Hide apps while screen sharing · Documentation

Sharing your screen in Teams, Zoom or Meet means sharing everything: the Slack window with a private DM, the browser tab with your bank — even the taskbar and the tray tell a story. Microsoft's own answer to "how do I hide my Teams chat while presenting?" is essentially share a single window instead. That works — until you need to switch apps mid-demo.

Option 1: share a single window (built-in)

Every meeting tool lets you share one window instead of the whole desktop. It's the safest built-in option, with known limits: you can't switch apps without re-sharing, pop-ups from other apps may still be captured on some setups, and your taskbar and notifications remain visible whenever you share the full screen.

Option 2: hide the sensitive apps entirely (gohide)

gohide takes a simple, robust approach: before (or during) the share, press one hotkey and the apps you selected are gone — window, taskbar button and tray icon. A hidden window can't appear in any capture, because it isn't on the screen at all. Press the hotkey again after the call and everything returns exactly where it was.

Works with any meeting or recording tool — Teams, Zoom, Meet, OBS — because nothing app-specific is involved.
The taskbar is clean too: no suspicious buttons or tray icons in your shared screen.
Add mute while hidden so a hidden app can't ping mid-presentation, or suspend it so it can't do anything at all.

One honest difference from capture-filter tools: some utilities keep a window visible to you while excluding it from the capture. gohide's model is simpler — hidden means hidden, for everyone including you — which is exactly what you want for apps you're not actively using during the call.

gohide applies the other model in exactly one place: its own window. With Ghost Mode (Pro), gohide stays on your screen but out of the shared screen, so you can hide or bring back an app mid-call without the meeting seeing gohide at all.

Before your next call

Download gohide — free for up to 3 apps, no account.
Add your chat apps and personal browser to gohide's list.
Assign a hide/show hotkey — one keystroke before you hit "Share screen".

Free vs Pro

Everything above works in the free edition, for up to 3 apps and with no time limit. gohide Pro adds unlimited apps, process suspend, the privacy cover, dynamic rules, mouse and hot-corner triggers and a PIN lock for Settings — a one-time purchase with free updates, no subscription. See pricing.