🌟 New Requirement

Chrome Profile                  for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

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New Requirement:

Beginning October 17, 2025, the district will require staff to use a separate Chrome profile for all work-related activities, including to open internal GCPS Google files. This new measure is being put in place to enhance data security, protect user privacy, and improve the performance of district applications and services. We recommend creating the new "GCPS Work" profile as soon as possible to ensure a smooth transition. If you need help, please submit a ticket.

User Experience:

User Action

Result

Click a link to open a Google file from a personal Chrome profile

If a GCPS profile is open, the link will open in that profile.

If not, they will get an error that they do not have access, as happens now.

Add a GCPS Google account within Drive on a personal account.

GCPS profile will open instead.

Add a non GCPS account within Drive on a GCPS profile.

Force the user to create a separate profile.

Log into the portal on a personal account and then click on Google Workspace

Google apps will open in the GCPS profile if it has been created. If one is not created, it will ask them to create one. (We have seen some error loops when a user has not yet created the profile. This is resolved by creating the profile.)

🎨Create a Chrome Profile

⚙️Manage Your Chrome Profile

🔄Export/Import Bookmarks

🎨 Create a Chrome Profile

Chrome Profile for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

Gwinnett County Public Schools                                        See your ITI Coach or TST for additional support

This is important because when a user clicks on links, permissions are read based on the default user for the Chrome profile, not just the Google Workspace accounts that you have logged into. Create separate profiles for your accounts and only log into one account per profile to alleviate frustration.

Create a Chrome Profile for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

  1. Open Chrome
  2. Click on the image or initial in the top right corner next to the URL bar
  3. Click Sign in to Chrome

OR

Scroll down and click on Add Chrome profile and then click Sign In

  1. On the sign in screen, enter the GCPS Google account (firstname_lastname@g.gcpsk12.org)
  2. Click Next 
  3. You will be redirected to the GCPS portal sign-in screen. Sign in here with your GCPS credentials.
  4. Confirm the account in the next window
  5. Acknowledge the profile will be managed by GCPS
  6. Turn on sync to keep profile up-to-date across devices
  7. To switch to this account in the future, click on the picture or initial in the top right corner next to the URL box and choose this profile

Click here to see a video tutorial.

🌟New Requirement

⚙️Manage Your Chrome Profile

🔄Export/Import Bookmarks

⚙️ Manage Your Chrome Profile

Chrome Profile for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

Gwinnett County Public Schools                                        See your ITI Coach or TST for additional support

Manage Your Chrome Profile

  1. Open Chrome
  2. Click on the image or initial in the top right corner next to the URL bar
  3. Click Manage Chrome Profiles

  1. Select your GCPS account (ends in g.gcpsk12.org); if prompted, sign-in with your GCPS credentials

  1. Go to GCPSK12.org and sign in with your GCPS credentials

  1. Access Google Workspace or Google Classroom

🌟New Requirement

🎨Create a Chrome Profile

🔄Export/Import Bookmarks

🔁 Export/Import Bookmarks

Chrome Profile for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

Gwinnett County Public Schools                                        See your ITI Coach or TST for additional support

Exporting and Importing Chrome Bookmarks

Why go through the hassle of recreating your work bookmarks? By exporting them from your personal profile, you can instantly import your curated list of important links into your work profile, ensuring you have all the crucial pages you need right away.

↗️Export Bookmarks from your personal Chrome browser profile

↙️Import Bookmarks into your work Chrome browser profile

🌟New Requirement

🎨Create a Chrome Profile

⚙️Manage Your Chrome Profile

↗️ Export Bookmarks

Create a Chrome Profile for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

Gwinnett County Public Schools                                        See your ITI Coach or TST for additional support

Export Bookmarks from Your Personal Profile

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Confirm you're logged into your personal profile

  1. Select the kabab (3 dots) in the top-right corner of the browser window

  1. Hover over Bookmarks

  1. Select Bookmark manager

  1. In the Bookmark manager, select the kabab (3 dots) to the right of the search bar

  1. Select Export bookmarks

  1. Note the file name and location in the pop-up box and select Save

  1. Select the Chrome browser icon

  1. Choose Sign out of Chrome

  1. Close all internet browser windows

↙️Import Bookmarks into your work Chrome browser profile

🌟New Requirement

🎨Create a Chrome Profile

⚙️Manage Your Chrome Profile

↙️ Import Bookmarks

Create a Chrome Profile for your GCPS Google Workspace Account

Gwinnett County Public Schools                                        See your ITI Coach or TST for additional support

Import Bookmarks into Your District Profile

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Sign in to the GCPS portal

 

  1. Select the Chrome browser icon

  1. Select Sign in to Chrome

  1. Type your GCPS gmail address (FirstName_LastName@g.gcpsk12.org)

  1. Select Next

  1. Notice your email account then select Continue as …

  1. Select Continue

  1. Select to Use for school in this profile

  1. Select Confirm

  1. Select Yes, I’m in to turn on Sync

  1. Select the kabab (3 dots) in the top-right corner of the browser window

  1. Hover over Bookmarks

  1. Select Bookmark manager

  1. In the Bookmark manager, select the kabab (3 dots) to the right of the search bar

  1. Select Import bookmarks 

  1. Navigate to the location where you saved the HTML file in Step 1, choose the file, and select Open

  1. The imported bookmarks should now appear in your district profile, usually in a new folder named "Imported" or at the bottom of your existing bookmarks.

↗️Export Bookmarks from your personal Chrome browser profile

🌟New Requirement

🎨Create a Chrome Profile

⚙️Manage Your Chrome Profile

🔑 Export/Import Passwords

Passwords - Export/Import

Gwinnett County Public Schools                                     See your ITI Coach for additional support

Manage your saved passwords - Personal and/or GCPS

  1. Sign into the Google account where the passwords are saved

  1. Go to this URL https://passwords.google.com/options?ep=1

  1. Select the Cog (gear icon)

  1. Notice the Export and Import buttons

  1. If exporting:
  1. Choose Export button to export passwords*
  2. Choose Export on the pop-up box
  3. Select a location to store the .csv file* and give it a name you will recognize and Save

  1. If importing:
  1. Choose Import button to import passwords*
  2. Choose Select file on the pop-up box
  3. Navigate to the location of the saved .csv file*
  4. Select the file and click Open

* IMPORTANT NOTE: Password file will be plain text. Please save in a safe location and delete the file after importing.