How to Use Multiple Claude Accounts on One Mac

A lot of people end up with more than one Claude account: one from work, one of their own, sometimes one for a client. Claude Desktop signs in to one account at a time, so switching means signing out, signing back in and losing your place. Here are the four ways people handle it, and what each one is like day to day.

The short answer#

Option 1: sign out and sign back in#

It works, it's free and it needs nothing installed. It's also the reason most people go looking for something better: every switch is a sign-out, a sign-in, a two-step check and a lost conversation. If you switch once a week, this is fine.

Option 2: claude.ai in separate browser profiles#

Chrome, Safari and Firefox all keep sign-ins separate per profile, so you can keep one account in each:

1. Create a browser profile per account (in Safari, File → New Profile).
2. Sign in to claude.ai in each.
3. Give each profile a different color so you can tell the windows apart.

You get both accounts open at once, but in the browser: no desktop app features such as MCP servers and desktop extensions, no Dock icon per account, and no shortcut to jump between them.

Option 3: a second macOS user#

A second user account on your Mac has its own copy of everything, including Claude Desktop's sign-in. With Fast User Switching you can flip between them. It's the most separated option, and also the heaviest: a whole second desktop, second set of apps, second Dock, and files that don't follow you.

Option 4: one Claude app per account#

This is what Clawdrobe does. It builds a separate copy of Claude Desktop for each account, with its own name, icon, sign-in and chat history, and keeps them organized in one window and the menu bar.

1. Download Clawdrobe and drag it to Applications.
2. Click Import Current Claude as New Account to bring in the account you're already signed in to, or Add Account and sign in to a new one in its own window.
3. Open any account from the Dock, the menu bar or the switcher.

Claude Code with each account#

If you use Claude Code in Terminal, Clawdrobe can add a command per account, so each session runs as the account you pick:

claude-work          # Claude Code signed in as your work account
claude-personal      # …and as your personal one

Keeping an eye on limits#

Each account has its own 5-hour and weekly limits. Clawdrobe shows both for every account and can notify you at 70, 80 or 90%, so you can move to another account before you're cut off mid-task.

Which one should you use?#

• Switch rarely? Sign out and in.
• Only chat, never desktop features? Browser profiles are enough.
• Need total separation, files and all? A second macOS user.
• Use two or more accounts every day in Claude Desktop? One app per account. Clawdrobe is free for two accounts, which covers most people.