--- title: "Browse beside a Bearly chat" description: "Open sites in Bearly Browser, annotate a page, or approve limited site access for a chat task." canonical: "https://bearly.ai/docs/features/browser/" markdown: "https://bearly.ai/docs/features/browser.md" --- # Browse beside a Bearly chat HTML: [https://bearly.ai/docs/features/browser/](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/browser/) > Open sites in Bearly Browser, annotate a page, or approve limited site access for a chat task. > **Note — Limited availability** > Bearly Browser is an early desktop feature available to a limited set of accounts. Its controls may change while availability expands. If **Browser** is absent from desktop settings, the feature is not enabled for your account. Bearly Browser opens a visible web page beside a chat. You can browse it yourself, point Bearly at an exact part of a page, or let a chat read and operate sites you approve. The Browser uses a profile on this device for the current Bearly account. Its site sign-ins are separate from your normal browser, another Bearly account, and Bearly's own sign-in. ## Turn on Browser 1. Open Bearly desktop and select **App Settings**. 2. Under **Desktop**, select **Browser**. 3. Turn on **Enable Browser**. 4. If you want Bearly to operate pages for chat tasks, also turn on **Allow chats to use Browser**. New sites still require your approval. **Block ads and trackers** is available in supported desktop versions. If a page stops working correctly, turn it off temporarily and reload the page. ## Browse manually Select the plus icon beside the message box, then select **Browser**. You can also use the **Browser** globe in the chat title bar when it is shown. Enter a web address under **Browser address** and press Enter. The Browser opens beside the conversation with familiar **Back**, **Forward**, **Reload**, tab, and close controls. Use **Expand Browser** when you need more room, or **Open in system browser** to hand the current page to your usual browser. You can keep up to eight Browser tabs open. Closing the panel hides the Browser; it does not necessarily close the tabs or sign you out of sites. ## Ask Bearly to work with a site With **Allow chats to use Browser** on, make the target and boundary explicit: ```text copy In Browser, open the pricing page for this service and compare the three plans in a table. Do not sign in, start a trial, or submit anything. ``` When the task first needs a site, Bearly pauses at **Allow Browser access?**. Review the site address and reason, then choose whether to allow the single action, allow access for **This reply** or **This session**, continue without it, or stop the task. An approval applies to the named site, not the whole web. Another site asks separately. A manual address you open yourself is approved for the current Browser session. Bearly asks again before pressing Enter or activating a submit control. Passwords, payments, purchases, account creation, CAPTCHAs, file uploads, permission changes, and destructive actions remain for you to complete directly on the visible page. > **Caution — Treat pages as untrusted** > A website can contain misleading text or instructions aimed at an AI assistant. Review the visible site, the requested access, and any proposed submission. Do not put a secret into the chat or approve an action merely because a page asks for it. ## Point to part of a page Use an annotation when a visual element is easier to identify than to describe: 1. Open the page and select **Capture and annotate page**. 2. Click an element, or drag over a region. 3. Under **What should Bearly change or inspect?**, add a short instruction. 4. Select **Attach**. The captured annotation is added to the chat composer. 5. Add any remaining context and send the message. If the page changes before the annotation is attached, select the element again. Press Esc to cancel annotation mode. ## Bring in existing site sign-ins Under **App Settings** → **Desktop** → **Browser**, **Import browser cookies** can copy current sign-ins from a supported Chrome or Edge profile. 1. Choose a **Browser profile** and select **Import**. 2. Review **Import cookies from _profile_?**, then select **Import cookies**. 3. Reload any open pages after the import finishes. Only cookies are copied into the current account's Bearly Browser profile; the source browser is unchanged. Passwords, history, bookmarks, and autofill are not imported. Protected cookies may be skipped, and macOS may ask for access to the source browser's secure storage. ## Reset tabs or site data The two reset actions have different consequences: - **Reset open tabs** → **Reset tabs** closes Browser tabs and clears their local history and site approvals. Cookies and site sign-ins remain. - **Delete browser data** → **Delete data** signs this Bearly account out of sites and deletes its Browser cookies, cache, and local site storage on this device. It does not delete Bearly chats, Bearly account data, Browser preferences, or another Bearly account's Browser data. Turning off **Enable Browser** only hides the surface. It does not delete site data. ## If Browser does not work | What you see | What to do | | --- | --- | | **Browser** is missing | Confirm that you are using Bearly desktop. If it is still absent under **App Settings** → **Desktop**, the limited feature is not available for the account. | | A Browser setting asks for an update | Install the latest Bearly desktop version, restart it, and return to **App Settings** → **Desktop** → **Browser**. | | **That address uses an unsupported protocol.** | Enter a normal `https://` or `http://` web address. | | A site breaks with blocking enabled | Turn off **Block ads and trackers**, then reload the page. | | Cookies cannot be imported | Close the source browser, make sure its profile is available on this device, and try again. Protected cookie storage can prevent some or all cookies from being copied. | | Bearly cannot attach to a tab or annotation | Reload the page or open it in a new Browser tab, then retry the action. | | You no longer want site access active | End the reply, restart Bearly to clear session-length approvals, or use **Reset open tabs** to clear tab approvals immediately. | ## Continue through the documentation - [Documentation index](https://bearly.ai/docs.md): Browse every Bearly guide. - [Previous: Analyze data with Code Interpreter](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/code-interpreter.md) - [Next: Build an interactive Page](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/artifacts.md)