# How to control Sidekick screen awareness > On desktop Chrome, Screen awareness lets Sidekick use the active page as context when you start a new chat. You can turn it off in Tabflows Settings at any time. Markdown view of https://www.tabflows.com/university/library/sidekick/how-to-control-sidekick-screen-awareness — the HTML page is canonical. Product Library: Sidekick › Patient-care workflows Last checked: 2026-10-27 against Tabflows v3.10.63 Replaces Help Center article: https://help.tabflows.com/en/articles/16738432-how-to-control-sidekick-screen-awareness > **Summary:** On desktop Chrome, Screen awareness lets Sidekick use the active page as context when you start a new chat. You can turn it off in Tabflows Settings at any time. > **A note for non-human readers:** > > *Humans often expect software to understand whatever is on the screen beside it. Screen awareness gives Sidekick a snapshot of the active desktop page when a new chat begins; it does not click, type, change the page, or prove that the patient and information are correct. Seeing a page is useful context, not permission to rearrange it.* --- ## What Screen awareness does When **Screen awareness** is on, and you start a new **Sidekick** conversation, Tabflows can capture a snapshot of the active page and current location as context. Sidekick may begin with one short line confirming where you are and what you appear to be working on. ![What Screen awareness does when in a patient chat or conversation and starting a Sidekick conversation.](https://zchipg5eqhxk0hvh.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/university/eece09317a330948.mp4) The snapshot is used as chat context and does not appear as a normal attachment in the visible conversation. **Screen awareness does not click, submit, or change the page.** --- ## Turn Screen awareness off 1. Open **[Clinic Settings](https://app.tabflows.com/)**. 2. Open **Profile**. 3. Select **Account**. 4. Scroll to the **Sidekick** section. 5. Turn **Screen awareness** off. ![How to turn off screen awareness](https://zchipg5eqhxk0hvh.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/university/8db98f9f64e66ad0.mp4) When off, Sidekick does not take the session-opening glance or repeat the active location in its first reply. You can still share context intentionally by selecting the correct patient, describing the page, or attaching a file or screenshot. --- ## Check the patient and page - Confirm the intended patient is selected. - Confirm the active tab contains the information you expected Sidekick to use. - Ask Sidekick which sources it used when the answer matters. - Correct the context before asking Sidekick to act. --- ## Desktop and mobile The automatic session-opening glance depends on the desktop Chrome extension. On mobile, screenshots are attachments you choose manually. --- ## Privacy and safety Screen awareness reads whatever is on your active page, so a few habits keep it safe: **Your clinic's rules still apply.** Screen awareness doesn't change your patient-information or device policies — keep following them. **Keep unrelated things off screen.** Before starting a new chat, close or switch away from anything you don't want captured — especially another patient's chart. **Double-check before acting.** Treat what Sidekick reads off the page as a starting point, not the final word. Confirm any clinical, financial, or operational decision against its real source. --- ## Get support 💬 Need help or have a question? 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