Exclusion categories

Built-in privacy categories that keep whole classes of applications out of capture, including always-on protection for password managers.

Last updated: 13 July 2026

Why categories exist

Per-app exclusions are powerful, but easy to miss if you add a new banking or health app. Exclusion categories apply rules across recognised application types so whole classes of software stay out of the capture index without naming every binary.

You are always in control of what Overshow captures: categories narrow what can be recorded while global pause stops everything.

Password managers. Always active

Password managers are always excluded. You cannot disable this category. Passwords and vault interfaces should never be captured or indexed; treating that as non-negotiable avoids accidental recording when a new password app appears or a window title changes.

Other built-in categories

The other three categories are enabled by default and can be switched off in Settings → Privacy:

Banking and finance. Reduces capture from financial and banking-class applications.
Health and medical. Reduces capture from health and medical contexts the classifier recognises.
Adult content. Reduces capture from applications categorised as adult content.

Exact matching depends on how applications present themselves to the OS; categories are a strong default, not a substitute for pause when you need certainty.

Custom domain exclusions

Alongside the built-in categories, you can add your own domain exclusions so pages on named sites are never recorded. This is useful for internal tools or sensitive web apps that are not covered by a category.

Overshow also applies built-in deny rules you cannot switch off: private browser windows and a set of protected domains are never captured, and these take precedence over your allow-list.

Applying changes

Category and custom domain exclusion changes apply as soon as you save. Capture picks up the new rules without an app restart.

Pair categories with pause

For conversations or screen shares where no recording is appropriate regardless of app type, use pause as well as categories. Categories reduce routine risk; pause removes capture entirely for that period.