# How to record one application window

> Window capture keeps everything else off screen, with one behaviour that surprises people.

Source: https://www.screen-recording-software.com/guides/record-a-single-window
Category: Tasks

Window capture records a single application and nothing else, even if other windows sit on top of it.

## How to do it

Press start and choose the Window tab in the picker. Only currently open windows are listed — minimise nothing beforehand or it will not appear.

## Things on top do not appear

If you drag another window over the one being recorded, the recording is unaffected. This is useful, and also disorienting the first time: you can read your notes on top of the window you are recording, and viewers will never see them.

## Limitations

Closing the window ends the recording, which is one of several reasons a capture stops early. On Wayland, per-window capture may be unavailable depending on your desktop environment.

Resizing the window mid-recording changes the captured resolution, which some players handle poorly. Set the size you want before you start and leave it alone.