> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://differentai-automation-changelog-v0-18-47-34930490677.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Control the browser

> How to use OpenWork to automate the built-in browser

Use the built-in OpenWork Browser for websites. To work in a native Mac app, use the separate [Computer Use extension](/start-here/do-work-with-it/use-desktop-apps).

OpenWork can open pages, click, fill forms, read page content, and take screenshots inside that browser. If you connect to a remote OpenWork server, the browser runs on that remote worker.

Today, the supported path is the first-party `OpenWork Browser` extension.

## Requirements

* Use the desktop app or a remote worker that exposes the OpenWork Browser.
* Keep `OpenWork Browser` enabled in `Settings > Library`.

Then go back to the session view and ask OpenWork to open a website.

In the desktop browser toolbar, **Suspend** frees a tab's memory after a warning. This is manual, not a page snapshot: form input, scroll position, and page history are lost. **Reload** or selecting the suspended tab opens its saved URL again. Tabs opened or restored for browser work stay protected until `browser.release_tab` declares all running and queued work complete. Release does not suspend or invalidate the current target; there is no automatic reclamation. For later work, `browser.restore_tab` checks conversation ownership and returns a fresh protected handle to use.

## Keyboard shortcuts

In the desktop app, these shortcuts apply when a built-in browser page, its URL field, or its browser controls have focus:

| Action                                                      | macOS   | Windows / Linux |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------- |
| Close the focused browser tab, keeping OpenWork open        | `Cmd+W` | `Ctrl+W`        |
| Reopen that conversation's most recently closed browser tab | `Cmd+T` | `Ctrl+T`        |

The native app menu's **Close** command also closes the focused browser tab before closing the window.

Reopening creates a fresh page from a URL kept only in memory, not a saved page snapshot. It does not restore form input, scroll position, or page history, and closed-tab URLs do not survive an app restart.

After closing the last browser tab, press the reopen shortcut immediately. Clicking elsewhere, pressing `Tab`, or changing conversations clears that immediate browser context. With the chat composer focused, `Cmd+T` / `Ctrl+T` still cycles conversations instead of reopening a browser tab.