Claude Code Remote Control: Continue Your Desktop Session From Your Phone

In short: Remote Control connects a Claude Code session running on your computer to claude.ai/code or the Claude mobile app. Claude keeps running on your machine; your files, MCP servers and project settings stay there. Your phone is just a window into that session.

What you need

• Plan: Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise. It doesn’t work with an API key.
• Team / Enterprise: an Owner has to turn on Remote Control in the Claude Code admin settings first.
• Sign-in: run claude in your terminal and sign in to your claude.ai account with /login.
• Computer: it has to stay on, with the claude process running.

Three ways to start

1. Server mode: type claude remote-control. The terminal shows the session URL; press space to get a QR code for your phone. Use --name "My project" to name the session.
2. Normal session with remote access: claude --remote-control (or --rc). You keep typing in the terminal, and the same session opens on your phone too.
3. Move an open session: type /remote-control or /rc in a running session. It also works in the desktop app’s Code tab and in the VS Code extension.

Connecting from your phone

Scan the QR code and the session opens straight in the Claude app. You can also open the URL from the terminal in any browser, or pick the online session from claude.ai/code or the Code tab in the app. If the app isn’t installed, type /mobile in Claude Code to get a QR code for the app store.

To turn it on for every session, set “Enable Remote Control for all sessions” to true in /config.

Good to know

• From your phone you can send messages, approve actions and attach files; commands like /model, /effort and /compact work. Some commands, such as /plugin and /resume, only work in the terminal on your computer.
• If you close the terminal, the session goes offline. In server mode, the process exits if the internet is down for about 10 minutes.
• On a remote server, start the session inside tmux or screen.

Free PDF guide

Download the 3-page setup guide to see every step in one place (in Turkish).

Source: Claude Code docs – Remote Control. Accurate as of November 14, 2026.