Creating Gmail shortcuts that will take you directly to a specific profile (email address).
NOTE: These steps were performed in Google Chrome Version 124.0.6367.119 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Open Chrome.
Go to https://www.gmail.com/
Click the Gmail Icon
Choose the email account you want to create a shortcut to on your desktop.
If that account doesn’t exist in the list, click Use another account.
Enter the Gmail email account you want to add and click Next.
Enter the password for the email account and click Next.
Now you should be logged into Gmail with the correct account,
If prompted to switch to an existing Chrom Profile, click OK.
Creating a desktop shortcut that links directly to this Gmail profile.
Click on the three dots on the top right of the menu bar.
Then scroll all the way down to the bottom of the popup menu and select Settings.
Click You and Google in the left menu, the click on Customize your Chrome profile.
Here you can rename your profile if wanted.
Scroll down to the bottom of this window and you will see “Create desktop shortcut and a slide switch. Click on the slide switch to turn it on and it will create a desktop shortcut on your workstation that will give you direct access to this email profile.
These are the two test shortcuts I created for my two email addresses. Each icon takes me to its corresponding Gmail Account.
When you click on the shortcut created by Chrome, It will take you directly to the Gmail home screen.
Now when you click on the Gmail Icon it will open the correct INBOX.
This can be done for each of the user’s Gmail accounts.
To do this for another Gmail account, simply repeat these steps from the beginning.
Created by Steve Wind May 3rd 2024
