Take back access somebody no longer needs
See who can still reach your screen, and remove anybody who no longer needs to — quietly, and without a conversation.
Permission granted once tends to stay granted. The nephew who set up the printer in 2023 may still be able to ask for your screen, and neither of you has thought about it since.
That is worth a look twice a year, and it is not a judgment on anybody. Access is a tap. It was given in a moment and it comes back in a moment, and nobody is told either way.
The setting worth finding first is the one that says who may ask. Set to nobody, an uninvited request cannot even reach your screen — which turns the whole cold-call problem into something the phone declines for you.
Key points
- Take away access from anybody who no longer needs it
- Set who may ask, so an uninvited request never reaches you
- Tell help you asked for from somebody arriving uninvited
What to remember
- Who started it is nearly the whole answer. If you did not pick up the telephone first, the answer is no.
- Trust given can be taken back at any time, quietly, and nobody is told.
Try this
Look once at whatever your phone or computer calls remote help or screen sharing, and see who is listed. Most people find one name they had forgotten. Removing it takes a press and tells nobody.
Practice: Take back access somebody no longer needs. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.