Control Android Phone From PC | Scrcpy
Scrcpy :-
Scrcpy application provides display and control android phone from PC devices connected to USB (or over TCP/IP). It does not require any root access. It works on Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux.
When your phone was not working properly or screen broken then you can use these techniques and control your Android Phone. Here we provide some steps and screenshot for you can easily understand – how to control android phone using Scrcpy? Here you can access your android phone using USB Debugging or remotely control using TCP/IP .

Requirements:-
- The Android device requires at least API 21 or Android 5.0.
- Make sure you enabled adb debugging on your PC.
How To Download And Install This App :-
Windows :-
In Windows, for simplicity with all the dependencies (including adb
) is available bellow download link :
It is also available in Chocolatey:
choco install scrcpy choco install adb # if don't have it
And in Scoop:
scoop install scrcpy scoop install adb # if don't have it
macOS :-
The application is available in Homebrew and just install it:
brew install scrcpy
You need adb
, accessible from your PATH
. If don’t have it :
brew cask install android-platform-tools
Linux :-
On Debian and Ubuntu (20.04):
apt install scrcpy
Run Using USB :-
Plug an Android device with your PC and also turn on USB Debugging option,After that Open Command Prompt or Terminal in where you download or install this app and execute in :-
scrcpy
Exapmle:-

Run Wirelessly :-
Scrcpy uses adb
to communicate with the device you want to connect, and adb
can connect to a device over TCP/IP :-
- Connect the device to the same Wi-Fi as your computer.
- Get your device IP address (in Settings → About phone → Status).
- Enable adb over TCP/IP on your device:
adb tcpip 5555
- Unplug your device.
- Connect to your device:
adb connect DEVICE_IPAddress:5555
(replaceDEVICE_IPAddress
)
- Run
scrcpy
Example :-

Some Additional Features :-
It is useful to decrease the bit-rate:
scrcpy -b2M -m800
If several devices are listed in adb devices
list, you must specify the serial no of the device:
scrcpy -s 0123456789abcdef
If the device is connected over TCP/IP:
scrcpy -s 192.168.0.1:5555
To prevent the device to sleep after some delay when the device is plugged in:
scrcpy --stay-awake scrcpy -w
It is possible to turn the device screen off while mirroring on start with a command-line option:
scrcpy --turn-screen-off scrcpy -S
Or by pressing Ctrl
+o
at any time.
The window may be rotated:
scrcpy --rotation 1
0
: no rotation1
: 90 degrees counterclockwise2
: 180 degrees3
: 90 degrees clockwise
The rotation can also be changed dynamically with Ctrl
+←
(left) and Ctrl
+→
(right).
Sometimes, it is useful to mirror an Android device at a lower definition to increase performance.
scrcpy -m 1024
It accepts command-line arguments, listed by:
scrcpy --help
Audio is not forwarded by scrcpy.
Shortcuts :-
Action | Shortcut | Shortcut (macOS) |
Switch fullscreen mode | Ctrl+f | Cmd+f |
Rotate display left | Ctrl+← (left) | Cmd+← (left) |
Rotate display right | Ctrl+→ (right) | Cmd+→ (right) |
Resize window to 1:1 (pixel-perfect) | Ctrl+g | Cmd+g |
Resize window to remove black borders | Ctrl+x | Double-click¹ | Cmd+x | Double-click¹ |
Click on HOME | Ctrl+h | Middle-click | Ctrl+h | Middle-click |
Click on BACK | Ctrl+b | Right-click² | Cmd+b | Right-click² |
Click on APP_SWITCH | Ctrl+s | Cmd+s |
Click on MENU | Ctrl+m | Ctrl+m |
Click on VOLUME_UP | Ctrl+↑ (up) | Cmd+↑ (up) |
Click on VOLUME_DOWN | Ctrl+↓ (down) | Cmd+↓ (down) |
Click on POWER | Ctrl+p | Cmd+p |
Power on | Right-click² | Right-click² |
Turn device screen off (keep mirroring) | Ctrl+o | Cmd+o |
Turn device screen on | Ctrl+Shift+o | Cmd+Shift+o |
Rotate device screen | Ctrl+r | Cmd+r |
Expand notification panel | Ctrl+n | Cmd+n |
Collapse notification panel | Ctrl+Shift+n | Cmd+Shift+n |
Copy device clipboard to computer | Ctrl+c | Cmd+c |
Paste computer clipboard to device | Ctrl+v | Cmd+v |
Copy computer clipboard to device and paste | Ctrl+Shift+v | Cmd+Shift+v |
Enable/disable FPS counter (on stdout) | Ctrl+i | Cmd+i |
Official development GitHub Page :- https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
If want to visit developer page then click:
https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/DEVELOP.md