: How to use Google Keyword Planner without Adwords Campaign I want to use Google Keyword Planner. This requires an adwords account, which is fine. However, Google redirects me the the Getting

@Karen161

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I want to use Google Keyword Planner. This requires an adwords account, which is fine. However, Google redirects me the the Getting Started wizard, which requires that I start an adword campaign and enter billing information, which I'd like to avoid.

How do I skip adwords' getting started wizard?

I've tried:


This advertisercommunity post says there shold be a menu on the top.
Result: There isn't. I guess adwords changed since 2014.
Clearing my browser's cache and cookies.
Result: No change.
this techwyse post says I can click Skip the guided setup at the first time I login.
Result: This worked for me in a test account
But...: I didn't do that when I logged in using my main account, and now I can't get to that link.
This tipsandtricksforum post says that you can change the URL - replace authuser=0 with authuser=1.
Result: Doesn't work - I still get the create campaign wizard.
I logged in with my test account, went to preferences, noted the URL. I then logged in with my main account, and entered the preferences URL, editing the __u=XXX&__c=YYY to match my main accounts'.
Result: I do see the preferences page, including the top-level menu - yay! But selecting keyword planner still rdirects me to the getting started wizard.

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