QuickPresent vs Manual Screen Cleanup: Why I Built This

Sanskar Tiwari

Sanskar Tiwari

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The problem

If you work remotely and share your screen a couple times a day, you know the drill. Close apps, hide icons, change wallpaper, turn on DND, mute speakers. Every single time.

How long the manual way takes

What you're doingHow long
Hiding desktop icons1-2 min
Closing or minimizing apps1-2 min
Changing wallpaper30 sec
Turning on DND30 sec
Muting speakers15 sec
Total3-5 min per call

Multiply that by 3-4 calls a day. Up to 20 minutes daily on something that should take zero effort.

Why I built QuickPresent

This is such a dumb problem. Why isn't there a single button for it?

So I built it.

QuickPresent sits in your menu bar on Mac or system tray on Windows. Click it once. Desktop icons hidden. Apps minimized. Notifications blocked. Wallpaper changed. Speakers muted. Under one second.

No settings menus, no dragging files into folders, no forgetting to turn off notifications five minutes into a call.

The meeting detection thing

This is actually my favourite part. QuickPresent detects when you join a Google Meet, Zoom, or Teams call and asks if you want to turn on presentation mode.

You don't even have to remember to click the button.

That's basically it

If you share your screen regularly, there's no reason to keep doing it the slow way. QuickPresent saves you time and saves you from those awkward moments where everyone sees your messy desktop.

Free trial, takes about 30 seconds to set up.

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QuickPresent is available for Mac and Windows. See pricing · Setup guide

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