In the upper-left corner of the screen, there are 2 elements:

The Activities button [[!img lib/activities.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]

The Apps menu

<h2 id="activities">Activities button</h2>

To open the Activities Overview, you can either:

Click on the Activities button.

Throw your mouse pointer to the upper-left corner of the screen.

Press the [[!img lib/start.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt="Super"]] key on your keyboard.

<h2 id="applications">Apps menu</h2>

The **Apps** menu provides launchers for the [[included software|about/features]] and GNOME utilities.

<p>The <b><i>KeePassXC</i></b>Secrets</i></b> password manager allows you to store and manage secure
passwords.</p>

<p>The <b><i>Secrets</i></b> password manager allows you to store and manage secure
passwords.</p>

<p>See [[managing passwords wiusing the
<i>KeePassXCSecrets</i>|encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords]] password manager.</p>

<p>See [[managing passwords using the
<i>Secrets</i>|encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords]] password manager.</p>

<h2 id="accessibility">Accessibility menu</h2>

Select the **Lock Screen** button to lock your screen with a password.

<p>Your screen will automatically lock after some time if you have set up an
administration password. To disable this behavior, execute the following
command in a console.</p>

<p>For moreadded security, [[shut down Tails|doc/first_steps/shutdown]] entirely.</p>

<p>For added security, [[shut down Tails|doc/first_steps/shutdown]] entirely.</p>

The default *light* mode with colder colors and more brightness

A *dark* mode

A *night light* mode with warmer colors and less brightness

A combination of both the *dark* mode and *night light* mode