How To Pin a Specific Chrome Profile to Taskbar

Want to open the Chrome browser with a specific profile quickly? Here’s how to pin a specific Chrome profile to the taskbar in Windows 11 and Windows 10.

One of the best things about Chrome is that you can create multiple profiles for each specific use case, such as personal and work. Much like Windows user accounts, each profile is independent and you can customize the browser, install extensions, and sync data with your Google account without affecting other profiles.

By default, every time you open Google Chrome, it opens with the last used profile. While this is a good thing, what if you want to open a specific Chrome profile directly? In that case, you can pin that Chrome profile to the taskbar. That way, you can open it with just a single-click.

In this quick and straightforward tutorial, let me show you how to pin a Chrome profile to the taskbar in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Let’s get started.

Before You Begin

• This tutorial assumes you’ve already have multiple (two or more) profiles in Chrome. If not, create a Chrome profile and continue.

Steps to Pin Chrome Profile to Taskbar

1. Open the Chrome browser with the profile you want to pin.
2. Click the profile icon on the top-right corner.
3. Select the “Customize profile” option.
4. Turn ON the “Create desktop shortcut” toggle.
5. Go to the desktop by pressing “Windows key + D”.
6. Drag and drop the Chrome profile shortcut onto your taskbar.
7. With that, your Chrome profile is pinned to the taskbar.

Detailed Steps (With Screenshots)

To pin a Chrome profile to the taskbar, the first thing you should do is create a desktop shortcut for that specific profile. If you already have a desktop shortcut for the Chrome profile you want to pin, skip the first couple of steps.

First, open the Chrome browser with the profile you want to pin. If it is not already opened. To do that, you can search for “Google Chrome” in the Start menu. If the browser is not in the profile you want to pin, click the “Profile” icon on the top-right corner and select the profile you want to pin.

Once the browser opens with the profile you want, click the “Profile” icon again and select the “Customize profile” option. This opens the profile settings tab. You can also access it by entering “chrome://settings/manageProfile” in the address bar.

On this page, scroll down and turn ON the “Create desktop shortcut” toggle.

This action creates a desktop shortcut to open Chrome with this specific Chrome profile.

Now, just drag and drop the shortcut onto your taskbar to pin the Chrome profile. Once pinned, you can also see the profile icon so that it’s easier to differentiate from other already pinned Chrome icons.

That is all. It’s that simple to pin the Chrome profile to your taskbar in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Once pinned, you can open the Chrome profile by clicking the newly pinned Chrome icon.

I hope that helps. If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.

Good to know: How to remove the Chrome profile icon from the address bar.

Update: This tutorial is updated to reflect the changes to the Chrome browser.