How to Manage Multiple X Accounts in Chrome

Plenty of people run more than one X account: a personal account and a work one, a brand and its founder, or a few client accounts. Chrome gives you two good ways to handle this — X’s built-in account switcher and separate Chrome profiles — and the right choice depends on how often you switch and how strictly you want to keep accounts apart.

Option 1: X’s account switcher

X lets you add and switch between several accounts in the same browser. On x.com, open the account menu at the bottom of the left sidebar and choose Add an existing account, then sign in. Afterwards, the same menu switches between accounts in a click.

Good for: switching a few times a day between accounts you manage yourself. Trade-off: all accounts share the same browser, extensions and history, so it’s easy to post or act from the wrong account if you’re not paying attention.

Option 2: One Chrome profile per account

Chrome profiles are separate browser identities, each with its own cookies, history, bookmarks and extensions. Signing in to a different X account in each profile keeps them completely apart, and you can open profiles side by side in separate windows with different colours and names. Chrome’s help explains how to add and switch profiles.

Good for: accounts that must never mix — clients, a brand and a personal account, or accounts used by different people. Trade-off: you install extensions per profile, so a tool you use in one profile needs to be added to the others.

Managing following lists across accounts with UnfollowX Pro

UnfollowX Pro supports multiple X accounts in either setup.

With X’s account switcher (one Chrome profile): the extension keeps each X account’s data separate — its scan, whitelist, history, saved groups and daily action count. When you switch to another account on X, that account’s data loads automatically. It never switches in the middle of a run, so a cleanup for one account can’t spill into another. In Settings, you can see the accounts the extension has saved and delete one account’s data without affecting the others.

With separate Chrome profiles: install UnfollowX Pro in each profile. Each installation has its own extension storage, settings and daily count.

Habits that prevent mix-ups

• Name and colour your profiles clearly in Chrome (for example “Brand — red”, “Personal — blue”).
• Keep separate whitelists. A friend you protect on your personal account may not matter to your brand account, and the reverse.
• Pace each account independently. X applies follow limits to each account; UnfollowX Pro’s daily limit is tracked per account too.
• Export before big changes. A CSV of each account’s following list is a cheap backup — see how to export your X following list.
• Sign out of accounts you no longer manage. Old sessions are easy to forget in a shared browser.

Frequently asked questions

How many X accounts can I add to the switcher?

X sets the number. Check X’s help page on managing multiple accounts for the current details.

Can I merge two X accounts?

No. X doesn’t offer a way to merge accounts or move followers between them.

Does UnfollowX Pro mix data between accounts?

No. Scans, whitelists, history, groups and daily counts are stored per X account, and switching accounts never happens mid-run.

The bottom line

Use X’s account switcher if you manage a couple of accounts yourself and switch often. Use separate Chrome profiles when accounts must stay strictly apart. Either way, keep a separate whitelist and pace for each account, and check which account is active before any bulk change.