You can add multiple user accounts to your computer. Give one account to
each person in your household or company. Every user has their own home
folder, documents, and settings.
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Open the Activities overview and
start typing Users.
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Click on Users to open the panel.
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Press Unlock in the top right corner and
type in your password when prompted.
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Press the + button, below the list of
accounts on the left, to add a new user account.
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If you want the new user to have
administrative access to the
computer, select Administrator for the account type.
Administrators can do things like add and delete users, install software
and drivers, and change the date and time.
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Enter the new user’s full name. The username will be filled in
automatically based on the full name. If you do not like the proposed
username, you can change it.
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You can choose to set a password for the new user, or let them set it
themselves on their first login.
If you choose to set the password now,
you can press the
generate password icon to
automatically generate a random password.
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Click Add.
If you want to change the password after creating the account, select the
account, Unlock the panel and press the current
password status.