What is unseen?

Unseen is a jailbreak tweak for iOS that reduces an app's ability to detect or block screenshots and screen recordings on your own device. It runs on iOS 15, 16, and 18.3 on arm64 and arm64e devices, and requires a jailbroken iPhone to install. The problem it addresses is that some iOS apps listen for screenshot notifications, check whether the screen is being recorded, or mark their views with private flags that cause content to appear blank in screenshots and recordings. Others go a step further and use the system's secure text field protection mechanism, which was originally designed to hide passwords, to prevent ordinary UI from being captured. After a screenshot, some apps display warnings, share prompts, or risk-control popups. The README argues that users have a clear right to record what is happening on their own devices for personal use such as note-taking, keeping records, or troubleshooting, and that this behavior represents apps overreaching from protecting content into controlling the user. Unseen works by intercepting the system mechanisms those apps rely on. It has four main options, each independently switchable. The reveal hidden content option tries to show app content that has been hidden through private layer flags in screenshots and recordings. The hide screenshot events option prevents apps from receiving the system notification that fires when you take a screenshot. The hide recording state option prevents apps from detecting that the screen is being recorded or mirrored. There is also a master switch to disable the tweak entirely without uninstalling it. The README is explicit that Unseen is not intended to help users bypass DRM, redistribute copyrighted content, or commit infringement. It is MIT licensed and built using the Theos jailbreak development toolkit.