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  • "shortcut" for switching between users?

It currently takes me 5 clicks to change users (settings > system > multiple users > click the other user > click "Switch to (the other user name)".

Is there a shortcut I can put on the desktop to cut the clicks down to 1 or 2?

    mucr nope, can only use std user menu.

    ...one reason I use work profile so I can place work profile apps on my launcher pages

    a year later

    +1 for a shortcut feature! To encourage users to use multiple user profiles this needs to be more convenient.

    Suggestions:

    A widget that directly opens the user selection I get when I swipe down twice and click once. (1 click vs. 2 swipes + click). This would be a user switch with 2 clicks.

    Or a widget where you can configure directly switch to user x.
    This would be a user switch with 1 clicks.

    mucr

    Have you tried the method suggested by Schiller ? That's how I also always change profiles - it's lightning fast.

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    matchboxbananasynergy Unrelated but also fun fact: if you wanna collapse a previously opened (swiped down) notification without the arrow icon, you can use two finger swipe on it. This is a legacy feature i assume since there isnt haptic feedback when expanding a notificaion this same way.

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    Great! Swiped down tens of thousands of times without knowing this hack. Thanks for the tip!

    The way I managed to make it faster is by creating a shortcut to the "Select user" activity using "Activity launcher" app. I made a shortcut on the desktop, that once pressed immediately opens a list of users. When the user is selected, I still have to extra-tap the "Switch to user" button. This was a tad faster than double swiping from top, pressing the "switch user" icon and picking a username.

    What's most annoying currently is that fingerprint stops working for switched profiles, but that's unrelated to the question. Just to express disappointment. This problem hasn't been fixed for like half a year.

      traveller traveller, I cannot find "select user" in the Activity Launcher app in order to create a shortcut. Where did you find it and what is it called?

        dln949
        Once you've launched it, type "Settings" in search box, open the settings group and then search for the "users" and create a shortcut for this activity which shows up as "Settings$UserSettingsActivity" (lately I've been using "Activity Manager" app (from f-droid) instead of Activity Launcher)