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Account Switching

Did you know that you can have up to five Bitwarden accounts logged-in at the same time with the Bitwarden browser extension, desktop app and mobile app? Using account switching, seamlessly switch between Bitwarden accounts such as personal and work accounts.

Login to a second account

To log in to a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) account, select the currently logged-in account from the top menu bar and select Add Account.

Account Switching Mobile
Account Switching Mobile

Selecting Add Account will take you to the login screen:

Account Switching Mobile
Account Switching Mobile
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If you have accounts on multiple servers, for example if an employer who self-hosts Bitwarden has issued you a families organization sponsorship, use the server selector drop down that is located on the login screen and select the Self-hosted menu to change the Server URL to the URL for the account.

Self-hosted domain selector
Self-hosted domain selector

In this example, your work account may use something such as https://your.company.bitwarden.com and your families organization account would use https://vault.bitwarden.com.

Once you log in to your second account, you can quickly switch between them from the same menu, which will also show the current status of each account's vault (locked or unlocked). If you log out of one of these accounts, it will be removed from the list unless vault timeout is set to log out.

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Most vault actions, including adding new items or folders, syncing, and settings such as vault timeout and unlock (PIN or biometrics) will only apply to the active account, which you can determine by the icon displayed in the top menu bar of the app.

Some options such as theme are applied to all accounts.

Auto-fill

If you're using account switching, your mobile app will default to auto-fill credentials from the currently active account, however, you can switch from one account to the other during auto-fill:

Android Account Switching
Android Account Switching

To log in to a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) account, select the currently logged-in account from the top-right of the desktop app and select Add Account:

Desktop App Account Switching
Desktop App Account Switching

Selecting Add Account will take you to the login screen:

Desktop Account Switching
Desktop Account Switching
tip

If you have accounts on multiple servers, for example if an employer who self-hosts Bitwarden has issued you a families organization sponsorship, use the server selector drop down that is located on the login screen and select the Self-hosted menu to change the Server URL to the URL for the account.

Self-hosted domain selector
Self-hosted domain selector

In this example, your work account may use something such as https://your.company.bitwarden.com and your families organization account would use https://vault.bitwarden.com.

Once you log in to your second account, you can quickly switch between them from the same menu, which will also show the current status of each account's vault (locked or unlocked). If you log out of one of these accounts, it will be removed from this list.

note

Most vault actions, including adding new items or folders, syncing, searching, and settings like vault timeout and unlock (PIN or Biometrics) will only apply to the active account, which you can determine by the email displayed in the top-right of the app.

Some Preferences, however, are set for All Accounts:

Desktop App Preferences
Desktop App Preferences

To log in to a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) account, select the currently logged-in account from the top menu bar.

Browser Extension Account Switching
Browser Extension Account Switching

Once you have selected the account icon, select Add Account from the account switching menu.

Browser Extension Add Account
Browser Extension Add Account

Once you log in to your second account, you can quickly switch between them from the same menu, which will also show the current status of each account's vault (locked or unlocked). If you log out of one of these accounts, it will be removed from this list.

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Account switching on the browser extension is not available on Safari at this time.

Auto-fill

If you're using account switching, browser extension will default to auto-fill credentials from the currently active account.

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