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Screenshot interval, blur, and retention

VisibleHours can store optional screenshots on company-owned Windows PCs — only after Operations turns capture on. Interval stills stay Off by default. That is not a hidden camera, not always-on secret capture, and not an always-on DVR. Employees still see the Windows tray; Pause and quit stay one click. Public Search stays here. It will not turn screenshots on or change retention. These are interval stills, not video.

A shot is an interval still, not a video and not a DVR. When capture is on, the Windows tray takes a picture on the minutes you set (1–60). Blur is on by default when stills are on and downscales new shots so on-screen text is hard to read. Keep screenshots (days) ships at 30 (1–365, or 0 to keep files until you delete them). Managers review shots on a person’s Team timeline — not a gallery on the Team pulse. Interval, blur, and retention live on signed-in Settings.

After you sign in, Ask “screenshots”, “screen captures”, “open screenshots”, or “view screenshots” opens Settings · screenshots. Ask “blur screenshots” or “screenshot blur” opens Settings · blur. Ask “screenshot retention” or “data retention” opens Settings · retention. Ask “how to enable screenshots”, “how to blur”, “screenshot retention tutorial”, or “screenshots tutorial” opens Help. Ask “hidden screenshots”, “capture without tray”, or “always-on secret screenshots” is refused.

1. Send the employee notice first. Company Windows PCs keep the visible tray. Screenshots stay off until Operations enables them.
2. Leave screenshots off, or turn them on in Settings. After sign-in, Ask “screenshots”, “open screenshots”, “view screenshots”, or “screenshot settings”.
3. Set the interval (1–60 minutes). Agents pick it up on the next heartbeat.
4. Keep blur on (the default when stills are on) so text on the screen is hard to read. Blur applies to new captures only.
5. Set retention (1–365 days, or 0 to keep). Saving deletes older shots in your organization only.
6. Open a person on Team to see stored shots for that day. Empty + off means capture is off. Empty + on means none stored for that date yet.

Public guide: Optional screenshots and recording sessions. Signed-in steps: Screenshots tutorial. Seats stay $7 / seat on Pricing — this page does not start checkout.