Starting with tvOS 26.2, Apple TVs began displaying a user profile selection screen every time you wake the device from sleep. The feature helps households with multiple users maintain separate viewing histories and recommendations, but it can feel like an unnecessary step if you're the sole user.
Fortunately, Apple lets you disable this prompt entirely. Here's how to turn off the user profiles screen and go straight to your Home screen.
Disable the User Profile Selection Screen
- Open Settings on your Apple TV.
- Select Profiles and Accounts.
- Toggle off Choose Profile on Wake.
With this setting disabled, your Apple TV will skip the profile selection screen and take you directly to the Home Screen when you wake it.
What Happens When You Disable Profile Switching
Turning off the profile switcher doesn't delete your user profiles or their associated watch history and recommendations. It simply removes the prompt that appears each time you turn on your TV or Apple TV.
If you share your Apple TV with others and want to switch profiles manually, you can still access profile options by going to Settings ➝ Users and Accounts and selecting a different user profile from there.
To learn more about how user profiles can be genuinely useful, check out our dedicated hands-on article.
Top Rated Comments
The one in the living room is used by the whole family, so the account selector is there, but not every room has multiple users.
And the user profiles are so annoying because they don’t sync with the third party streaming apps.