Mac OS: Set up & remove guest users
On Mac OS, you can set up an account for guest users. With this, guests only have limited access to your computer. Surfing or working with the Mac still belong to the functions. We'll show you how to set up a guest account and how to remove it if necessary.
Set up an account for a guest user on Mac OS
You can set up an account for your guest users in just a few steps. However, you can only do this as an administrator of your Mac computer. Please have your administrator data ready.
- Open the system settings in the Dock.
- Now select the "Users & Groups" option under the "System" heading.
- Now you see the menu for the administration of your user accounts (see picture). Click the lock icon in the lower left. You then have to enter your administrator name and password.
- Then click on "Guest users" under "Other users" on the left and activate the checkmark next to the menu item "Allow guests to log on to this computer".
- You can also activate parental controls here and allow guests to access shared folders.
Remove guest account
You can remove the guest account at any time. To do this, you have to open the system settings again and click on the "Users & Groups" menu under the "System" area.
- Activate the lock symbol again and then enter your administrator data.
- Now select "Guest users" under "Other users" and remove the checkmark under "Allow guests to log on to this computer".
- Now the guest account for your Mac is no longer activated.