Canvas – When exporting a Canvas as an image using the “Viewport Only” option, the “Privacy Mode” option does not work

untitled · August 23, 2026, 9:13pm

Steps to reproduce

Create a new Canvas
Place several nodes on the canvas
Export the Canvas as an image with the following settings:
- Viewport: Viewport only
- Privacy mode: ON

Did you read and follow the Troubleshooting Guide ?

Yes

Expected result

Canvas content is exported as an image in accordance with the functionality of the Privacy Mode option

Actual result

Canvas content is exported as an image, but the Privacy mode option enabled during export has no effect on the Canvas content

Environment

(Sandbox vault)

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: 1.13.7
	Installer version: 1.13.7
	Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19045
	Login status: not logged in
	Language: en
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	none

Additional information

At first, I suspected that the issue might be related to the size of my canvas, similar to this Bug Report (Canvas: "export as image" tiles overlap), but I was able to reproduce it even on a very small canvas.
When exporting the Canvas as an image with the following settings:
- Viewport: Full canvas
- Privacy mode: ON
… no issues arise – Privacy mode works correctly. The problem only occurs with Viewport: Viewport only

Screenshots:

Viewport only + Privacy mode

Full canvas + Privacy mode