# Exit RDP Full Screen (and other keyboard shortcuts)

**URL:** https://community.royalapps.com/t/exit-rdp-full-screen-and-other-keyboard-shortcuts/260
**Category:** Royal TS (for Windows)
**Tags:** tutorial
**Created:** [September 20, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/exit-rdp-full-screen-and-other-keyboard-shortcuts/260 "2016-09-20T06:53:17Z")
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#### Post date: [September 20, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/exit-rdp-full-screen-and-other-keyboard-shortcuts/260/1 "2016-09-20T06:53:17Z")

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If you switch between embedded and full screen mode in Remote Desktop connections, sometimes the connection bar at the top can disappear and you may have a hard time to exit full screen or restore the connection bar - especially when the Windows Key redirection is enabled.

To show the connection bar, press CTRL + ALT + HOME

If the connection bar still doesn’t appear, you can exit full screen by pressing CTRL + ALT + BREAK

You can find more shortcuts under Remote Desktop connection shortcuts here:

[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts)

**Note:** the Remote Desktop shortcuts may only work when _Windows Key Passthrough_ is disabled in the Remote Desktop connection properties under _Advanced -\> Input_.