Pick Up Your Virtual Laundry in 2 Steps Before You Present

Remember in the pre-COVID days when we used to invite people over? We’d tidy the house and pick up the dirty laundry before the guests arrived. We should do the same thing in our Chrome browsers before sharing our Google Workspace screens on video calls -- especially if the presentation will be recorded or if presenting to a client or prospect. It just looks more professional and more inviting.

You can do it in 2 steps:

💎 KloudGem 1: Do you tend to have a gazillion tabs open in your Chrome window(s)? (Yup, me too.) To avoid distraction, make sure you close all tabs that are not needed for your presentation. (See below about how to re-open them afterwards.)

💎 KloudGem 2: Do you bookmark any page that you ever want to return to? (So do I.) As handy as that can be, it will also make your bookmarks bar look like a laundry line above your presentation. While I don't have anything against laundry lines (I grew up with them and I love the smell of fresh, air-dried laundry), I like to hide that bookmarks bar, because that, too, can be distracting from the content of the presentation. Go to the 3 dots in Chrome, click Bookmarks and select Hide bookmarks bar.

These steps will not only make your presentation look more professional, they will also keep your private info private.

Two simple steps and your virtual guests will never have to see your laundry -- and your presentations and recordings will look totally professional.

Bonus 💎 KloudGem: Need to open the tabs back up after the presentation? Simply go to your Chrome history from 3 dots > History, and you will see the recently closed tabs. (If you closed an entire window with several tabs, those are represented by a number. Click on it and all the tabs will open back up.)

Bonus 💎 KloudGem: Need to unhide your trusty Bookmarks bar? From the 3 dots in the top right corner of Chrome, go to Bookmarks, and choose to Show bookmarks bar.

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