--- title: "Session settings" slug: "session-settings" updated: 2025-12-17T13:16:13Z published: 2025-12-17T13:16:13Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.anydesk.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Session settings This article describes the settings available in the AnyDesk toolbar during an active AnyDesk Session. ## Active Session ![AnyDesk interface showing connection details and options for remote desktop access.](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/active session.png) | ![connmode](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/connmode.png) | Connection mode and encryption information. | | --- | --- | | ![sysinfo](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/sysinfo.png) | Clicking this icon will allow the user to see the system information of the remote device as well as what permissions the remote Client has given the connecting client. | | ![privacy](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/privacy.png) | The state of the Privacy Mode. See [Screen Privacy](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/screen-privacy). | | ![imagedata](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/imagedata.png) | Indicates if AnyDesk is receiving new image data. | | ![hddstatus](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/hddstatus.png) | Indicates the hard drive status of the remote machine. This is useful for diagnosing if the remote operation is delayed due to a busy drive. | | ![fav](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/fav.png) | Favorite or unfavorite the remote client. | | ![ft](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/ft.png) | File Manager view. See [File Manager and File Transfer](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/file-manager-and-file-transfer). | | ![moni](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/moni.png) | If the remote device has multiple displays, the connecting user can switch between each remote display by clicking on the correlated numbered monitor icons. **A red line** indicates that is the display currently being viewed while **a red dot** indicates the location of the remote window currently in the foreground. If you wish to automatically switch to the display with the foreground window, please enable **Follow remote window focus** in **Session toolbar >**[**Display**](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/display#session-settings)**.** | | ![display](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/display.png) | See [Display](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/display#session-settings) | | ![chat](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/chat.png) | Chat with the user on the remote client. | | ![actions](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/actions.png) | See [Actions](/docs/session-settings#actions). | | ![keyboard](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/keyboard.png) | Keyboard settings. See [Keyboard and Hotkeys](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/keyboard-and-hotkeys). | | ![perm](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/perm.png) | See [Permissions](/docs/session-settings#permissions). | | ![recording](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/recording.png) | Start or stop recording the session. See [Session Recording](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/session-recording). | | ![whiteboard](https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7940397/Help%20Center/Session%20Settings/whiteboard.png) | Whiteboard actions. See [Whiteboard](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/whiteboard). | --- ## Actions The Actions menu contains additional commands the local client can send to the remote one. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(112).png)Request elevation | See [Administrative Privileges and Elevation (UAC)](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/administrative-privileges-and-elevation-uac). | | --- | --- | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(114).png) Switch sides | Switch sides with the remote client. After the current connecting user confirms that they wish to switch sides, AnyDesk will reverse the connection direction so that the remote device is viewing the local one instead. | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(115).png) Send Ctrl + Alt + Del | Sends a CTRL+ALT+DEL command to the remote device. This is useful as CTRL+ALT+DEL commands sent via the keyboard are only transmitted locally when connecting from a Windows device. This option is only available if AnyDesk is installed on the remote Windows machine. | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(123).png) Lock device | Lockes the remote system. | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(125).png) Switch user | Allows switching between user accounts on the remote device. | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(126).png) Sign out user | Signs out the current user on the remote computer | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(117).png)Take screenshot | Creates a screenshot of the current AnyDesk session view. | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(118).png)Restart remote device | See [Remote Restart](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/remote-restart). | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(119).png) Set up TPC Tunneling | See [TCP-Tunneling](https://support.anydesk.com/knowledge/tcp-tunneling). | | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b94c9ac2-20ec-4c7e-b325-135b0ed113f9/Images/Documentation/image(122).png) Insert from clipboard | Sends text or files from your local clipboard to the remote computer. | --- ## Permissions In the Permissions menu, the local user can deactivate what permissions they have over the remote device. Please note to deactivate or activate what permissions they have over the remote device, the remote device has to give them access to those permissions first. In Permissions, the user can configure whether they want to: - Hear the remote client's audio - Control the remote client's mouse and keyboard - Synchronize clipboards - Block the Remote User's input - Lock remote account on session end - Enable privacy mode on the remote device A session is a screen of a device shared within a concurrent connection. You can create a connection with a remote device, and you can create another session with the same remote device. Each opened window on the connected remote device will be displayed as a separate session. In AnyDesk, session is represented in separate windows on Windows and in tabs on Mac. The AnyDesk application installed and running on a device, used to connect to or receive remote sessions. A feature to hide the contents of a connection by disabling the remote display. While screen privacy or privacy mode is on, the screen contents are hidden (the screen is locked) from anyone with physical access to the remote device. A feature that allows you to make notes and draw on the remote device screen in real-time for easy collaboration during a connection. An individual whose device is being accessed or controlled by someone else using AnyDesk.