Add a "Streamer/Privacy" mode to hide name, email, and org from the startup banner

Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 3 comments · opened Jul 1, 2026 · closed Jul 1, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

When launching claude, the startup UI shows personal information: a greeting with the account holder's real name ("Welcome back Jon!") and an organization line containing the account email ("jon.doe@…'s Organization"). For anyone who streams, records tutorials, screen-shares, or presents Claude Code publicly, this leaks PII the moment the tool starts.

Proposed Solution

A supported way to suppress or mask this info, e.g. any of:

  • A privacyMode / streamerMode flag in settings.json, or a --privacy launch flag
  • An env var (e.g. CLAUDE_HIDE_ACCOUNT_INFO=1) to omit the greeting and org lines
  • Optional display-name / org-name overrides in settings so shown values aren't the real name/email

Alternative Solutions

Launch off stream on a second montior and press Ctrl+L to clear the banner before moving to the shared screen. This works, but easy to forget and adds extra steps.

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

I would enable it by default so it never shows PII in the banner, then I would not have to remember and worry about accidently leaking PII when streaming.

This affects a growing group of content creators, educators, and conference speakers demoing Claude Code. A one-line toggle would remove a real, recurring privacy footgun.

Additional Context

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 3 months ago

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/63024
  2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/64713
  3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14564

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offtherailstech · 3 months ago

Dupe and found a comment in https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/63024 to add

"env": {"IS_DEMO": 1}

to settings.json. I did this and it works great, although I think this should be documented better, when I asked claude itself it was unable to provide this solution and said there was no supported way to hide the PII in the banner.

github-actions[bot] · 1 month ago

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