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title: Enable automatic cloudflared authentication
description: Enable automatic cloudflared authentication in Access.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zt-preview.png
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# Enable automatic cloudflared authentication

When users connect to an Access application through `cloudflared`, the browser prompts them to allow access by displaying this page:

![Access request prompt page displayed after logging in with cloudflared.](https://developers.cloudflare.com/_astro/access-screen.BXZJ23p9_Mn6VE.webp) 

Automatic `cloudflared` authentication allows users to skip this login page if they already have an active IdP session.

To enable automatic `cloudflared` authentication:

1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Zero Trust** \> **Access controls** \> **Applications**.
2. Locate your application and select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Authentication**.
4. Turn on **Allow automatic Cloudflared authentication**.
5. Select **Save**.

This option will still prompt a browser window in the background, but authentication will now happen automatically.

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