How to Use Chromebook Remote Desktop

Jun. 17, 2024

Chrome Remote Desktop offers a great way to connect to computers remotely via your Chromebook and other PCs. It makes it really easy to connect and gives you a host of features to make it easier to access the other computer and even transfer files from your Chromebook to the remotely connected PC and vice versa. The best part is, it is available across all operating systems. Here’s how to use Chromebook Remote Desktop.

Before we get started, while it is possible toremotely accessa Windows or Mac screen directly, Remote Access isn’t supported onChromebooks; hence, you will have to use the Remote Support feature. The difference between the two is, that Remote Access saves your PCs in Remote Desktop and can let you access the display with just a click, whereas you need to enter a code every time you try to share your Chromebook display using Remote Support.

Method 1: Use Remote Desktop on Chromebook

And that’s how you can share your Chromebook’s screen with other PCs. While we wish the Remote Access feature were supported in ChromeOS, the Remote support feature is still immensely helpful if you want to, say, help someone who’s facing an issue on their Chromebook. You can repeat the same process with the Windows or Mac PC.

Your Chromebook screen should now show up on your Android or iOS device. You can access more options by tapping thehamburger icon>Settings.

As we mentioned earlier, Chromebooks don’t support Remote Access but Remote Support. Hence, if you’re traveling and want to access your Chromebook’s screen, you will need to have someone let you in by generating and sending you the access code for the session. We hope Google addresses this in the future.

What are your thoughts on the Chrome Remote Desktop feature? What other features would you want Google to add to the same? Let us know in the comments.