You can share your device with family and friends by creating a user profile for each person. Each user profile has a personal space on the device for custom Home screens, accounts, apps, settings, and more. Learn about what users can do. Delete userDelete or switch users
If you're the device owner
If you're a user who isn't the device owner
Switch user
Add or update users
To add or update a user, you must be the device owner.
Add user
Set up the new user
- After adding a new user, tap Switch to [username]. A pop up will ask "Set up user now?"
- If you're with the new user:
Tap Set up now. Then unlock your screen to set up the Google Account and other details. - If the new user isn't there:,
Tap Not now. The next time you switch to this user, they can set up the Google Account and other details.
- If you're with the new user:
Update user
Types of user profiles
User
A user who isn't the device owner is the profile type for someone who may use your phone a lot, like a family member.
All users have their own spaces on the device for personal, custom Home screens, accounts, apps, settings, and more.
Guest
A guest profile is for someone using your phone for a short time.
Like a user, the guest profile has its own space on the device, but it's easier to delete this space when a guest is done with the device.
Account
Restricted profile (tablets only)
A restricted profile lets you control what features and content a user can see. For example, you can restrict the availability of mature content.
Related resources
- Change guest and user settings
- Add an account to your phone
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How do I set up an email account on my Lenovo phone?
You can add multiple email accounts of the following types:
- Gmail
- Personal email from other providers (IMAP/POP)
If you added a Google account on your phone:
- When you open the Gmail app for the first time, you'll see your email for that account. You're already set up.
- To set up additional accounts, open Gmail touch your profile icon, then touch Add account.
If you didn’t add a Google account to your phone and want to set up email for an IMAP/POP provider (an address that's not Gmail):
- Open the Gmail app.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your email address, password, and account options.
If you have problems setting up the account, read Google's help for Gmail.
Set up corporate email
If you use Microsoft Office Outlook on your work computer, your phone can synchronize emails, calendar events, and contacts with the Microsoft Exchange server. Before you start, you'll need the following information from your company's IT department:
- Email address
- Email password
- Domain name
- Username
- Server name
- Security type/SSL settings
- Client certificate requirement
To set up corporate email:
- Open the Gmail app.
- Do one of the following:
- If this is your first time opening the Gmail app, touch Add another email address.
- If you have been using Gmail with another account, touch your profile icon, then touch Add another account.
- Touch Exchange and Office 365.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your email address, password, and other information from your company's IT department.
Switch account views
In the Gmail app, touch your profile icon, then select an account.
To open each inbox with one touch from your home screen, add task shortcuts:
- Touch & hold
- Drag for each account to a blank space on your home screen.