This article applies to all TeamViewer customers with a Remote Access, Premium, Corporate, or Tensor Subscription.
General
The TeamViewer Web Client allows you to start outgoing TeamViewer connections from your browser to contacts or devices saved in your Computers & Contacts list as well as to session codes and TeamViewer IDs.
Easy access, as well as connecting to an unattended device via a saved password is also supported via the Web Client.
Compatibility
The TeamViewer Web Client works for outgoing connections from the following browsers:
- Chrome
- Firefox*
- Opera
- Edge
- Safari (15 or higher)**
Connections to the TeamViewer full version, Host, and QuickSupport running on Windows, macOS, and Linux are possible as well as sessions to mobile devices.
Additionally, you can connect to sessions codes from the Management Console.
⚠* The Web Client is currently not working with Firefox 96.
⚠** To enable the Web Client on Safari, please follow the instructions below.
How to enable the Web Client on Safari
📌Note: These instructions are applicable for Safari 15.1 users only. Users with Safari 15.2 or higher can ignore this chapter and go directly to the next chapter (How to use the Web Client).
1) Open Terminal application
2) Run the following command:
launchctl setenv __XPC_JSC_useSharedArrayBuffer 1
3) Quit Safari (top left Menu ➜ Safari ➜ Quit Safari)
4) Restart Safari
📌Note: You need to perform these steps every time you restart Safari or your Mac.
How to use the Web Client
To connect from the TeamViewer Web Client, please follow the steps below:
1) Log in to the Management Console with your licensed TeamViewer Account.
💡Hint: SSO login is supported.
2) Navigate to the contact or device you want to connect to from within your Groups and click Connect
3) A PopUp appears and let you choose which connection method you prefer. To use the Web Client, please choose WebClient and click Connect:
💡Hint: You can save this connection method as your preferred connection way by ticking Remember my choice. You can revert this setting in your profile settings at any time. To do so, connect to the Management Console, click on your profile name ➜ Edit profile ➜ Browser settings and click Remove.
4) A new tab with the WebClient opens. Please click on Connect to continue:
📌Note: In this tab, you can change the ID to connect to a different device.
5) In the following dialog, please enter the remote device's password (only if Easy Access has not been activated) and click Log on.
6) The connection will open in the same tab and you have the following settings available (Screenshot from a connection from Chromium to a TeamViewer full version on macOS Big Sur.)
For more information about its features, please review the following article:
If you are connecting from macOS, please refer to this article:
In-session features
- End session and lock remote computer
- Lock computer
- Lock now
- Lock on session end
- Sign out on remote computer
- Remote reboot
- Reboot
- Reboot in safe mode
- Send Ctrl+Alt+Del
- Black screen & Disable remote input
- View: Scaling, Quality, Switch monitors, Performance (except Show remote cursor (WIP))
- VoIP (for connections to Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS)
- Feedback
Clipboard functionality
You can copy and paste plain text to and/or from the web client. See the details here:
- Right-click copy and paste works for all platforms/OS and all supported browsers.
- Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C – Ctrl+V) are working when OS and desktop client is windows. In other OS and desktop platforms, the keyboard shortcuts are not functional yet.
Firefox
In order to allow this functionality on your Firebox browser please enable clipboard events in the advanced settings.
Here’s how:
- Type about:config to URL address and hit enter.
- In the filter input, type the word clipboard
- Find setting dom.events.testing.asyncClipboard and change to true as seen in the screenshot below
