How to control multiple computers at once

Install the free RemoteAccessApp Agent on each computer and add them all to your account (Windows 10 and 11, or a Linux desktop). They show up on the Devices page of the Console, and how to manage multiple computers from one place covers that setup and the everyday jobs. If you want to reach them with nobody there, turn on unattended access on each one first; see unattended access on multiple computers.

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   Step 1: Select the PCs

   On the Devices page, Ctrl+click each PC you want, or drag across them.

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   Step 2: Open them with mirrored input

   Right-click the selection and choose Open (number) with mirrored input, for example Open 3 with mirrored input. Each PC opens in its own session.

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   Step 3: Work on any one of them

   Click, type and use shortcuts as normal. The toolbar shows Mirroring and how many PCs are following along, and everything you do happens on all of them.

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   Step 4: Turn mirroring off when you're done

   Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M, or use Mirror input in Live sessions, to stop mirroring and keep working on one PC at a time. The same shortcut turns it back on for sessions that are already open.

When the PCs aren't identical, a command is more reliable than clicks. Select the PCs on the Devices page, right-click and choose Run a command on (number) PCs…. Type it once and you get each PC's output and exit code separately, so you can see straight away where it worked. Windows PCs use Command Prompt, PowerShell or VBScript, and Linux PCs use bash.

The same menu can send a message to all of them or check them for updates. Nothing runs on a PC that's set to view-only. For processes, services and logs across your PCs, see how to manage multiple Windows computers remotely.

ProFor a script you'll run again, or on a schedule, use Management: run a script on many PCs.

With several PCs open, Live sessions shows them as a Grid, all on screen at once, or in Focus, one big with the rest a click away. Ctrl+Alt+PgUp and Ctrl+Alt+PgDn jump between them. It's the easiest way to keep an eye on a job running on every PC. More on working with several sessions in how to remote desktop into multiple computers.

• Same clicks on identical PCs (installing something, changing a setting): mirrored input.
• Anything that can be typed as a command, or PCs that look different: Run a command.
• Keeping an eye on many screens at once: the Grid in Live sessions.
• The same job every week, or on PCs that are off right now: Management in Pro.

Each PC asks the person there to allow the session unless unattended access is on for you, and every PC shows a banner while you're connected, mirroring included. The free plan opens up to 3 PCs at the same time, out of up to 5 in your account. Pro removes both limits.