# Work in full-screen mode

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When you first connect to a Windows-based computer, the remote session appears as a window on your Mac desktop. You can change from window mode to full-screen mode. This maximizes the display to show only the desktop of the Windows-based computer.

Do any of the following:

| ##### Change to full-screen mode

Important

After you change to full-screen mode, the Mac menu bar and the Dock are hidden. To show the menu bar or the Dock, point to the edge of the screen where it is usually located. To return to window mode later, point to the top edge of the screen until the RDC menu bar appears. On the menu bar, click View, and then clear the Full Screen check box.

- On the View menu, click Full Screen.

  Tip When you point to the Dock in full-screen mode, the Dock overlays the Windows taskbar. To prevent the Dock (and the menu bar) from appearing in full-screen mode and obscuring the taskbar, change your Remote Desktop Connection display preferences.

| ##### Use keyboard shortcuts in full-screen mode

- Do any of the following:

  To | Press
  --- | ---
  Switch between window mode and full-screen mode | ⌘+2
  Fit contents of screen to window size, or show scroll bars when resizing | ⌘+1
  Put the remote session in the Dock | ⌘+H
  Quit Remote Desktop Connection | ⌘+Q

### See also

Close a connection

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