How Remote Black Screen Feature works with Team Viewer ?

ChetanGamne12

I am trying to understand how TeamViewer implements its “Black Screen” feature on Windows.

When this feature is enabled:

• The remote viewer can still see the desktop normally.
• The local physical monitor turns completely black.

I would like to know the general technical approach used to achieve this.

SophE

Hi @ChetanGamne12,

Welcome to our Community, and thanks for your great question!

If you'd like to use the Black Screen feature in TeamViewer, you can set it up directly on the remote Windows device. Here’s how to get everything configured:

As a first step, open TeamViewer on the remote device.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Navigate to Advanced settings.
3. Scroll down to Advanced settings for connections to this computer.
4. Enable Disable local input for incoming connections first, and then tick Enable black screen for remote connections.

You can also activate the Black Screen on demand during a remote control session:

1. Start a remote session.
2. Open the Actions menu.
3. Select Show Black Screen.

All steps, supported systems, customized black screen, and more are available in our Knowledge Base article:

TeamViewer Black Screen

If you have questions about the setup or run into anything unexpected, feel free to let us know. We're always here to help.

Best regards,
Sophia