# Mobile clocking: Shyfter Staff settings

> Set up clocking from the mobile app: authorisation, GPS geolocation, QR code scan, mandatory comment and history.

Source: https://help.shyfter.com/en/settings/mobile-clocking-shyfter-staff-settings  
Category: Settings  
Updated: 2026-07-01

## What this screen is for

This screen sets what your employees can do to clock from the **Shyfter Staff** mobile app. It is useful for field teams, sites without a fixed tablet, or mobile work.

Go to **Settings ⚙️ → Clocking → Shyfter Staff**.

## Available options

- **Allow users to clock via the mobile app**: gives the ability to clock in, clock out and take breaks from Shyfter Staff. This is the main switch of this screen; the other options depend on it.
- **Enable GPS geolocation at clocking**: at each clocking action, break or scan via the app, Shyfter records the employee's GPS position. This requires the user to have allowed location on their smartphone.
- **Enable QR code scanning**: your employees can scan a QR code from the app to clock.
- **Require QR code scan**: makes the scan mandatory; without scanning the QR code, the employee cannot clock. Handy to guarantee a physical presence at the workplace.
- **Allow offline clocking**: your employees can clock even without an internet connection. The clockings are only recorded once the connection is restored. Useful on sites where the network is unstable.
- **Make the comment mandatory**: the employee must leave a comment at the end of their clocking.
- **Hide clocking history for employees**: when enabled, employees only see their clocking history from the current month onwards.

Don't forget to save.

> The geolocation recorded here can be cross-referenced with the **Show an icon if a clocking is made outside the company perimeter** option (in **Settings ⚙️ → Clocking → Settings**), which flags in the timesheets the clockings made outside the zone.