Window titles can contain sensitive information too

A window title can reveal a client name, a document subject, an email topic or a private search. Removing screenshots reduces one kind of detail, but it does not make the remaining text automatically non-sensitive.

If you choose titles-only recording, review the titles your applications actually expose.

Inspect ordinary examples

Look at the title of a browser tab, a document editor and a communication window. Ask what someone could infer from that text without seeing the page itself.

“Budget revision for Client A” can reveal a business relationship. An email subject can disclose a personal issue. A search query can carry information you would not deliberately put in a shared report.

The exact behavior varies by application and operating system, so inspect your own setup.

Understand what titles-only mode changes

In CiteSilo, titles-only mode blocks the related screenshot and rewind capture paths. It reduces the visual context available for later retrieval and for those summaries.

It does not make window titles anonymous. If you use an optional cloud provider, selected title text can still be part of the context processed by that provider. Local storage and cloud analysis are separate choices.

Meeting recording has its own controls and should be reviewed separately.

Use exclusions for predictable contexts

Review excluded applications and title keywords in Settings. An application exclusion can be useful for a tool you never want in this history. A keyword can help with a recognizable project or page title.

Keyword rules depend on text actually appearing in the title. They cannot infer that a harmless-looking title contains a confidential document. A title can also change as you navigate within the same application.

For sensitive work with uncertain titles, a deliberate pause is easier to reason about than a rule you have not tested.

Test with harmless material

Use a non-sensitive test document or page whose title contains your chosen keyword. Check the resulting activity to confirm that the setup behaves as expected.

Do not test privacy settings with real secrets. A configuration experiment should not create the very record you intended to avoid.

Repeat a small check when you change applications or start a project with different title patterns.

Review outputs before sharing

A report may include details that are appropriate for your own memory but irrelevant to its recipient. Remove unrelated names, private subjects and context from other projects before sharing a summary.

Keep the distinction between personal retrieval and external reporting. A useful local history does not need to become a complete account of your desktop for someone else.

Read how to choose what gets recorded for a broader setup process and local storage and controls for the processing boundary.