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Share & Publish

Share a screenshot safely

Screenshots leak tabs, notifications, email addresses, and window titles. Double-check before sending.

Goal

Share screen captures without exposing unrelated accounts, locations, or personal details.

Best first move

Crop tightly, blur sensitive parts, and save as a flattened image.

Recommended path

Best first move: Crop tightly, blur sensitive parts, and save as a flattened image.

  1. 1

    Crop to the relevant area

    Remove browser tabs, bookmarks bar, desktop icons, and taskbars.

  2. 2

    Check for notifications

    Hide pop-ups, banners, and chat previews before capturing.

  3. 3

    Blur identifiers

    Cover names, emails, account numbers, and addresses.

  4. 4

    Flatten and clean

    Export as PNG/JPEG and run through a metadata cleaner.

Best tools for this

MAT2

easy

Cleaning metadata from images, PDFs, Office files.

Simple drag-and-drop metadata removal.

ObscuraCam

easy

Blurring faces in photos/videos before publishing.

Mobile-first from Guardian Project; easy face pixelation.

Warnings

Pixel-perfect leaks

Even tiny UI text can expose software versions or account names.

URL bars identify you

Bookmarks, extensions, and tab titles can fingerprint your setup.

Limitations

Screenshots are lossy but still rich

Compression does not remove text; it only makes images smaller.

Cloud screenshot tools may store originals

Built-in OS screenshot upload services can sync before you review.

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