How to Add a New User and Guest Account to Your PS5

The PS5 has two types of user accounts: regular user accounts and guest user accounts. Guest user accounts are temporary, while the regular ones are permanent, and they won’t go till you intentionally delete them.

Here, we’ll show you how to add both types of users and tell you why you may need one even if you don’t want it right now.

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Why Would You Need a New PS5 User?

If you’re wondering why you would need to add a new user to your PS5, there are a few strong arguments:

And more importantly, why not? It’s not going to take up any more space, and it could come in handy.

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How to Add a New User Account to Your PS5

Follow these simple steps to add a new user account to your PS5:

Guest accounts will disappear after you log out of them or you turn the PS5 off.

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That’s it: you should now have a new user when you return to the Switch User menu.

New PS5 User Accounts Are Necessary

There’s simply no disadvantage to knowing how to add a new user on your PS5. You’ll need it for many useful things, like game-sharing or differentiating your saved files from other users. it’s fast to make one, and it’s easy to do. Create as many as you want as you need them.

And remember, if you need a new PS5 user for only a short time, you can create a guest account instead of cluttering your PS5 with shell accounts.

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