# On mobile show sync status using the settings gear icon **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature archive\ **Tags:** sync\ **Created:** [March 21, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/on-mobile-show-sync-status-using-the-settings-gear-icon/34415 "2022-03-21T19:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/cawlinteffid/32/82899_2.png) [@CawlinTeffid](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/CawlinTeffid)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/on-mobile-show-sync-status-using-the-settings-gear-icon/34415/2 "2022-03-21T19:44:00Z")
Existing request for always-visible sync status: > [@\[Mobile\] Make Sync icon always visible](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/make-sync-icon-always-visible-feature/31780): > > I’d like the Obsidian Sync status icon to be always visible instead of hidden behind the 3-dot invisible swipe-out right menu, so I can know ASAP if there’s a sync error, and to avoid editing files that might be out of sync. When I move to a different device I’m often editing the same file (my daily note). I appreciate Obsidian Sync’s ability to merge conflicting changes, but sometimes it makes a small mess (like extra blank lines or [repeated text](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-sync-incorrectly-duplicates-sections-of-files/94732)), so I wait for Sync to complete before I edit. … What theme are you using where it takes several taps to see the sync status icon? In Default and California Coast it only takes 1 tap (which is still way too many). I think it would be better to just permanently expose the existing sync icon rather than overload the settings icon. That way things work the same on every platform and you can tap it to see the sync log (which wouldn’t work with the Settings icon). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/on-mobile-show-sync-status-using-the-settings-gear-icon/34415)._