Netflix's Profile Transfers feature will remove the pain of moving accounts

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Now leaving someone's Netflix shared account doesn't mean losing all your profile personalizations

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After a lengthy testing period in several countries, Netflix has announced its brand new Profile Transfer feature, aimed at letting users keep their profile even when they move to a new account. 

Given how people move households or come out of relationships, it can be commonplace for Netflix users on shared accounts to want to go their separate ways. 

Having said that transferring your Netflix profile will create a copy and not delete your profile from the previous account. So if things go wrong your profile won't be lost, meaning you can pick up where you left off with the best Netflix shows. 

How to use Netflix Profile Transfer 

1. Sign into Netflix and log in to your account as usual. 

2. On the Home menu select the ‘Account’ page from the top right corner.

3. In the 'Profiles and Parental Controls' section, choose the account you wish to transfer.

4. Under the ‘Transfer Profile’ section, select ‘Transfer’.

5. Register a new email address and password for your new account. Do not this has to be a new account, not an existing one as you can move profiles between stablished accounts. 

6. Follow the on-screen prompts to finalize the process.

Andy Sansom

Andy is a freelance writer with a passion for streaming and VPNs. Based in the U.K., he originally cut his teeth at Tom's Guide as a Trainee Writer before moving to cover all things tech and streaming at T3. Outside of work, his passions are movies, football (soccer) and Formula 1. He is also something of an amateur screenwriter having studied creative writing at university.