How to Keep Several Bluesky Accounts Apart on One PC With Separate Browser Profiles

How do you keep several Bluesky accounts apart on one PC? #

Give each account its own browser profile and sign in to only one Bluesky account in it. Chrome says profiles keep bookmarks, history, passwords and other settings separate, Edge says the same for browsing history, bookmarks and other data, and Chromium's documentation lists cookies among profile data. Firefox containers separate cookies and site storage inside one window. A profile separates data, not the computer or the connection it runs on.

What a profile keeps apart and what it does not #

The entries come from the Chrome, Chromium, Edge and Mozilla pages listed below. Bluesky's own quick account switcher, announced for desktop web in January 2025, moves you between accounts inside one browser, so those accounts share that profile's stored data. A private window and a VPN are different tools, 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 color scheme. In Edge, select your profile icon at the top right, choose Manage profile settings, then Add profile, then Add.
2. Decide on sync. Chrome says that signing in with a Google Account in a profile lets you save bookmarks, passwords and settings to that account and use them on other devices. Decide whose Google Account that should be, especially for client work.
3. Name and colour it so you cannot open the wrong one. A pattern is below.
4. Open bsky.app in that profile and sign in to that one account. Check that the handle on the profile page is the one you expect.
5. Have the mailbox ready. If email two-factor authentication is on, the code goes to that account's email address. Read why Bluesky logs you out or asks for a code if one fails to arrive.
6. Repeat for each account. Do not add a second account through the quick account switcher inside the same profile. One profile, one account.

Firefox's equivalent is containers. Mozilla describes containers as long-lived contexts that keep sites isolated from each other, with cookies, localStorage, indexedDB and caches kept apart while history and bookmarks stay shared.

Naming, hand-over and backups #

Naming. Put the organisation or purpose first, then the handle, then the owner, for example ACME / acme.bsky.social / Linh. Give each client or purpose its own colour; Chrome lets you pick a color scheme when you create the profile.

Hand-over. Bluesky's pages describe no team roles, so hand-over means handing the whole account to a new accountable owner, not passing a login around. The Terms tell you not to share your account with others. When an account you own moves to a new owner, change the password afterwards (Bluesky added a password change to Settings in version 1.68). Do not zip or email a profile folder: Chromium lists cookies among profile data, so treat a copy like a password.

Backups. Two different things need backing up.

• The account's data. Bluesky's Help Center (Data Privacy article, updated 10 August 2026) says the AT Protocol keeps user data in a content-addressed archive, that developers can export a copy of their repository, and that tooling for everyone else is still being built.
• The profile folder. Chromium's documentation says each profile is a subdirectory of the user data directory, which for Chrome stable on Windows defaults to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data. Copy it only to storage you control.

Losing a profile costs you local sign-ins, bookmarks and saved passwords. The account lives with Bluesky, and you can sign in again if you still have its password and can read its email.

When ordinary profiles are not enough #

No setup promises how Bluesky will treat an account. These are conveniences for staying organised, not protections.

If a profile misbehaves #

• You are signed out whenever the browser closes. Chrome's help says deleting cookies may sign you out of sites that remember you. Check your cookie settings and whether you opened a private window.
• The wrong account is in the wrong profile. Sign out, check the profile name, sign in to the right account and rename the profile.
• A code goes to a mailbox nobody reads. Update the account email while you still can: Settings, Account, Update email. If the current address was already verified, Bluesky sends a confirmation code to it first.
• A colleague needs access. Do not copy the profile folder. Read the team access guide.
• The switcher inside one profile has become crowded. Move accounts to profiles of their own.

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 Bluesky.