# Screen start and open **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [January 7, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-and-open/1667595 "2022-01-07T11:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tanishq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tanishq/32/124339_2.png) [@tanishq](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tanishq)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-and-open/1667595/1 "2022-01-07T11:51:02Z")
What is the difference between `screen open` and `screen start` I read the docs but couldn’t figure out the difference. ---
**Author:** ![mimostel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mimostel/32/107661_2.png) [@mimostel](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mimostel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-and-open/1667595/2 "2022-01-07T11:55:19Z")
Short answer: at screen starts it executes when a screen is first time opened. At screen opens, it executes everytime when that screen is accessed (opened). ---
**Author:** ![tanishq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tanishq/32/124339_2.png) [@tanishq](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tanishq)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-and-open/1667595/3 "2022-01-07T14:13:47Z")
thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-and-open/1667595/4 "2022-04-07T14:14:28Z")
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