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The NinjaOne Remote Mobile Application

Topic

This article explains how to use the NinjaOne Remote mobile application.

Environment

NinjaOne Remote

Description

The NinjaOne Remote mobile application, which may appear in your application store as NinjaRMM Screenshare Utility, is NinjaOne's built-in remote control tool. This app empowers you to quickly and securely take control of your managed endpoints directly from your mobile device.

Features include:

  • One-click access from the mobile application
  • Fast and intuitive controls
  • Full keyboard functionality
  • Mult-monitor support

Index

Select a category to learn more:

Support

You can download the mobile application to your Apple iOS, Apple iPadOS, or Android device.

  • Android version 8 or newer is supported.
  • Apple iOS 6 is currently compatible, and iOS 12 or later is supported.
    • At this time, NinjaOne's mobile app is not compatible with iPhone XS.

The NinjaOne Remote mobile application supports the following servers and workstations:

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Apple macOS
  • Linux
We strongly recommend downloading the NinjaOne Assist mobile application as a companion tool. If you are enabling NinjaOne Remote for Apple iOS or Android, you must also install the NinjaOne Assist mobile app on all organization-owned mobile devices. Refer to NinjaOne Assist Mobile Application for more information.

Refer to NinjaOne Remote: Getting Started for additional support information.

Download the Mobile Application

Open your App Store or Google Play from the mobile device you will use to access your managed endpoints remotely. Search for "NinjaRemote" and download the app from developer NinjaRMM, LLC.

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Figure 1: NinjaOne Remote mobile application tile

Using the Mobile Application

The NinjaOne Remote application is considered a "helper" application. That is, the application does not do anything on its own, and you will see the following dialog on your screen if you open it.

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Figure 2: NinjaOne Remote mobile application notification

The NinjaOne Remote application leverages the NinjaOne Mobile application, which you can learn more about at NinjaOne Platform: The Mobile Application. When you initiate a remote session from the NinjaOne Mobile application, your device will use the NinjaOne Remote mobile application to launch the session, automatically starting the application on your device.

Once you terminate the session on the NinjaOne Remote mobile application, you must go back to the NinjaOne Mobile application to initiate it again.

Manage Application Settings

Tap the gear icon in the NinjaOne Remote mobile application to manage your settings. Use the icons on the sidebar menu to navigate through the sections.

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Figure 3: NinjaOne Remote mobile application settings

Session

In this section, you can configure the following settings:

  • Session Timeout: add or remove an automated timeout to exit out of the remote session.
  • On session close: optionally lock the device or log out the technician when the remote session ends.
  • Clipboard Synchronize
  • On session close clear clipboard
  • Disable technician keyboard and mouse
  • Show remote cursor

Resolution

You can only adjust these settings during a remote session.

Interface

In this section, you can configure the following settings:

  • Configure inactivity timeout
  • Auto keyboard on input
  • Enable paste as keystrokes icon on toolbar
  • Show toolbar on left
  • Interface size
  • Mouse speed
  • Gesture sensitivity
  • Show multi-monitors button
  • Touch as mouse

System

In this section, you can configure the following settings:

  • Hybrid Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) link
  • Grayscale video
  • Enable audio
  • Volume
  • Video quality
  • Keyboard mode (key codes or text)
  • Proxy type

Information

In this section, you can view the following data:

  • Version
  • Qt runtime and build
  • Status
  • Session
  • Remote player
  • Proxy type
  • Duration
  • TCP
  • Codec

Additional Resources

Refer to the following resources to learn more about NinjaOne Remote and our mobile applications:

FAQ

Next Steps