> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cutaway-docs.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hide private info

> Blur or cover emails, passwords and anything else you don't want people to see.

Did your recording show an email address, a password or a bank number? You can blur it out.

## Blur part of the screen

**1. Go to the moment**

Click the timeline where the private info first shows up.

**2. Add a blur**

In the tools on the left of the preview, click the **blur** button (it says "Hide sensitive content" when you hover over it).

**3. Drag over the private info**

Drag a box on the preview over the part you want to hide. Press **Done**.

**4. Make it last long enough**

A pink **Blur** block appears on the timeline. Drag its ends so it covers the whole time the info is on screen.

![Drawing a blur box over part of the preview, with the Mask panel open](https://mintcdn.com/cutaway-docs/XxDikROkCqqX_dyv/images/screens/mask.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=XxDikROkCqqX_dyv\&q=85\&s=afb916d78d70a705e58404f177c0eebc)

### Blur styles

* **Blur**: makes it fuzzy and unreadable.
* **Cover**: hides it with a solid box.
* **Spotlight**: the opposite. Everything *except* the box is darkened, to draw attention to it.

### Change a blur

Click the blur block on the timeline to open its panel on the right.

* **Style**: **Blur**, **Cover** or **Spotlight**.
* **Pinned to**: what the blur sticks to: **Screen**, **Camera A** or **Camera B**. Use a camera when the private info is in your camera picture, like a note on the wall behind you.
* **Drag on the preview to redraw**: draw the box again.
* **Left**, **Top**, **Width** and **Height**: move or resize the box exactly.

> [!TIP]
>
> The blur sticks to what it's pinned to. It moves with your screen when you zoom or change layouts, so the info stays hidden.

## Let Cutaway find private info

Cutaway can look for things like email addresses, passwords, keys and card numbers for you.

Click the **shield** in the tools on the left of the preview, then press **Scan the recording**. Cutaway shows what it found, and you choose what to blur.

![The Find sensitive data window with a Scan the recording button](https://mintcdn.com/cutaway-docs/XxDikROkCqqX_dyv/images/screens/find-sensitive.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=XxDikROkCqqX_dyv\&q=85\&s=c8e66598a827b2a3ce391d11a40c3421)

> [!NOTE]
>
> The scan happens on your Mac. Nothing is sent anywhere. Always watch your video before sharing, too, in case something was missed.


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