Secure recording mode
- Updated: 2025/07/18
Build your automations in secure recording mode to ensure that sensitive data is not captured or stored in your automations. Secure recording ensures that the bots do not capture values of certain properties or store application images.
- This setting only applies to automations that are created or edited after the mode is enabled.
- You must have admin privileges to enable the secure recording mode. See Configure Settings
To enable secure recording, see Secure recording
To capture objects in secure recording mode, ensure that the Recorder package is set to 2.0.0-20200318-020414 or later. See Manage Control Room packages.
Preview and storage of captured images
When you record a task in secure recording mode, the Preview window temporarily shows the captured area. This image is deleted after you close the automation.
- Enable Secure Recording from the Control Room.
- Enable or disable the Recorder preview image settings. See Secure recording
Deleting unused object properties
For new automations, when capturing objects in secure recording mode, you can enable the Automatically delete unused object properties on save option to automatically discard the values of unused object properties. When this option is enabled, any object property values not part of the search criteria will be removed upon saving and refreshing the automation. This helps ensure that personally identifiable information (PII) is not inadvertently stored in the automation, thereby enhancing data security and compliance.
Object properties
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Microsoft Active Accessibility/UI automation/Java |
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HTML |
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Microsoft UI Automation (COM) |
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