Facebook currently only allows you to create one profile per account, but this may soon change with an upcoming update. You can create multiple profiles on the same account thanks to a new feature that the social media behemoth is testing.
With this new feature, users will be able to create various profiles according to the groups they want to interact with. In order to ensure that you can quickly and efficiently access the appropriate groups based on your profile without being distracted, this will allow you to create separate profiles for your work, family, friends, and other needs.
According to Facebook, the new function “helps people tailor [their] experience based on relationships and interests.” The feature, which the social network is currently testing with insiders, allows you to create up to 5 profiles on a single account, which ought to be sufficient for most users.
Facebook advises using your real name on your primary profile to avoid any problems, though you are free to use different usernames and profile information on each profile. Facebook has stated that all profiles associated with an account will be governed by the same corporate policies to prevent any mishaps.
Your secondary profiles won’t, however, share the same rights as your primary profile. For instance, your primary profile is the only one where you can create and merge pages. There may be additional features that are exclusive to the main profile, but the specifics are unknown.
As was previously mentioned, Facebook is currently only testing the feature with a small number of users, so not everyone can access it. It’s unclear when the feature will exit testing, but when it does, a lot more people should have access to it.
