# Activate/Deactive Remote Control via Computer **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/activate-deactive-remote-control-via-computer/20967 "2022-04-29T13:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![yann.devisscher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a88e57/32.png) [@yann.devisscher](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/yann.devisscher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/activate-deactive-remote-control-via-computer/20967/6 "2022-05-04T11:07:23Z")
Hi Pedro, I got aware of your post and got happy reading it. I had the same problem a while ago and posted it in here. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to get back to “Remote” after changing the operational mode to “Manual” (or “Automatic”). If you only need to switch from “Remote” to “Automatic”, you can do that without passwords needed. If you really need to switch back to “Remote” and think this should be a MUST (as me), then please vote up for my post in the second link ("Wish: Switch…). > [@Switch back to Remote Control from another operational mode without Teach Pendant](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/switch-back-to-remote-control-from-another-operational-mode-without-teach-pendant/18048/3): > > Thank you very much for the information, but I seriously don’t see the hazard. Because: there isn’t a Teach Pendant connected if the user would connect a Teach Pendant while a program is active, the robot would go into Fault and stay that way, because the Safety configuration doesn’t correspond with the hardware configuration. For the robot to work without Teach Pendant, the safety installation has to configured previously (Hardware \> Teach Pendant → None). I think this is a feature that sho… > [@Wish: Switch back to Remote Control from another operational mode without Teach Pendant](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/wish-switch-back-to-remote-control-from-another-operational-mode-without-teach-pendant/19484/3): > > Hi eric, Thank you for the advice. As mentioned, yes it is possible to use the Dashboard (Remote Control) in that direction, but once you change the operation mode to Manual or Automatic, you loose the connection to the dashboard (no way back to Remote Mode). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/activate-deactive-remote-control-via-computer/20967)._