Screen Capture highlight won't disappear

This question has been asked but never answered about how to make the highlighted box disappear. Anyone?

*Never mind. I found it. Press Command, SHIFT, 5 again to bring up the toolbar. Press STOP!

MacBook Air 11″

Posted on Oct 31, 2023 3:15 PM

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Oct 31, 2023 3:41 PM in response to shartweck

shartweck wrote:

*Never mind. I found it. Press Command, SHIFT, 5 again to bring up the toolbar. Press STOP!

or you can also press the "stop button" that appears on your menubar when you initiate the recording.

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