created, which also adds shortcut for desktop automatically.

Google Chrome create user dialog thumb How to Prevent Chrome from Adding Desktop Shortcuts for New User Accounts

If you don’t want desktop shortcuts for these users to be created or added on desktop, then while creating those accounts make sure to uncheck “create a desktop shortcut for this  user” on “create a user” dialog box.

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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