Enable or Disable New User Profiles in Chrome
The BrowserAddPersonEnabled policy in Google Chrome controls whether you can add new browser profiles on your computer. Turning off this setting hides the “Add profile” button in Chrome and stops anyone from making extra profiles.
You can manage this restriction through the Windows Registry to keep shared PCs neat and organized.
You can control new user profiles in Chrome using the Group Policy Editor or Registry Editor. In Group Policy, navigate to Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Google Google Chrome and find “Enable adding and removing profiles”. In the Registry Editor, create a DWORD value named BrowserAddPersonEnabled at 🗝️HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
Introduction
Chrome user profiles separate browsing data, acting like individual accounts for different people or tasks on the same machine.
Disallow adding a new person profile in Chrome
Controlling this feature occurs via the Windows Registry or the Group Policy Editor. Disclaimer: Domain policies or cloud-based management tools overwrite these registry edits on company- or school-managed computers.
Using Group Policy (Recommended for 2026)
Managing Chrome user profiles across a network works best with the Group Policy Editor in Windows Pro and Enterprise editions. This method lets system administrators block profile creation for all users on a computer by importing official Google template files into the system folders and applying policy rules.
- Download the Google Chrome ADMX templates from the official Google website.
- Copy the files into your 📁C:\
Windows\ folder.PolicyDefinitions - Open the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).
- Go to Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Google Google Chrome.
- Find the setting Enable adding and removing profiles.
- Set it to Disabled to stop new profiles, or Enabled to allow them.
Using the Registry Editor
Controlling Chrome user profiles on individual Windows Home computers requires making changes inside the Registry Editor. This approach lets you block profile creation and deletion for either the currently logged-in user or every user account on the machine by adding specific keys to the Windows registry database.
Open the Registry Editor and navigate to one of the following paths, depending on the scope of the change:
- For all users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
- For one user: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
Right-click the parent folder if Chrome's user profile folders are missing. Select "New," then "Key," and name it "Default." This action builds the necessary structure for Chrome to handle new user profiles.
- Right-click inside the Chrome folder.
- Select New DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Name it BrowserAddPersonEnabled.
- Double-click it. Set the value to 1 to allow new profiles or 0 to block them.
Reverting the change requires deleting the BrowserAddPersonEnabled entry. Restarting the computer might prove necessary to apply the modifications.
System administrators can consult the Chrome Enterprise Policy documentation for further configuration options.
Reference: Chrome Enterprise Policy
Conclusion
Controlling Chrome profiles is manageable with the Registry Editor or Group Policy. System backups remain recommended before making modifications. The Chrome Enterprise Policy details further advanced settings.
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