On October 31, Tibo (@thsottiaux), who works on Codex and ChatGPT at OpenAI, announced on X, as day 26 of his daily shipping posts, that ChatGPT mobile now supports switching between accounts, with desktop coming soon. OpenAI's updated Help Center article says users can stay signed in to up to 2 accounts with one active at a time; chats, memory, files, subscriptions, billing and workspaces stay separate, and switching never moves or merges data. The post drew about 10,000 likes and 1.36M views.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Limit: up to 2 signed-in accounts, one active at a time; with 2 signed in you must log out of one before adding another, per the OpenAI Help Center
- ✓Platforms: the Help Center says web plus the iOS and Android apps, with mobile rolling out gradually (Settings, then Switch account); Tibo says the desktop app is coming soon
- ✓Isolation: chats, memory, files, subscriptions, billing and workspaces are not shared, and switching never moves chats or merges accounts; a newly created second account starts on the Free plan
- ✓Notifications: mobile can show notifications for both accounts, and tapping one for the other account switches to it, so check the active account before pasting work context
- ✓Reach: Tibo's post had about 10,120 likes and 1.36M views (public X metrics as of Oct 31, 12:00 UTC); he also teased banked usage resets over the next two days
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Background and pain point
Many people have both a personal ChatGPT account and a company Team or Enterprise account, and on mobile switching meant logging out and back in, which made it easy to paste work material into the wrong account or pay twice. On October 31, Tibo, whose X bio reads Codex & ChatGPT @OpenAI, announced as day 26 of his daily shipping posts that ChatGPT mobile now supports account switching, with desktop coming soon. This comes from an employee's own post and is confirmed by an updated OpenAI Help Center article.
How it works
Per the Help Center, you can stay signed in to up to 2 accounts, with one active at a time. Switching changes chats, memory, files and settings, and workspaces stay scoped to their account. It never moves chats, shares memory or files, combines subscriptions, or merges accounts or workspaces. Organization-managed accounts stay under their company's policies, and admins can control availability in managed workspaces. On mobile, notifications arrive for both accounts, and tapping one for the other account switches to it.
Benchmarks
This is a product feature, not a model change; OpenAI published no performance or usage figures. The checkable numbers are the 2-account limit and Tibo's post metrics, about 10,120 likes, 1,894 replies and 1.36M views as of Oct 31, 12:00 UTC. His tease of banked resets over the next two days has no official details yet.
Getting started
On iOS or Android, open Settings, choose Switch account, then Add account. On the web, open the account menu and choose Add account. The rollout is gradual, so the option may not appear yet. Keep personal and work accounts separate and check the active account before uploading code or documents. A new second account starts on the Free plan, so check which account owns a subscription before buying.
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