[FEATURE] desktop app desperately needs multi account support

[andy-luma]

Preflight Checklist

• I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
• This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

Description:

Claude Desktop currently only supports being logged into one account at a time. Many users have both a personal (Pro/Max) account and a work (Teams/Enterprise) account. Switching between them requires logging out and back in each time, which is disruptive and discourages use of the paid plan you're not currently logged into.

Requested behavior:

• Allow adding multiple Claude accounts (e.g. personal + work) to the Desktop app simultaneously
• Quick-switch between them, similar to how Slack, VS Code, Chrome profiles, or Arc handle multi-account
• Preserve separate chat history and settings per account

Why it matters:

• Users paying for both personal and org seats are underserved — one subscription always sits idle on Desktop
• The web UI already supports org switching (click initials → toggle), so the concept exists
• Logging out/in repeatedly leads to people just not using one of their accounts, reducing the value of the paid seat
• Account emails can't be changed either, so consolidating into one account isn't an option

Proposed Solution

Pretty obvious, please just allow multiple sign in's -- I humbly suggest as a 14-18hr a day claude code user -- that CC could easily bang this one out auth being the major tricky issue

Alternative Solutions

using a browser for one account -- terrible solution

Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

Other

Use Case Example

No response

Additional Context

No response

[github-actions]

Closing for now — this doesn't appear to be about Claude Code. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.

[cibernicola]

Is still relevant.

[andy-luma]

Yes. It does allow switching between personal and teams on the SAME email -- but it needs two or more entirely different account (and email) support. Who has a second personal account on their work email?

[github-actions]

This issue has been automatically locked since it was closed and has not had any activity for 7 days. If you're experiencing a similar issue, please file a new issue and reference this one if it's relevant.