Black Screen Teamviewer: How to fix?

I am trying to use Teamviewer. When I connect to my friend’s computer it just shows a black screen. My cursor shows up sometimes. But the black screen doesn’t go away. We tried connecting several times. But the issue is still there.

There are several reasons why your Teamviewer session shows just a black screen and nothing else. Here are some of the most common causes of the issue.

  1. You tried to connect to a remote computer with no monitor connected.
  2. Your connection is not established correctly due to a network restriction or error.
  3. Your Teamviewer service is not running correctly or some other programs conflicting it.
  4. You are running a very old Teamviewer version which has some bugs.
  5. You/the remote computer uses an extra remote desktop application running on the background.

To solve the black screen problem in Teamviewer, you can do any one of the following things.

  • Simply restart the Teamviewer including its service from the Task manager.
  • Restart your PC to solve any application conflicts.
  • Check if you are running the latest version of the Teamviewer, if not, update it.
  • Check if there is any other remote desktop applications running either on your PC or the remote computer. If so, close it.
  • Check your internet connection for reliability and speed.