Just like creating personal and business email accounts separately helps
you in managing your emails in a convenient manner, creating multiple
accounts/profiles within a single MetaMask wallet extension helps you manage
your funds efficiently. Yes, MetaMask allows you to create as many profiles as
you want. And you know what the best part is? You may generate different seed
phrases for different accounts.
By using this feature, you may access different accounts on different
devices as well. And, talking about the "Security" factor of these
wallets, we can say that MetaMask allows you to generate different Secret
Recovery Phrases for each account that you may create. And the same is the case
with Private Keys.
This way, you can make sure that if you lose access to one wallet or
account, the funds stored in your other wallets/accounts will remain safe.
Hence, if you are planning to use MetaMask or are already using it, then you
must add multiple accounts within the same wallet.
Note: The process may
slightly vary for MetaMask wallet extension and mobile app users. But, most of
the steps in the upcoming process will be identical for both.
Here's how you can have additional
profiles in MetaMask
There might be different ways through which you can manage different
profiles or SRPs in your MetaMask wallet. Since it is not possible for us to
walk you through all those different methods, we are going to discuss one
single method to accomplish this task. So, be ready and make sure that you
follow all the listed steps in the correct sequence:
Note: The steps listed
below are applicable to the MetaMask wallet extension for the Chrome web
browser.
1.
Begin the process by navigating to the top-right
corner of your MetaMask extension
2.
If you are logged in, you will see your profile
icon at the top of the page, click on it
3.
If not logged in, first sign into your account,
and then you may see your profile icon on the top
4.
Thereafter, you may choose the "Add"
option from within the given menu
5.
Then, you'll be prompted with further
instructions to create your account, just follow them properly
6.
If you don't wish to sync it with your email,
just select the "Continue without an account" option
7.
Choose a color scheme for your account and then
assign a name to your account
8.
Once done with that, you may hit the
"Done" option to end the process
By repeating the same method, you may create as many profiles in your
wallet as you want. However, it is recommended to store the SRPs of these accounts
in a safe place as this will allow you to access your wallets as and when
needed on any device of your choice.
Summing it up:
To conclude this article, we can say that, everyone who is using the
MetaMask wallet download, should enable this feature within their wallets so
that managing different tokens becomes an easier and much safer task. However,
if you are using MetaMask through its app, then the process will be a little
bit different, but you'll be able to pull it easily.
