In the upper left corner of the screen there is one button and three menus:

The **Applications** menu

The **Places** menu

To access your windows and applications you can either:

Click on the <b>Activities</b> button.

You can see your windows and applications in the overview. You can also start typing to search your applications, files, and folders.

The **Applications** menu provides shortcuts to the [[included software|about/features]] and to GNOME configuration utilities.

<p><b><i>Settings</i></b></p>

<p>To change various system settings such as keyboard, mouse,
touchpad, or displays, choose <b>System Tools&nbsp;▸ Settings</b>.</p>

<p>By default, any setting that you change in Tails is lost when you shut
down. Only the settings that you saved in the [[Persistent
Storage|persistent_storage]] are restored when you restart Tails.</p>

<p>To learn about the many keyboard shortcuts in GNOME, open the
<i>Settings</i>. At the bottom of the <b>Keyboard</b> section, choose
<b>View and Customize Shortcuts</b>.</p>

<p><b><i>About Tails</i></b></p>

In the **Favorites** submenu, a few shortcuts allow you to launch the most frequently used applications:

The **Places** menu provides direct access to different folders and storage media.

The Tor status icon ([[!img lib/symbolic/tor-disconnected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]] or [[!img lib/symbolic/tor-connected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]]) provides a shortcut to *Onion Circuits*, which allows you to manage the Tor circuits being used by Tails.

[[See our documentation on *Onion Circuits*.|anonymous_internet/tor/circuits]]

[[See our documentation on accessibility.|accessibility]]

Click on **Lock screen** to lock your screen with a password.

<div class="tip">
<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 terminal:</p>

Click **Suspend** to suspend your computer.