# Log In to Multiple Accounts

Did you know that you can have **up to five** Bitwarden accounts logged-in at the same time with the Bitwarden browser extension, desktop app and mobile app? Using account switching, seamlessly switch between Bitwarden accounts such as personal and work accounts.

### Mobile

To log in to a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) account, select the currently logged-in account from the top menu bar and select + **Add Account**.

![Account switching on mobile](https://bitwarden.com/assets/56xAZhiS6wZqKktMlFwbVn/9af5d0ce782af44fc48ebfd8057ddc4c/2025-01-21_14-58-15.png)

Selecting + **Add Account**will take you to the login screen:

![Log in on mobile](https://bitwarden.com/assets/112EwzW6sPKPGu65R8rKHc/679b2686d9b67e5ccb37a2ebf56ea062/2025-01-21_15-04-00.png)

> [!TIP] Account Switching across Servers
> If you have accounts on multiple servers, for example if an employer who self-hosts Bitwarden has issued you a [families organization sponsorship](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/families-for-enterprise/), use the **server selector drop down**that is located on the login screen and select the **Self-hosted** menu to change the **Server URL**to the URL for the account.
> 
> 
> ![Desktop server selector](https://bitwarden.com/assets/1Bc4QseUed27nuuhbeD7WR/e5dbca7997cb8efe1ebbff001813354e/2026-01-28_09-16-56.png)
> *Desktop server selector*
> 
> In this example, your work account may use something such as `https://your.company.bitwarden.com` and your families organization account would use `https://vault.bitwarden.com`.

Once you log in to your second account, you can quickly switch between them from the same menu, which will also show the current status of each account's vault (locked or unlocked). If you log out of one of these accounts, it will be removed from the list unless [session timeout](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/vault-timeout/) is set to log out.

> [!NOTE] Account Switching Preferences/Options
> Most vault actions, including adding new items or folders, syncing, and settings such as [session timeout](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/vault-timeout/) and unlock ([PIN](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/unlock-with-pin/) or [biometrics](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/biometrics/)) will only apply to the active account, which you can determine by the icon displayed in the top menu bar of the app.
> 
> Some options such as [theme](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/change-theme/) are applied to all accounts.

## Auto-fill

If you're using account switching, your mobile app will default to auto-fill credentials from the currently active account, however, you can switch from one account to the other during auto-fill

### Desktop

To log in to a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) account, select the currently logged-in account from the top-right of the desktop app and select + **Add Account:**

![Switch accounts on desktop](https://bitwarden.com/assets/7fpUmakpNIByzoWQa1cU8L/bd9e35756805bba8bd35bc43c7630aaf/2026-04-23_09-27-28.png)
*Switch accounts on desktop*

Selecting + **Add Account**will take you to the login screen:

![Log in on desktop](https://bitwarden.com/assets/6Dvz7SzKBp90RDcROWgBhW/2407b5d1399cc1b8d0780b31dcbd95ee/2026-04-23_09-29-54.png)
*Log in on desktop*

> [!TIP] Account Switching across Servers
> If you have accounts on multiple servers, for example if an employer who self-hosts Bitwarden has issued you a [families organization sponsorship](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/families-for-enterprise/), use the **server selector drop down**that is located on the login screen and select the **Self-hosted** menu to change the **Server URL**to the URL for the account.
> 
> 
> ![Desktop server selector](https://bitwarden.com/assets/1Bc4QseUed27nuuhbeD7WR/e5dbca7997cb8efe1ebbff001813354e/2026-01-28_09-16-56.png)
> *Desktop server selector*
> 
> In this example, your work account may use something such as `https://your.company.bitwarden.com` and your families organization account would use `https://vault.bitwarden.com`.

Once you log in to your second account, you can quickly switch between them from the same menu, which will also show the current status of each account's vault (locked* *or unlocked). If you log out of one of these accounts, it will be removed from this list.

> [!TIP] Account Switching
> Most vault actions, including adding new items or folders, syncing, searching, and settings like [session timeout](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/vault-timeout/) and unlock ([PIN](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/unlock-with-pin/) or [Biometrics](https://bitwarden.com/en-gb/help/biometrics/)) will only apply to the *active *account, which you can determine by the email displayed in the top-right of the app.
> 
> Some **Preferences**, however, are set for **All Accounts**:
> 
> 
> ![Desktop settings for all accounts](https://bitwarden.com/assets/4tZUuuDPHnHQh5RNihx0TB/e20745ac076e7274ec0652692159c4e1/2026-04-23_09-34-58.png)
> *Desktop settings for all accounts*

### Browser extension

To log in to a second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) account, select the currently logged-in account from the top menu bar:

![Browser extension account switching](https://bitwarden.com/assets/7xbbMZ89zcTHz6ee0cA1MK/8d8972a6b995b3fd7367f248c9c60d69/screenshot_3.png)

Once you have selected the account icon, select + **Add account**from the account switching menu:

![Browser extension Add account](https://bitwarden.com/assets/343trVk3zLCF7Z12uA5wjO/ac2f56fc907372335f30d1dbf68116a1/screenshot_4.png)

Once you log in to your second account, you can quickly switch between them from the same menu, which will also show the current status of each account's vault (locked* *or unlocked). If you log out of one of these accounts, it will be removed from this list.

## Auto-fill

If you're using account switching, browser extension will default to auto-fill credentials from the currently active account.