Enable or Disable New User Profiles in Chrome
Controlling new user profiles in Chrome lets you decide if people can add their own browsing profiles on your computer. This setting prevents anyone from creating new Chrome profiles, which is handy for shared PCs or when you want to keep a browser tidy.
The “New User Profiles” policy controls this. Turning it off removes the “Add profile” button from Chrome’s menu. This stops new profiles from being made, giving you more say over who uses the browser and how.
You manage this through Chrome Enterprise policies. This guide shows you how to turn this feature on or off.
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\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome and set its value to 0 to disable or 1 to enable.
Introduction
Chrome user profiles let you keep your browsing separate, like having different accounts for different people or tasks on the same computer.
Disallow adding a new person profile in Chrome
Using Group Policy (Recommended for 2026)
You can stop everyone on your Windows computer from using Chrome user profiles by using Group Policy. This is the best method if your computer has Windows Pro or Enterprise, and it helps manage Chrome settings centrally.
- Download the Google Chrome ADMX templates from the official Google website.
- Copy the files into your C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder.
- 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
Changes in the Windows Registry can stop people from creating or deleting Chrome user profiles. This method lets you control Chrome user profiles for either all users or just a single user on the computer.
Navigate to one of these registry paths:
- For all users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
- For one user: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
If Chrome's user profile folders don't exist, right-click the parent folder. Select "New," then "Key," and name it "Default." This step creates the necessary structure for Chrome to manage 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.
That's all there is to it!
Reference: Chrome Enterprise Policy
Conclusion
Controlling Chrome profiles is quite manageable with the Registry Editor or Group Policy. Always back up your system before making changes. For more advanced settings, check out the Chrome Enterprise Policy.
Where are Chrome user profiles?
Information for each user's roaming profile is kept in a file named profile.pb. By default, this file is located in %APPDATA%/Google/Chrome. The file can also be stored in %ONEDRIVE%/Google/Chrome by changing the roaming profile location to OneDrive.
What are different Chrome profiles?
With profiles, you can keep all your Chrome info separate, like bookmarks, history, passwords, and other settings. Profiles are ideal when you want to: Share a computer with multiple people. Keep your different accounts, like work and personal, separate.
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