Guide
How to share screenshots securely
Secure screenshot sharing starts before the link is created: redact sensitive details, avoid permanent attachments when control matters, use password and expiry where appropriate, and revoke access when the screenshot no longer belongs online.
Quick answer
Secure sharing starts before the link exists: redact sensitive details, then choose a method that matches the risk. For anything sensitive, a controlled link beats a permanent attachment because you can password-protect it, expire it, and revoke it.
Captorify share links (Pro) support an optional password, an optional expiry of up to one year, and immediate revocation. Free captures stay local and are shared by saving or copying the file yourself.
Attachment risks
A screenshot attached to an email or chat becomes a permanent copy you no longer control. It can be forwarded, downloaded, and re-shared, and there is no way to expire or revoke it after the fact.
For low-risk images that is fine. For anything with sensitive context, an uncontrolled attachment is the wrong default.
Protected links
A Captorify share link points at a cloud-stored capture and lets you attach access controls. Instead of handing over the file, you hand over a link whose access you can change or cut off.
Cloud captures are stored in our cloud storage and encrypted at rest.
Password
Add a password so only people who know it can open the link. The password is hashed rather than stored in plain text. Share the password through a separate channel from the link itself.
Expiry
Set an expiry so the link stops working after a chosen date, up to a maximum of one year. The link auto-revokes when it expires, which is useful when a screenshot is only relevant for a limited time.
Revocation
Revoke a link at any time to cut off access immediately, even before an expiry date. This is the control an attachment can never give you: if a screenshot no longer belongs online, you can make it unreachable.
Redaction before sharing
Access controls limit who can open a screenshot, but they do not remove what is inside it. Redact sensitive details with blackout first (Pro), so even an authorized viewer only sees what they need.
The safe order is: review, redact, export flattened, then share with controls.
Limits
Anyone who can open the link can still screenshot or save what they see, so sharing controls reduce risk but do not make content un-copyable.
Use controls in proportion to the sensitivity of what the screenshot contains.