# Problem with Chrome profiles

**URL:** <https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132>\
**Category:** OpenRPA\
**Tags:** openrpa\
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132 "2025-09-17T11:11:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mhsaffari](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@mhsaffari](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/mhsaffari)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/1 "2025-09-17T11:11:51Z")

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There are two configuration parameters in **Open URL** , named **UserDataFolderMode** and **UserDataFolderPath**.

According to the documentation, I found that I can create profiles in Chrome and, by using these two parameters, open the browser with the specific profile I need. Unfortunately, it does not work.

I set **UserDataFolderMode** to _custom_ and provided the profile path in **UserDataFolderPath**.

What could be the problem, and how can I solve it?

I really need to open multiple logins from the same website, and this would be the best solution for me if it worked!

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/allan_zimmermann/32/12_2.png) [@Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Allan_Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/2 "2025-09-17T14:38:13Z")

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What is not working? Can you give more details on what you did, what you expected to happen that did not? What errors are you getting, if any

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**Author:** ![mhsaffari](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@mhsaffari](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/mhsaffari)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/3 "2025-09-20T18:06:57Z")

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No error occurs.  
Suppose I have three profiles, and all of them are running. Sometimes, when I run OpenRPA, it opens Chrome with the correct profile, but on the next run, it does not. For example, one time it opens a fresh Chrome without any profile, and another time it opens an old Chrome with the wrong profile.

The profile paths are correct.

@Allan_Zimmermann

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**Author:** ![Morphyum](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/morphyum/32/2012_2.png) [@Morphyum](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Morphyum)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/4 "2025-09-23T09:20:56Z")

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This is kinda related to my problem. I had switching profiles in edge too:

> [@NM Selectors stop working after a random time on 24/7 HDBots](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/nm-selectors-stop-working-after-a-random-time-on-24-7-hdbots/3128/13):
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> If you did not change any of the two profile settings, then it does not… it literally starts Chrome or Edge by calling the .exe with the URL and nothing more, and Chrome/Edge, by default, uses the last used profile… or at least, that is what it should do.

If you really double checked you configured everything right, maybe chrome has made some changes @Allan_Zimmermann

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/allan_zimmermann/32/12_2.png) [@Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Allan_Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/5 "2025-09-23T13:06:16Z")

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If I understand @mhsaffari correctly, he’s using multiple Chrome profiles at the same time. That will not go well in the long term.

OpenRPA does not support selecting which of the current profiles to use (for running instances), and Chrome/Edge will “randomly” open a new instance with the last used profile unless you use the config options on `Open URL`.

I can certainly see why there could be edge cases where you would want to use multiple profiles either in series or even in parallel, but OpenRPA was not really designed for that use case, and currently, it will only work if you do it in series.

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**Author:** ![mhsaffari](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@mhsaffari](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/mhsaffari)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/6 "2025-09-24T08:09:03Z")

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Yes, I need to use multiple Chrome profiles at the same time.

My use case is being logged into a website with multiple accounts. Since the website uses CAPTCHA, I cannot log in every time the robot runs. I need to keep the accounts logged in across different browsers or profiles.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.openiap.io/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1ca7b164ac9a826839704d9ac82c7b5e6bcf557.png) [@system](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/problem-with-chrome-profiles/3132/7 "2025-10-01T08:09:19Z")

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