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How do I change my primary email account?

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I have 2 gmail accounts. I want to change my current primary account and make the other gmail account my primary. I can't find any place in my account settings to do this.

I have a MAC with Lion OS. All is updated.

I have 2 gmail accounts. I want to change my current primary account and make the other gmail account my primary. I can't find any place in my account settings to do this. I have a MAC with Lion OS. All is updated.

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Hi eleanora,

If I understand you right, you would like Firefox to save your password and log in to a specific gmail account (the one you call #2).

This is Password manager - Remember, delete, change and import saved passwords in Firefox. You can see which passwords are stored by Firefox.

Gmail offers you the option to stay signed-in. You can check their documentation You can then stay signed in with the account you prefer.

Where are you seeing that "primary account" message?

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Hi eleanora,

Where would you like to change your primarily account?

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I'm not quite sure what you mean. Maybe this will help? When I go to gmail using Firefox what is called my primary account (1) and password come up automatically. I'm not even sure how this became my primary account - probably because it was the first account I logged into when I started using Firefox? I have to manually type in the (2) account that I want to use everytime. I basically would like this (2) account to be my primary so when I go to gmail on Firefox (2) shows up.

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Hi eleanora,

If I understand you right, you would like Firefox to save your password and log in to a specific gmail account (the one you call #2).

This is Password manager - Remember, delete, change and import saved passwords in Firefox. You can see which passwords are stored by Firefox.

Gmail offers you the option to stay signed-in. You can check their documentation You can then stay signed in with the account you prefer.

Where are you seeing that "primary account" message?

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Hi, Thanks to you, I have found a solution and now have deleted the automatic sign in. It's working marvelously. :) many, many thanks for helping me no longer being frustrated.