Hide things in a guide
Covers from the video carry over to every step they show up in. Add more from the guide: click something the take recorded, or drag a box.
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Where to find it
- Guide editor
- Timeline
- Cover
- 1Press Cover on the guide’s timeline, or Draw a box beside Hide something under Privacy in Simple.
- 2Click something on the picture to hide it while it shows, or drag a box.
- 3Drag the cover’s ends on the timeline to hide it on more steps or fewer.
- Choose how it hides, as in the video: blur, pixelate or a solid cover.
- Anything you hid in the video is already hidden on every step it appears in.
- If a cover hides most of what a step clicked, its heading leaves the name out.
- Press ⌫ to delete a selected cover.
Read next
Blur, pixelate or cover something privateHide part of the recording for exactly as long as it shows. Point at it to cover it, or draw a box, then choose Blur, Pixelate or a solid cover.Choose and mark up a step’s picturePick the exact moment a step’s picture is taken from, and add arrows, text and shapes to it with the screenshot editor’s tools.
Something not working the way this page says? See Troubleshooting, or start from Getting started.