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About the Regular User Account, To Delete a Regular User Account from Your Device

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About the Regular User Account By adding Regular User accounts, you can allow different users to have different homescreens, wallpapers, and general settings. They also get separate access to applications and memory storage for files such as music and photos. You can add up to seven Regular User accounts on your device. To Add a Regular User Account 1 Make sure you are logged in as the owner, that is, the user who set up the device for the first time. 2 From your Homescreen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > Users > Add user. 4 Tap OK. The new account is now created. 5 Tap SET UP NOW. The screen locks and an icon representing the newly added user appears in the top-right corner. 6 Unlock the screen by swiping left or upward. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to set up the account for the user. In cases where the person using the new account wants to set up the account but is not available at the time, you can tap NOT NOW in step 5. When the user is ready, they can select Users under Settings and see the new account, which appears as New user. Just tap the account and follow the instructions to finish setting it up. You can also add a regular user account from the status bar on any screen. Just drag the status bar downward and tap the user icon, and then tap Add user. To Delete a Regular User Account from Your Device 1 Be sure you are logged in as the owner. 2 From your Homescreen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > Users. 4 Tap beside the name of the user you want to delete, then tap Remove user > Delete. About the Guest User Account If someone just wants to use your device temporarily, you can enable a guest account for that user. In Guest mode, your device starts up as a freshly installed system with only the preinstalled apps. Once your guest is finished using your device, you can wipe the session clean so that the next guest can start fresh. The Guest User account is preinstalled and cannot be deleted. To Activate the Guest User Account 1 Make sure you are logged in as the owner, that is, the user who set up the device for the first time. 2 From your Homescreen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > Users > Guest. You can also activate the guest user account from the status bar on any screen. Just drag the status bar downward using two fingers and tap the user icon, then tap Add guest. To clear the guest session data 1 Make sure you are logged in to the guest account. 2 From your Home screen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > Users. 4 Find and tap Remove guest. 5 Tap Remove. You can also clear the guest session from the status bar on any screen as long as you are logged in to the guest account. Just drag the status bar downwards using two fingers and tap the user icon, then tap Remove guest. 53 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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About the Regular User Account
By adding Regular User accounts, you can allow different users to have different
homescreens, wallpapers, and general settings. They also get separate access to
applications and memory storage for
files
such as music and photos. You can add up to
seven Regular User accounts on your device.
To Add a Regular User Account
1
Make sure you are logged in as the owner, that is, the user who set up the device
for the
first
time.
2
From your Homescreen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
Users
>
Add user
.
4
Tap
OK
. The new account is now created.
5
Tap
SET UP NOW
. The screen locks and an icon representing the newly added
user appears in the top-right corner.
6
Unlock the screen by swiping left or upward.
7
Follow the on-screen instructions to set up the account for the user.
In cases where the person using the new account wants to set up the account but is not
available at the time, you can tap
NOT NOW
in step 5. When the user is ready, they can select
Users
under
Settings
and see the new account, which appears as
New user
. Just tap the
account and follow the instructions to
finish
setting it up.
You can also add a regular user account from the status bar on any screen. Just drag the
status bar downward and tap the user icon, and then tap
Add user
.
To Delete a Regular User Account from Your Device
1
Be sure you are logged in as the owner.
2
From your Homescreen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
Users
.
4
Tap
beside the name of the user you want to delete, then tap
Remove user
>
Delete
.
About the Guest User Account
If someone just wants to use your device temporarily, you can enable a guest account
for that user. In Guest mode, your device starts up as a freshly installed system with only
the preinstalled apps. Once your guest is
finished
using your device, you can wipe the
session clean so that the next guest can start fresh. The Guest User account is
preinstalled and cannot be deleted.
To Activate the Guest User Account
1
Make sure you are logged in as the owner, that is, the user who set up the device
for the
first
time.
2
From your Homescreen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
Users
>
Guest
.
You can also activate the guest user account from the status bar on any screen. Just drag the
status bar downward using two
fingers
and tap the user icon, then tap
Add guest
.
To clear the guest session data
1
Make sure you are logged in to the guest account.
2
From your Home screen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
Users
.
4
Find and tap
Remove guest
.
5
Tap
Remove
.
You can also clear the guest session from the status bar on any screen as long as you are
logged in to the guest account. Just drag the status bar downwards using two
fingers
and tap
the user icon, then tap
Remove guest
.
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