If you’re like me, you need to log into websites, a lot! Because we have a lot of clients, I’m always finding myself logging into Microsoft 365, GoDaddy, Adobe, and countless other accounts to make changes. And if I switch to a different client, I need to make sure I’m not still logged in. This would normally be a pain, but for years now I’ve been using a tool that helps keep all these accounts separated. It’s called Multi-Account Containers.
Now first, the bad news: It’s only for Firefox, so if you only use Chrome, you’re out of luck. There are equivalents for Chrome, such as Sessionbox and MoreLogin, but they aren’t free.
What It Does and How It Works
When you log into a website with your browser, it stores a file called a “cookie” on your machine, which has some bit of text/numbers, etc., that tell the website that this computer is tied to a specific login. This means when you go back to that website on the computer, it remembers you. The way this add-on works is that it allows you to create multiple “containers” for websites, each with its own cookies that are inaccessible to other containers.
You could have one for banking, one for social media, one for personal, and one for work, or if you’re like me one for every individual client you need to access. It lets you give them icons and color coding to easily tell them apart, and it even lets you set certain websites to only open in one specific container. This means that if you go to a website with a Facebook tracking cookie in a container that isn’t logged into Facebook, it won’t be able to tie that to your account (mostly, Facebook is tricky).
I often find that I’m working on several clients throughout the day, sometimes waiting for things to take effect or to hear back, and by using this plugin, I’m not constantly finding myself having to clear my cache or log out of everything when I quickly need to change gears.