You can let someone else use your phone as a guest with the guest profile. A guest won't have access to all of your information on your phone. Learn more about settings for guests .
The guest profile is available on many phones, like Pixel and Nexus. It isn't available on all Android phones.
Note: Some of these steps work only on Android 5.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version
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Switch to a guest on your phone
- Open Quick Settings. Learn how .
- Tap User.
- Tap Add guest.
- If you switched to an existing guest:
- To let a new guest use your phone, or to delete data from the previous guest, choose Start over.
- To keep using data from the previous guest session, choose Yes, continue.
End a guest session
Important: When they're done using your phone, guests should remove their information from your phone.
How guests can remove their data
- Open Quick Settings. Learn how .
- Tap User Remove guest Remove.
The phone will delete all the data from this guest.
How the phone owner can remove a guest
- Open Quick Settings. Learn how .
- Tap User Guest Start over.
The phone will delete all the data from the previous guest.