# OLED Guard Pro

> OLED Guard Pro is an OLED burn-in protection app for Windows. It reduces burn-in risk by detecting static pixels, HUDs, taskbars, and bright UI in real time, using a GPU-accelerated, content-aware per-pixel exposure model. It keeps working inside borderless fullscreen games, typically with under 1% GPU overhead. Available on the Microsoft Store and Steam. A free edition covers single-display desktop protection; the Pro edition adds fullscreen game and video protection, multi-monitor support, all protection modes, app profiles, and DDC/CI brightness control. Version 5 adds Game IQ, which learns persistent game HUD regions locally and helps protect them faster in fullscreen Gaming sessions, plus a continuous presentation engine for smoother dimming and faster response.

Platform note: OLED Guard Pro is Windows-only today (Windows 10 and 11). Mac and Linux / Steam Deck support is planned for the future.

Honest scope: OLED Guard Pro reduces the statistical risk of OLED burn-in. It does not guarantee a burn-in-free panel and cannot reverse burn-in that already exists.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://oledguard.com/): What OLED Guard Pro is, its key features, and where to download it.
- [What is OLED burn-in](https://oledguard.com/docs/what-is-burn-in): How OLED burn-in forms (exposure is brightness multiplied by time on the same pixel) and why static content causes it.
- [How it works](https://oledguard.com/docs/how-it-works): The engine, including DXGI Desktop Duplication capture, the GPU per-pixel exposure model, and the content-aware protective overlay.
- [Pixel shift vs content-aware protection](https://oledguard.com/pixel-shift): How pixel shift, screensavers, and a monitor's built-in OLED-care cycles compare to real-time content-aware protection, and where each falls short.
- [OLED protection for gaming](https://oledguard.com/gaming): Edge-weighted, content-aware protection that keeps working inside borderless fullscreen games.
- [Game IQ](https://oledguard.com/game-iq): Learned game HUD protection (new in v5). It remembers persistent HUD regions per game and re-applies a one-way protection floor in fullscreen Gaming sessions, on-device and private.
- [FAQ](https://oledguard.com/faq): Answers about burn-in, protection modes, gaming, multi-monitor, HDR, VRR, and privacy.

## Get the app

- [Editions: Free vs Pro](https://oledguard.com/#download): Feature comparison and store links.
- [Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nm1kwkqb4kc): OLED Guard Pro (Pro edition) on the Microsoft Store.
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4558060/OLED_Guard_Pro/): OLED Guard Pro on Steam.

## Documentation

- [Getting started](https://oledguard.com/docs/getting-started): Install and first-run setup.
- [Protection modes](https://oledguard.com/docs/protection-modes): Noise, Vignette, Mosaic, and Automatic mode.
- [Gaming mode](https://oledguard.com/docs/gaming-mode): Edge-weighted protection, Game IQ learned HUD memory, and center relief for games.
- [Multi-monitor](https://oledguard.com/docs/multi-monitor): Per-display capture, settings, and DDC/CI control.
- [App profiles](https://oledguard.com/docs/app-profiles): Automatic preset switching per application.
- [Settings](https://oledguard.com/docs/settings): Full settings reference.
- [Installation](https://oledguard.com/docs/installation): System requirements and install steps.
- [Troubleshooting](https://oledguard.com/docs/troubleshooting): Common issues and fixes.
- [Changelog](https://oledguard.com/docs/changelog): Recent technical changes by date.
- [Milestones](https://oledguard.com/milestones): The longer-form story of how the app evolved (v1 prototype to v4 engine).

## Company

- [Privacy policy](https://oledguard.com/privacy): Local-first by design; screen frames are analyzed in GPU memory and never stored or transmitted.
- [Terms of service](https://oledguard.com/terms): License terms and warranty disclaimer.