Mastering identities: the Default Identity

Most of Ghost Browser is about keeping logins apart. The Default Identity is the one place where sharing is the point, and using it well makes every workspace easier to work in.

What makes it different

Every other identity keeps its own cookies. The Default Identity (the gray tabs) has one set of cookies shared across all your workspaces. Sign in to something there once, and it’s signed in wherever you go. In effect, gray tabs behave like a normal browser.

What belongs in it

Use it as the home base for the accounts you need in every workspace:

• Your everyday tools: email, project management, team chat and cloud storage, such as Gmail, Trello, Slack or Google Drive.
• Marketers: your own main ad or business accounts, while each client’s accounts stay in their own colored identities.
• Developers: steady sessions on services like GitHub or AWS, while you test in isolated identities.

What doesn’t

If you manage social accounts for other people, keep them out of the Default Identity. Put each one in a colored identity, so you can always tell which account a tab is posting from. The Default Identity is for your own accounts.

Opening gray tabs

Right-click any tab, or any link, to open it in the identity you want, the Default Identity included. The sidebar lists your identities too: click the + next to one to open a new tab in it.

The difference between gray tabs and colored ones is small, but using it on purpose means your own tools are always there, and client accounts never mix with them.

Adapted from a post by Larry Kokoszka. See the support article on the Default Identity for more.