diff --git a/browse/src/write-commands.ts b/browse/src/write-commands.ts
index 571957a69..b1178cd6d 100644
--- a/browse/src/write-commands.ts
+++ b/browse/src/write-commands.ts
@@ -996,13 +996,18 @@ export async function handleWriteCommand(
         } else if (args[i] === '--cleanup') {
           doCleanup = true;
         } else if (args[i] === '--hide' && i + 1 < args.length) {
-          // Collect all following non-flag args as selectors to hide
+          // Collect all following non-flag args as selectors to hide. A
+          // trailing image path is the output path, not a selector (#1419).
+          const values: string[] = [];
           i++;
           while (i < args.length && !args[i].startsWith('--')) {
-            hideSelectors.push(args[i]);
+            values.push(args[i]);
             i++;
           }
           i--; // Back up since the for loop will increment
+          const last = values[values.length - 1];
+          if (!outputPath && values.length > 1 && /^(\/|\.\.?\/|~)|\.(png|jpe?g|webp)$/i.test(last)) outputPath = values.pop();
+          hideSelectors.push(...values);
         } else if (args[i] === '--width' && i + 1 < args.length) {
           viewportWidth = parseInt(args[++i], 10);
           if (isNaN(viewportWidth)) throw new Error('--width must be a number');
diff --git a/browse/test/commands.test.ts b/browse/test/commands.test.ts
index c0f72128f..b400ab60a 100644
--- a/browse/test/commands.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/commands.test.ts
@@ -580,6 +580,20 @@ describe('Interaction', () => {
     expect(await handleReadCommand('js', ['document.querySelector("#name").value'], bm)).toBe('');
   });
 
+  test('prettyscreenshot --hide keeps a trailing image path as the output path (#1419)', async () => {
+    await handleWriteCommand('goto', [baseUrl + '/basic.html'], bm);
+    const out = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `pretty-hide-${process.pid}.png`);
+    fs.rmSync(out, { force: true });
+    try {
+      const result = await handleWriteCommand('prettyscreenshot', ['--hide', '#title', '#content', out], bm);
+      expect(result).toContain(out);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(out)).toBe(true);
+      expect(await handleReadCommand('js', ['getComputedStyle(document.querySelector("#content")).display'], bm)).toBe('none');
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(out, { force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   test('type -- types text that starts with -- literally; plain text gets no hint', async () => {
     await handleWriteCommand('goto', [baseUrl + '/forms.html'], bm);
     await handleWriteCommand('click', ['#bio'], bm);