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I've got a TeamViewer session open. I can alt-tab to it, but then all hotkeys are captured by the TeamViewer session. This is great, but I'd like to be able to 'escape' back to the host without using the mouse, perhaps using some special meta shortcut. This question offers a solution using Windows RDP, but I the same key combinations don't seem to work in TeamViewer. Is there any solution for this?

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  • Just to rule out some possible alternatives, are shortcuts that use the Windows key captured by the session as well? (Win + Down Arrow for instance)
    – panhandel
    May 18, 2016 at 16:21
  • Yes, TeamViewer either sends key shortcuts or not, and selecting to send sends all of them, it appears. Programs such as Virtual Box will allow you to select a 'host key' that breaks you out. That's what I'm looking for here.
    – cemulate
    May 18, 2016 at 16:31
  • Looks like Scroll Lock will enable/disable sending shortcuts to remote system, so you could use it to disable sending hotkeys, then alt+tab locally, eventually go back to the remote window and Scroll Lock again to re-enable hotkeys on remote.
    – panhandel
    May 18, 2016 at 16:48
  • to panhandel, what do you mean about scroll lock working to do what the OP asks? I clicked it (both with and without the fn key my laptop keyboard had for that key), and it did NOT enable/disable Tv's sending of keys to the remote. Was so hopeful that it might. Apr 12, 2018 at 18:39
  • Like the OP, I would LOVE to find such a capability to "leave the teamviewer remote" and have shortcuts again work on the local machine. As a keyboard guy, I've missed this feature daily since leaving logmein (when it dropped free support), which DID offer such a key combination, ctrl+alt.) VirtualBox also offers it, in its "host" key (which defaults to the right control key). And before any helpful TV users might chime in, we are AWARE that there is the menu option to enable/disable sending of keys to the remote. We're wanting a keystroke toggle to do it, on demand, not disabling it entirely. Apr 12, 2018 at 18:43

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Since its 2020 and still no HostKey solution on TeamViewer - below little Autohotkey snippet worked:

  1. Install Autohotkey..
  2. Edit AutoHotkey file (under My Docs) on windows
  3. Add snippet below
  4. When Pressing ALT+' (to the left of the number 1), it will minimize the active window.

Tested with TeamViewer 15.1

; -------- ALT + ` 
; ----------- Minimize Active Window
!`::
    WinMinimize, A
  return
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  • Finally, a workable solution! Thank you! This has been bugging me for years!
    – Wizek
    Feb 8, 2020 at 6:51
  • Excellent! Also love the fact you've assigned it to `, conveniently located right above tab. I can alt-tab into TeamViewer and alt-` out of it in the blink of an eye :)
    – George
    Jan 14, 2021 at 11:51
  • Can confirm, this solution works flawlessly.
    – David G
    Mar 15, 2021 at 7:33
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Ugly, but no mouse; tested in Windows 10 host, and Windows 10 client.

Scenario

Suppose you have a tab open on your host, e.g. notepad (referred to as original-non-teamviewer-tab) while you are working in a teamviewer tab that controls your Windows 10 client:

Solution:

ctrl+alt+delete

down

down

down

down

enter (switches back to host, opening Task Manager.)

alt+tab+tab (switches back to your original non-teamviewer-tab.)

alt+tab (switches back to Task Manager.)

alt+F4 (closes Task Manager and switches back to your original non-teamviewer-tab.)

Approach 0

If you are willing to accept task manager to remain as open tab you can reduce the minimal required number of sequential key presses from 10 to 8.

Approach 1

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-alt-tab-on-teamviewer claims you can enable and disable Sending key combinations with scroll lock. That would reduce the amount of sequential keypresses to 2 in stead of 10. But I have not yet been unable to verify their solution.

Approach 2

Alternatively you could make an autohotkey script of the solution and map it to a single key press.

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I just discovered that, in Windows 10, the key combination for switching desktop (Ctrl+Win+Arrow_key) is not being intercepted by TeamViewer.

So, my solution is to put TeamViewer in a separate virtual desktop and switch back to the main (or another one) with Ctrl + Win + Arrow_key

p.s. Be careful to start the key combination with the Ctrl

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  • This is a brilliant find! Thanks a lot, you saved my time. TeamViewer should really learn from VMWare for its smooth interaction functionality
    – dbdq
    Mar 25, 2021 at 8:49
  • Actually, after a while TeamViewer started capturing Ctrl + Win + Arrow again. bummer..
    – dbdq
    Mar 25, 2021 at 8:56
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this is what did it for me: go to teamviewer options -> remote control -> and disable "send key combinations"

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