# Blur emails

Slideshot can mask email addresses and other email-shaped identifiers during recording so they never reach `raw.mp4` or `demo.mp4`. The blur happens at capture time, not in post-processing: once a run has finished, the unblurred pixels do not exist in any artifact.

{% docsVideoExample title="Blur emails preview" description="Placeholder using an existing demo video while we add a dedicated privacy-blur example." videoSrc="/videos/examples/ghostwriter/demo.mp4" /%}

Enable it with `options.video.blur_emails`.

## When to blur

Turn on blurring whenever the recording might capture identifiers you would not want published.

- Customer data appears anywhere in the product UI.
- Internal team accounts are used in the recording.
- The video will be published publicly: homepage hero, social, launch page.
- The workflow includes inboxes, CRM records, admin tables, or analytics dashboards keyed by user.

For internal-only recordings against test accounts, you can usually skip it. For anything that ships externally, prefer to enable it unless every visible identifier is intentional.

## Option shape

```json
{
  "video": {
    "blur_emails": true
  }
}
```

Default is `false`. There is no per-domain or per-region toggle today: blurring applies for the whole recording.

## Behavior to know about

- The blur is applied during the live capture, so `raw.mp4` inherits the masked pixels. `demo.mp4` reflects whatever `raw.mp4` recorded.
- The blur targets email-shaped strings as they render in the page. Avatars, names, and free-text fields are not blurred.
- Combine with [target-app credentials](/docs/authentication) that use generic-looking emails when possible.

## Agent prompt pattern

```text
Create a Slideshot video and blur visible email addresses before exporting
the final version, since the recording goes through customer-facing inbox
and CRM screens.
```

## Related

- [Login to any web app](/docs/authentication): use demo accounts to avoid leaking real identifiers.
- [Show shortcuts](/docs/customizing-video/show-shortcuts): another privacy-adjacent overlay control.
- [Customize video](/docs/customizing-video): overview of every visual control.