Hide My Screen covers your Mac with a privacy overlay. A small spotlight follows your cursor, and in the full version your typing, so you can keep working while people around you see nothing useful.
One-time purchase. No account required. 30-day refund.
Or get the free App Store version: overlay and spotlightThe App Store version can't follow your typing. Apple doesn't allow the required Accessibility access for App Store apps.
The screen stays dark except for a small spotlight around your cursor and typing. You keep working; anyone looking over your shoulder sees nothing useful.
Install Hide My Screen and it lives in your menu bar, ready when you need it.
The shortcut turns the overlay on and off, from any app.
A spotlight follows your cursor, and your typing in Full. The rest of the screen stays hidden.
Cafes, trains, airports. Work without worrying who's looking.
Check personal messages, banking, or medical info without an audience.
On a call and need to check something private? Toggle the overlay on and off.
Legal docs, client data, medical records. Keep confidential content confidential.
Both include: system-wide overlay, keyboard shortcuts, menu bar, adjustable opacity, works offline.
Free
Free on the Mac App Store: the privacy overlay with a spotlight that follows your mouse. It can't follow your typing, because Apple doesn't allow the required Accessibility access for App Store apps.
$19.99, one-time
The complete privacy overlay for macOS. System-wide, with native caret tracking.
A good physical privacy filter costs $30–70 per screen, covers one display and gets left at home. Hide My Screen covers all your displays, for $19.99 once.
Rated on the Mac App Store
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Polar checkout. No account required. 30-day refund.
Yes. The overlay covers every display that's connected when Hide My Screen starts. If you plug in a monitor while it's running, quit and reopen the app so the new screen is covered too.
If you share your whole screen, people on the call see what you see: the overlay and whatever is inside the spotlight. Turn it on before you check something private.
The Full version asks for Accessibility permission so the spotlight can find your text cursor and follow your typing. It reads the cursor position only, never what you type, and nothing leaves your Mac. The App Store version doesn't use it.
macOS 12 (Monterey) or later.
The Full version comes with a 30-day refund. Email support@hidemyscreen.app within 30 days of purchase and we will refund you in full.
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