ScreenVeil
Screen-sharing setup

Choose what your audience sees

Find a focused way to share a page, an app or a multi-app demo—then test the receiving view before your call.

Share method chooser

A smaller share. Fewer surprises.

Choose what you need to show. Get a setup plan and a checklist to test it before the call.

Your answers stay on this page and are not saved or sent. This tool cannot see your screen, check permissions or verify the audience view.

Which meeting or recording app?
What does your audience need to see?

Your starting point

Build your setup plan

Choose your app and what you need to share. Start with a built-in tab or window share whenever it is enough.

One page

Start with tab sharing where supported.

One app

Look for a specific-window share.

Several apps

Switch window shares, or consider a filtered Mac feed.

Inside the shared window still means in the share

Private content inside a shared tab or window can still appear. Close it, move it out of the shared window, or put it in a separate window that you do not share. ScreenVeil does not selectively hide text inside a shared window.

Using ScreenVeil? Start here.

Share the window called Privacy Screen instead of your whole screen. These are the setup notes for each app.

Keep the window open while you pick it

Start ScreenVeil, then pick the Privacy Screen window in your meeting app. Once sharing starts, ScreenVeil hides the window from your own view. If it's missing from the share menu, choose Show Privacy Screen from the ScreenVeil menu and pick it again. Leave ScreenVeil running during the call.

If you share your entire display instead, ScreenVeil can't filter it. Do a test share or a short test recording before an important call.

Zoom

Pick the Privacy Screen window when you share. In Zoom Settings → Share screen → Advanced, turn on Share selected app window only, which keeps ScreenVeil's other windows out of the share. Keep the Privacy Screen window on a display while you share, or the share can freeze.

Google Meet

Choose Present now → A window, then pick Privacy Screen.

Microsoft Teams

Share a window instead of your whole screen, and pick Privacy Screen.

Loom

Record a window instead of your full screen, and pick the Privacy Screen window.

OBS

Add a macOS Screen Capture source, set it to Window Capture and pick the Privacy Screen window.

Before an important call

  1. Open something harmless to share, like a test slide, and start ScreenVeil with your private apps selected.
  2. Pick the window named Privacy Screen in your meeting or recording app. Don't share your whole desktop.
  3. In Zoom, turn on Share selected app window only (Settings → Share screen → Advanced). Keep the Privacy Screen window on a display, or the share can freeze.
  4. Join the call on a second device, or record a short clip and play it back. Change something on screen and check that it updates while your private apps stay hidden.
  5. Try Cover feed, Resume feed and the keyboard shortcut. If you can't confirm the cover works, stop sharing in the meeting app.
  6. When you're done, stop sharing in the meeting app before you stop the Privacy Screen. Go through this again after updating macOS or your meeting app, or changing displays.
Read the setup guide