By default SharePoint 2013 site “sign in different user” option doesn't show.

setting

Step 1: Go to the following location and open the Welcome.ascx in Visual Studio or Notepad.

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES

window server

Step 2: Add the following code and save the file.

  1. <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" ID="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser"
  2. Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>"
  3. Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>"
  4. MenuGroupId="100"
  5. Sequence="100"
  6. UseShortId="true"
  7. />
coding

Step 3: Go to your SharePoint site and refresh the screen.

System account

Summary

In this article we learnt how to enable “sign in different user” option in SharePoint 2013.