Open Google links with the right Google account

Q: Can Google Meet links open with my work account every time?

Yes. Start a rule from a Meet link, choose any Google Meet link , and pick your work profile.

Docs, Drive, and Meet links that open signed in as the right you.

Sound familiar?

You have a work Google account and a personal one, or one for each client. You click a Google Docs or Meet link in Slack or Mail, and it opens signed in as the wrong account. Then you hunt for the account switcher, or Google tells you to request access.

The short answer

The reliable fix is one browser profile for each Google account. Then Bouncer sends each Google link to the right profile: Docs from your work Slack to “Work”, Maps to “Personal”. A rule can match the link, the app you clicked it in, or the Slack workspace or Mail account.

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Morning! Standup moved to 10:30.

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Can you look over the Q4 launch plan before standup?

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Budget numbers are in, too:

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Q4 Launch Plan

Owner: Sam Rivera · Last edited Oct 14

Goals

Ship the new onboarding flow by November 3.
Grow weekly active teams to 2,400.
Cut setup time to under five minutes.

Timeline

Design review on October 20, beta to 50 teams on October 27, and public launch the week of November 3. Sam owns launch comms; Jamie owns the beta.

Q4 Budget

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1	Team	Q3	Q4	Change
2	Design	42,000	48,000	+14%
3	Engineering	180,500	196,000	+9%
4	Marketing	64,200	92,500	+44%
5	Sales	88,000	95,000	+8%
6	Support	31,750	34,000	+7%
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How to set it up

Give each Google account its own browser profile, and sign in to only that account there.
Install Bouncer and make it your default browser.
The next time a Google link opens in the wrong profile, open the Bouncer menu and choose Create Rule from “…”. Pick the right profile and save.
To split by where you clicked, set From... to the app, and pick the Slack workspace or Mail account if you need to. For links that always belong to one account, like Google Maps and your saved places, match the link alone.

Questions

Can Google Meet links open with my work account every time?

Yes. Start a rule from a Meet link, choose any Google Meet link, and pick your work profile.

Can Google Maps open in my personal account but Docs in my work account?

Yes. Make one rule for Maps links that opens your personal profile, and one for Docs links that opens your work profile.

Do I need a browser extension?

No. Bouncer is a Mac app that becomes your default browser, so it sees every link you click outside a browser and sends it to the right profile.

How is this different from Velja?

Both can send Google links to a profile by site or by app. Bouncer can also split them by Slack workspace or Mail account, so Docs from two clients’ Slack workspaces open in two profiles. Velja can’t. See the full comparison.

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