Chrome Profiles for Developers
What This Does
Developers use Chrome Profiles to separate production Google logins from staging OAuth tests and localhost development.
Why It's Useful
Testing Google OAuth in your main profile corrupts sessions. Profiles give clean cookie jars per environment.
How to Do It
- Create profiles: Dev, Staging, Production
- Only sign into matching Google Cloud projects per profile
- Test OAuth consent screens in Dev profile
- Never install untrusted extensions in Production profile
Try This Now
Create a Dev Chrome Profile and sign into a test Google account.
Mental Hook: Prod profile never touches localhost.
