Create a new user

Here are the easy step-by-step instructions:

  1. Go to the Users menu in the XMB (Cross Media Bar)[Screenshot]
  2. Choose Create New User
  3. Enter a name for the user and then choose OK[Screenshot]
  4. The new user will now be shown in the menu, ready for use![Screenshot]

Screenshots

  • Users menu in XMB
  • Enter a name for the new user
  • New user now showing in XMB

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Comments

  1. davon • December 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    how can i creat a subaccount and a masters account

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  2. Chris • January 3rd, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    read the instructions

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  3. Xavier • January 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 am

    i want to create another account so i can start off fresh, but when i get to the birthday creater and press next it tells me the maxnium accounts have been made, see technqiue support?

    what does that mean…. ?

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  4. seth • January 28th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    how do i change the order of these accounts

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  5. tj • August 1st, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    after u created a user and deleted it can u bring it back?

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  6. Cj • November 19th, 2009 at 1:27 am

    I’ve brought a second hand ps3 & want to install a bigger hard drive, but un fortunatly im gonna loose my trophies i’ve earned , is it possible when i back up my game data can i then save it to a new user & start a new PSN account & resume playin my games to get my trophies back

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    • Flame • November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 am

      Hi Cj – I upgraded my harddrive recently. There’s a Backup/Restore feature under the PS3′s System Settings menu. This allows you to backup all downloaded games, game saves, etc. if you want to.

      But… trophies are stored online to your PSN account. When you replace the HDD your PS3 still knows what users you have and restores them automatically, then you sign in and the trophies are retrieved. Just make sure you sync your trophies before replacing the HDD.

      I did have an issue with it though, that when I went back to play a game I would suddenly lose all that game’s trophies. This was fixable by firstly doing a Compare Trophies with one of my friends and somehow that re-sync’d everything.

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      • Cj • November 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

        Cheers, but the problem i have is that cause i dont know the PSN account details i cant retreive my trophies, so is it possible to save all data to a new user, create a new account & resume playin? I copied the data to the new user file but when i went to continue with my progress it would not let me resume my career mode in fifa 10,. Is there a way to continue my progress or am i stuffed?
        & if i back it up, install a new drive will it just do the same thing??

  7. cory • November 21st, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    how do u move your saves and trophies to the new user

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  8. joel • March 29th, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    How to i move saves into a new user

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  9. tyler • August 14th, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    how do you delete a user on the ps3 you know when you login in after you have turned the console on

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