# swaylock > Screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. > More information: . - Lock the screen showing a white background: `swaylock` - Lock the screen with a simple color background (rrggbb format): `swaylock --color {{0000ff}}` - Lock the screen to a PNG background: `swaylock --image {{path/to/file.png}}` - Lock the screen and disable the unlock indicator (removes feedback on keypress): `swaylock --no-unlock-indicator` - Lock the screen and don't hide the mouse pointer: `swaylock --pointer {{default}}` - Lock the screen to a PNG background tiled over all monitors: `swaylock --image {{path/to/file.png}} --tiling` - Lock the screen and show the number of failed login attempts: `swaylock --show-failed-attempts` - Load configuration from a file: `swaylock --config {{path/to/config}}`