Device management
One active device per user, automatic revocation when registering a new device, manual revocation, and what happens to capture and local data.
Last updated: 2 April 2026
One device per user
Overshow enforces one active registered device per user account. This keeps licensing simple and reduces the risk of account sharing across many machines.
Registering a new device
When you register a new device for your account, previous devices are automatically revoked. You do not need to remove the old device first; the new registration replaces the prior entitlement.
After revocation, the old installation can no longer use cloud-backed features tied to that account until you sign in and complete registration again (which would revoke whichever device is currently active).
View your 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 a device manually
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 machine or cannot open the app, sign in at app.over.show and revoke from there, or register your replacement device. Which automatically revokes the old one.
What happens when a device is revoked
- 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 or media 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.