Screenshot privacy guide
How to Share Screenshots Without Exposing Personal Information
Screenshots are easy to share and easy to overshare. A useful checklist covers the main content, headers, corners, thumbnails, status areas, codes, and metadata before the final copy leaves your device.
By Qingxin Studio, the developer of HushPic · Updated
Start with the purpose
Decide what the recipient actually needs to see. A bug report may need the error and app state, but not a full account name, conversation list, notification banner, or payment balance.
Crop only when everything outside the new frame is unnecessary. Otherwise, cover individual details so the useful context remains.
Check common leak points
Review names, avatars, email, phone numbers, addresses, account IDs, order numbers, card-like numbers, faces, QR codes, barcodes, and background thumbnails.
Look at the top and bottom edges too. Status information, browser tabs, notifications, and navigation labels are often missed because attention stays on the center.
Treat automatic detection as a suggestion
Detection can miss small text, unusual layouts, reflections, handwriting, or partially visible faces. It can also cover content you intended to show.
Review every suggested mask, remove false positives, and add a manual area for anything the detector missed.
Verify the final copy
Inspect the generated image at a readable size, check the metadata layer, and share only the final copy. Keep the original unchanged so you can correct the redaction without losing information.
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