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Manage your screens

Rename, move, activate, deactivate and sync screens from the Screens page and each screen's own page.

Plan: All plansWho can do it: Admins6 steps
  1. 1

    See all screens

    Go to Screens. Each screen shows its type (Single room or Overview grid), whether it's active, the room or board it shows and its battery where there is one. Switch between card and table view.

    Every screen, with its type, status, room or board and battery.
  2. 2

    Open a screen

    Click Configure on a screen to open its page.

    A screen's page: its name, type, template and colour mode.
  3. 3

    Name the screen

    Under the screen's settings, set a Screen name such as 'Boardroom Door'. Leave it blank to use the room's name. Click Save settings.

    A screen's page: its name, type, template and colour mode.
  4. 4

    Move it to another room

    Use Change room on the screen's page. Or open the room it's on, go to the Screens tab, click Move…, pick the new room and click Move here.

    A room's Screens tab lists every screen showing it.
  5. 5

    Sync, preview, activate or deactivate

    Under Status & sync, see when the screen last synced, click Sync now to fetch the latest bookings, or Preview screen → to see what it shows. Click Deactivate to free up a slot on your plan, or Activate to turn it back on.

    Status & sync shows the last sync and lets you sync, preview or deactivate.
  6. 6

    Remove a screen

    Scroll to the bottom of the screen's page. For a virtual screen, click Delete virtual screen, then Confirm delete: its link stops working at once. For a self-hosted screen, click Delete self-hosted screen, then Confirm delete: the device goes back to 'Setup required' with a new claim code. For a TRMNL screen, click Open TRMNL plugins and uninstall the Lobby plugin in TRMNL, and Lobby removes the screen automatically. If that doesn't work, click Force-remove from Lobby, then Confirm force-remove.

What happens next

A deactivated screen stops syncing the calendar until you activate it again. Removing a screen leaves its room and the room's settings as they are.

Tips

  • Only active screens count towards your plan's limit. Inactive screens, rooms and boards don't.
  • A screen shows one room (Single room) or one board (Overview grid), never both. Change it under Screen type.
  • A warning on a screen card means it hasn't synced for more than 15 minutes, usually a calendar permission or network problem.

If something goes wrong

Sync now says 'Attach this screen to a room before syncing.'

Attach the screen to a room first, using Attach to a room on its page.

Related guides

Edit or delete a roomRooms and calendarsCreate an overview boardBoardsFix a room that isn't syncingTroubleshooting

Still stuck?

Open Support at the bottom of the dashboard sidebar and send us a ticket. We reply by email, in the same thread.

Prefer email?

Write to support@usethelobby.com and include your organisation's domain.