How to Blur Linear When Screen Sharing (Hide Issues, Assignees & Roadmap)
Sharing your Linear workspace on a call? Here's how to hide issue titles that name customers, assignees, target dates, and internal comments before you present — on the board, in list view, or on the roadmap.
To hide issues and your roadmap in Linear while you screen-share, use a browser blur extension like BlurFirst to blur issue titles, assignee names, and roadmap dates before you present. Linear runs in the browser, so BlurFirst covers board and list views, the issue detail panel, and the roadmap. The blur is real pixels painted into the page, so it survives Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Loom, and OBS — and it re-applies after Linear's fast single-page-app re-renders.
What's risky to show in Linear during a screen share
- Issue titles — the list is full of plain-language summaries that name customers (an issue titled
Acme can't log in) or describe an unpatched security bug. - Roadmap, cycles, and target dates — the Roadmap and Cycles views expose ship commitments you haven't announced.
- Assignee names and avatars — who is working on what, visible on every card and row.
- Linked customer requests — issues connected to a specific account or a piece of customer feedback.
- Internal comments — the candid back-and-forth on an issue that was never meant for an external audience.
- Team and project names in the sidebar — the left rail names teams, projects, and initiatives that reveal strategy and clients.
- Unreleased-feature specs — project docs and descriptions detailing features you haven't launched.
Board view vs. list view (and Linear's fast re-render)
Linear is a snappy single-page app: switching views, filtering, or pressing a keyboard shortcut re-renders the screen instantly. That speed is exactly why a per-site profile matters — BlurFirst re-applies saved blurs after each re-render, so a blur you set on the sidebar doesn't vanish the moment you navigate. The gesture you reach for still depends on the layout.
List view
Rows stack many issues at once. Box-blur the Title column so every summary is frosted while status, priority, and estimate stay visible, or element-blur individual rows you want to talk through with the rest hidden.
Board view
Risk is spread across cards. Region-blur a column, or element-blur the assignee avatars and card titles so the workflow shape stays visible while names and customer references disappear.
How to blur Linear step by step
- 1
Open the exact view you'll present
Get to the board, list, or roadmap you'll show before the call, and apply any filters first so the layout is settled.
- 2
Start BlurFirst and cover the sidebar
Press Ctrl/⌘ ⇧ Y, then box-blur the left rail so team, project, and initiative names never show.
- 3
Blur the issue titles or roadmap dates
Box-blur the Title column in list view, or drag over the target-date row on the roadmap. The box stays anchored as you scroll.
- 4
Element-blur assignees and a specific issue
Click an avatar or a comment thread to hide just it; click again to reveal after the call.
- 5
Keep the panic shortcut ready
If a notification or a customer-named issue pops in during a fast re-render, press Ctrl/⌘ ⇧ H to blur everything instantly.
Why a saved profile beats blurring every time
Because Linear re-renders constantly, re-drawing your blurs by hand on every navigation is a losing game. Set the structural blurs — the sidebar and the Title column — once, and turn on per-site auto-apply for linear.app with BlurFirst Pro. Your saved blurs snap back on every view change and re-render, so you can filter, switch cycles, and open issues on a call without flashing a customer name. A saved blur stores only a CSS selector, never the issue text.