diff --git a/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.svelte b/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.svelte
index 8311c1d8..5eef5f11 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   Settings, Display) and Sign out. Available on every authenticated,
   non-immersive screen via the shared AppHeader.
 
-  TRACES: UR-054 | DR-075
+  TRACES: UR-054, UR-082 | DR-075, DR-276
 -->
 <script lang="ts">
   import { tick } from "svelte";
@@ -105,6 +105,32 @@
 
       <div class="border-t border-gray-700 my-1"></div>
 
+      <!--
+        Grouped with the identity block above rather than with the destinations
+        below: this changes *who* the app is, not where it goes. Shown even on a
+        device with one account, because the picker is also where a second one is
+        added — hiding it until a second profile exists would leave no way in
+        from here. (DR-276)
+      -->
+      <a
+        href="/profiles"
+        role="menuitem"
+        class="flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-300 hover:bg-gray-700 transition-colors"
+        onclick={() => close(false)}
+      >
+        <svg class="w-5 h-5" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+          <path
+            stroke-linecap="round"
+            stroke-linejoin="round"
+            stroke-width="2"
+            d="M17 20h5v-2a3 3 0 00-5.356-1.857M17 20H7m10 0v-2c0-.656-.126-1.283-.356-1.857M7 20H2v-2a3 3 0 015.356-1.857M7 20v-2c0-.656.126-1.283.356-1.857m0 0a5.002 5.002 0 019.288 0M15 7a3 3 0 11-6 0 3 3 0 016 0zm6 3a2 2 0 11-4 0 2 2 0 014 0zM7 10a2 2 0 11-4 0 2 2 0 014 0z"
+          />
+        </svg>
+        Switch profile
+      </a>
+
+      <div class="border-t border-gray-700 my-1"></div>
+
       <a
         href="/downloads"
         role="menuitem"
diff --git a/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.test.ts b/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.test.ts
index 9c403d7f..8805974f 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/components/account/AccountMenu.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,22 @@ describe("AccountMenu", () => {
     render(AccountMenu);
     openMenu();
     const items = screen.getAllByRole("menuitem").map((el) => el.textContent?.trim());
-    expect(items).toEqual(["Downloads", "Settings", "Display", "Sign out"]);
+    expect(items).toEqual(["Switch profile", "Downloads", "Settings", "Display", "Sign out"]);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * "Switch profile" sits directly under the identity block, before the
+   * destinations. It answers "who is this?", not "where do I go?", and burying
+   * it in Settings is what this entry exists to undo.
+   *
+   * TRACES: UR-082 | DR-276
+   */
+  it("puts Switch profile first, next to the identity block", async () => {
+    render(AccountMenu);
+    openMenu();
+    const items = screen.getAllByRole("menuitem");
+    expect(items[0].textContent?.trim()).toBe("Switch profile");
+    expect(items[0].getAttribute("href")).toBe("/profiles");
   });
 
   it("shows the identity block with name and server host", async () => {
diff --git a/src/routes/profiles/+page.svelte b/src/routes/profiles/+page.svelte
index 9b32dcfc..77f80bd5 100644
--- a/src/routes/profiles/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/profiles/+page.svelte
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   import { onMount } from "svelte";
   import { goto } from "$app/navigation";
   import { profiles } from "$lib/stores/profiles";
+  import { isAuthenticated } from "$lib/stores/auth";
+  import { navigateBack } from "$lib/utils/navigation";
   import type { Profile, UnlockOutcome } from "$lib/api/bindings";
   import PinPad from "$lib/components/PinPad.svelte";
   import { orderProfiles, initialsFor, tileColour, lockoutMessage } from "$lib/utils/profileTiles";
@@ -152,6 +154,30 @@
 
 <div class="min-h-full flex items-center justify-center p-6">
   <div class="w-full max-w-3xl">
+    <!--
+      Reached from the account menu, the picker must not be a one-way door: a
+      signed-in viewer who opens it and changes their mind (or fails a PIN on
+      someone else's tile) needs a way back to the session they still have. At
+      startup there is no session behind it, so there is nothing to go back to
+      and this stays hidden. (DR-276)
+    -->
+    {#if $isAuthenticated && mode !== "pin" && mode !== "password"}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onclick={() => navigateBack("/")}
+        class="mb-6 text-sm text-gray-400 hover:text-white flex items-center gap-1"
+      >
+        <svg class="w-4 h-4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+          <path
+            stroke-linecap="round"
+            stroke-linejoin="round"
+            stroke-width="2"
+            d="M15 19l-7-7 7-7"
+          />
+        </svg>
+        Back
+      </button>
+    {/if}
     {#if mode === "picker" || mode === "manage"}
       <h1 class="text-3xl font-semibold text-center mb-2">
         {mode === "manage" ? "Manage profiles" : "Who's watching?"}