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# Inspect network traffic with the Postman Browser Tool
With the Postman Browser Tool, you can inspect network requests made by web applications directly inside Postman. Inspecting network traffic can help you understand how an application communicates with APIs, investigate authentication flows, and debug frontend and backend issues. You can review requests as they occur, filter traffic, and open requests as HTTP requests in Postman for further exploration and testing.
With developer tools, you can inspect page content, review console output, investigate application behavior, and troubleshoot issues while interacting with a web application.
The Browser Tool is supported at the workspace level in the Postman desktop app.
## Open the Postman Browser Tool
To open the Browser Tool in Postman, select **Tools > 
Browser** in the footer. The Browser Tool opens in a new tab. You can also use the keyboard shortcut `Cmd + Shift + B` (Mac) or `Ctrl + Shift + B` (Windows/Linux).
Once the Browser Tool is open, navigate to the web application you want to inspect.
## Inspect network traffic
As you interact with a web application, the Browser Tool records the requests made by the page. You can inspect this traffic to understand how the application communicates with APIs.
To inspect network traffic, do the following:
1. Open the Browser Tool and navigate to a web application.
2. In the right sidebar, click the **Network** tab.
3. Interact with the page to generate network activity.
4. Review the requests generated by the page in the right sidebar.
You can view the method, URL, status code, and duration for each request. You can also filter requests by URL or HTTP method to focus on the traffic you're interested in.
To clear the network activity, click **Clear**.
The Postman Browser Tool maintains its own cookies and browser session independently of your main Postman session.
## View your interactions with a page
The Browser Tool records your interactions with a page, including clicks, form submissions, and navigation events. You can use this to review your activity and understand how user actions map to application behavior.
To view your interactions with a page, do the following:
1. Open the **Browser Tool** and navigate to a web application.
2. Interact with the page to generate activity.
3. In the right sidebar, select the **Interactions** tab.
4. Review the recorded interactions in the table.
The **Interactions** tab lists each recorded event with the following details:
* **Source** — Whether the interaction was driven by Agent Mode or by you.
* **Action** — The type of event, such as **Navigated** or **Clicked**.
* **Locator** — The Playwright locator used to identify the element, such as `await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Copy page' }).click();`.
* **Time** — The time since the previous interaction.
You can click 
**Filter by action, locator, or source** to filter the interactions displayed in the table.
You can also click 
**Clear the interaction log** to remove all interactions.
## Work with requests
You can open requests in the Browser Tool as HTTP requests, enabling you to explore and work with requests observed in a web application. You can also create a collection from these requests. For example, you can modify request details, resend requests, save them to collections, add tests, and investigate API behavior outside of the browser.
To open a request, click a request in the **Network** tab. Postman opens a new HTTP request with the request URL, parameters, headers, and request body captured from the session.
To create a collection from requests, select the checkboxes next to the requests in the 
**Network** tab, then click **Create Collection**. Postman creates a new collection with HTTP requests for each of the selected requests.
## Use developer tools
The Browser Tool includes developer tools for inspecting and debugging web applications.
To open the developer tools, click 
**Tools** in the Browser Tool toolbar. You can use developer tools to inspect page content, review console output, debug frontend behavior, and investigate issues while interacting with web applications.