Keeping the overlay invisible during screen sharing

Updated 8 July 2026

When you share your screen on a call, the SalesGhost overlay is excluded from the share by default — you see your suggestions, your prospect sees a clean screen. Here's how it works, how to control it, and where its limits are.

How it works

SalesGhost marks the overlay window as protected content using the operating system's content-protection flag (the same mechanism banking apps use to block screenshots). Screen-sharing tools that respect this flag — which includes the window- and screen-capture paths most conferencing apps have used for years — simply don't see the window.

Nothing about your calls is sent anywhere for this to work; it's a property of the window itself.

Toggling visibility

Sometimes you want the overlay visible — say, demoing SalesGhost itself:

  1. Hover over the pill at the top of the overlay
  2. Click the eye icon to toggle screen-share visibility on or off
  3. The setting applies immediately and persists for the session

Honest limits you should know

  • You can still see it, obviously. Invisibility applies to what's captured, not what's on your physical screen. Presenting from your own machine in a conference room is not what this feature is for.
  • Newest macOS versions weaken content protection. Starting around macOS 15.4, Apple changed how screen capture works, and capture tools built on its newest APIs (ScreenCaptureKit) can see protected windows. In practice this depends on your macOS version and which capture path your conferencing app uses — many still use paths that respect protection. If invisibility is critical for a specific setup, run a two-minute test: start a call with a colleague, share your screen, and ask what they see.
  • Recording tools vary. OBS, QuickTime, and built-in OS screenshots each behave differently across OS versions. The same two-minute test applies.

Our recommendation

Treat the overlay as what it is: your private preparation, made instant. It surfaces your own pricing, your own security answers, your own battle cards — things you'd otherwise have in a second monitor, a notebook, or your memory. Used that way, visibility is a convenience question, not a secrecy one — and you're never dependent on an OS flag for your credibility.