# Show a “Sync completed” banner on mobile when sync completes **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** ui-ux\ **Created:** [December 19, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-a-sync-completed-banner-on-mobile-when-sync-completes/50021 "2022-12-19T08:53:16Z")\ **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:** [December 20, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-a-sync-completed-banner-on-mobile-when-sync-completes/50021/2 "2022-12-20T03:59:47Z")
You don’t have to go to Settings — just swipe open the right-side menu (there’s no button for it, which is why you might not know about it) and watch the sync icon. That’s still annoying to do, so there’s an existing request to always show the icon: > [@\[Mobile\] 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. … But your suggestion is an interesting alternative. Obviously the banner/alert should only show when receiving changes from other devices, or else it would appear constantly. I’d like to see a “Receiving changes” banner/alert when that’s happening, and then switch to “Sync completed” when it’s done. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-a-sync-completed-banner-on-mobile-when-sync-completes/50021)._