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Claude Profile Switcher runs each Claude Desktop account in its own window on Windows. Press Ctrl+Alt+C, pick one, and it opens already signed in.

Download for Windows How it works

Free and open source Windows 10 and 11 x64 and ARM64 550 KB

Try it: press 1, 2 or 3

One shortcut, from any app

Wherever you are,
hold Ctrl and Alt,
tap C for the picker,
then press 2 for Work,
and it opens, signed in.

Set it once, then forget it

It starts with Windows, waits in the tray and answers to two shortcuts. These are the switcher’s real settings, so go ahead and try them.

CtrlAltCopens the picker from any app
CtrlAlt1to 9 opens that account directly
F2renames a card, Del removes it

Settings — Claude Accounts

Settings

Startup

Start with Windows

The switcher starts when you sign in and waits in the tray

Ask at sign-in

Asks which account to open. Without it, the accounts ticked below open silently

Open at sign-in

These accounts open on their own. With Ask at sign-in on, a countdown runs first and can be stopped

Main Work Personal

Countdown

How long to wait before opening the ticked accounts

Quick access

Shortcut

Brings up the account picker from any app

Ctrl + Alt + number opens an account

Ctrl + Alt + 1 opens the first account, Ctrl + Alt + 2 the second, and so on. Works from any app

Window

Separate taskbar buttons per account

Each account gets its own button and icon instead of sharing Claude’s. Experimental

Made for people with more than one Claude

Work and personal, a client’s account, a team plan. Each one a click or a key away, and you always see which is which.

Usage at a glance

Every card shows how much of the 5-hour and 7-day limits that account has used, so you open the one with room left.

Lives in the tray

Click the tray icon for every account and its usage.

The tray flyout: Main and Work open, Personal last used yesterday, each with its usage

Several at once

Ctrl+click the cards, then open them all with one button.

An icon for each account

Shortcuts, the jump list and taskbar buttons carry each account’s badge.

Shortcut icons: the switcher, Main, Account 2, Work and Add account, each at three sizes

At home in Windows 11

Mica, rounded corners, dark and light themes that follow the system. English and Russian.

The picker in dark and light themes side by side

Small enough to forget it’s running

One 550 KB exe in C++ and Direct2D. No .NET, no Electron, no PowerShell, nothing to start before it.

Compared with the original

Name	Window appears in	Memory	What you run
Claude Profile Switcher 1.0	75 ms	16 MB	One 550 KB exe, x64 or ARM64
Claude Code Desktop Switcher 2.0	about 10 s	about 126 MB	A .ps1 script through PowerShell

Both started at the same moment, timed for real

Profile Switcher75 ms

Original 2.0about 10 s

Measured on the same Windows 11 PC with three accounts: time from starting the program to a visible window, and private memory once it settles.

Private by construction

The switcher only starts Claude with a different folder. It never sees what happens inside.

Read the security notes

No network access
There is no networking code at all: no telemetry, no update check.
Sign-ins are never touched
Tokens, cookies and passwords are not read or copied. Each account signs in by itself.
Claude is not modified
Only standard Electron and Windows mechanisms. No patching, no proxy.
No admin rights
Everything goes into your user profile. Releases are built by GitHub Actions, with SHA-256 checksums.

One app, a folder per account

Claude Desktop keeps its sign-in, chats and settings in one data folder. Pointed at another folder, it is another account, running next to the first.

Switcherwindow, tray, shortcuts

Claude, Mainstarted like the Start menu does

Claude’s own data, never touched

Claude, Work--user-data-dir

%LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfiles\Work

Claude, Personal--user-data-dir

%LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfiles\Personal

Separate for each account

Sign-in, chats, window settings, cache, the Code chat list.

Shared by all of them

Claude Code’s settings, plugins and MCP servers, claude:// links, and updates.

Your main account

Starts the usual way, so auto update, links and the browser extension work as before.

Get Claude Profile Switcher

Free, open source, MIT licensed. One exe that installs itself.

x64Intel and AMD, almost every PC ARM64Snapdragon and other ARM PCs

Download for x64

Version 1.0.0 Needs Windows 10 or 11 and Claude Desktop All releases

Run the exe. It installs itself without admin rights and opens the picker.
Click Add and sign in with your other account in the new Claude window.
That’s it. Both stay signed in. Ctrl+Alt+C from now on.

Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”. The exe is not code-signed. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Questions

How do I use two Claude accounts at the same time on Windows?

Claude Desktop keeps one sign-in at a time. Install Claude Profile Switcher, click Add and sign in with your second account in the Claude window that opens. Both accounts then stay signed in, each in its own window, and Ctrl+Alt+C switches between them from any app.

Can I switch Claude Desktop accounts without signing out?

Yes. Every account keeps its own sign-in, chats and settings, so switching means opening another window rather than signing out and back in. Ctrl+Alt+1 to 9 opens an account directly, and the tray icon lists them all.

Does it work on macOS or Linux?

No. Claude Profile Switcher is a native Windows app for Windows 10 and 11, on x64 and ARM64 PCs.

Does it change my main Claude account?

No. Your main account starts the usual way and keeps auto update and claude:// links. Extra accounts live in their own folders in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ClaudeProfiles.

What do the accounts share?

Claude Code’s settings, plugins, MCP servers and session history live in your user folder, so every account uses the same set. claude:// links and Claude in Chrome go to the main account, and Claude’s own quick-entry hotkey goes to whichever copy started first.

How much memory does each account use?

Each open account is a full copy of Claude Desktop, so budget roughly one Claude per window. The switcher itself uses about 16 MB.

How do I update?

Run the new version. Your accounts and settings are kept. Claude itself updates once for every account; windows already open stay on the old version until restarted.

I used Claude Code Desktop Switcher. Will my setup carry over?

Yes. This is a C++ rewrite of the PowerShell script by @PriyanshuGeTRekT that worked out the idea. The profile folders are the same, so accounts, names, colours and shortcuts carry straight over.

Is this an official Anthropic app?

No. It is an independent open-source project, not affiliated with, endorsed by or supported by Anthropic. Using several accounts is subject to Anthropic’s terms.

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