Device management
One active device per user, explicit transfer confirmation, manual revocation, and what happens to capture and local data.
Last updated: 10 September 2026
Device access
Overshow enforces one active registered device per user account. This keeps licensing simple and reduces the risk of account sharing across many machines.
Move access
Sign in on the new computer. If another device is active, Overshow shows Account active elsewhere and asks whether you want to move access. Signing in or choosing Check again leaves the existing device active.
On macOS, choose Use this Mac to confirm the transfer. This revokes the previous device's access and lets the new installation complete registration. Captured data remains in the encrypted local database on the computer that captured it. The transfer does not copy or delete that data.
To use the previous installation again, sign in there and confirm another transfer if a different device is active.
Active device
Open account settings at app.over.show or the account section in the desktop app (wording may vary by release). You should see which device is currently registered, often including a label or identifier that helps you recognise the machine.
Revoke access
If you still have access to app.over.show or the desktop app:
- Open account or device settings.
- Choose Revoke (or Remove device) for the listed device.
If you have lost the computer or cannot open the app, sign in at app.over.show and revoke its access there. You can also sign in on the replacement computer and explicitly confirm the transfer when Overshow shows the active device.
After revocation
- Capture that depends on an active subscription or registration stops or is blocked according to the product rules for unlicensed use.
- Data already stored on that Mac remains locally on disk. Overshow does not wipe your local database, logs, or control files as part of revocation alone.
- Cloud-side records for the device registration update so the old device is no longer authorised.
To remove captured content from the machine, use purge or local data deletion in Settings before you decommission or pass on the hardware. See Deleting your account for account-level removal.