First, download Cloakly. Once installed, you can select specific windows—like a Slack chat with a PM or a Chase banking tab—to 'cloak'. Zoom, Teams, and Discord will simply see the empty desktop background or whatever is behind that window, while you still see it and use it normally.

Yes, they are completely invisible. When you share your screen in a client demo or an all-hands call, Cloakly intercepts the capture API locally. To your audience, the hidden app is gone. To you, it's still open on your screen and fully usable.

It doesn't matter where you drag it. If a window is cloaked in Cloakly, it stays invisible to the meeting participants no matter where it is on your monitor. You could slide a personal bank statement directly over your slide deck; your audience will only see the deck.

Yes, in the Pro plans. You can hide cloaked apps from your taskbar entirely so that even if a coworker is standing right behind you or looking closely at your shared desktop, they won't see them.

Yes. During your 14-day trial and with an active subscription, Cloakly remembers your rules so that your apps are automatically cloaked every time you open them.

Yes. It works natively with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Discord, Google Meet, Slack, OBS, Skype, and any other software that captures your screen or windows.

Yes. Pro includes full transparency layering, so you can overlay reference notes directly over your slides or code editor without switching tabs, while keeping those notes hidden from the stream.

No. Cloakly is lightweight and designed to stay out of your way — it runs quietly in the background with near-zero CPU impact.

No, you can download and start using it instantly. Pick a plan at checkout to start your 14-day Pro trial — your card is collected upfront but you won't be charged until the trial ends. Cancel before day 14 and you pay nothing.

Never. Cloakly is built local-first. We don't record, upload, or relay your screen content or window names. Your private chats and bank details never leave your machine.

Yes, in the Pro plans. You can manage and cloak windows across all your connected screens.

Cloakly is built specifically for Windows 10 and Windows 11.