Blur Sensitive Areas
Draw rectangles over faces, license plates, addresses, or IDs. Apply blur or pixelate effects and download a privacy-safe image — all in your browser.
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Why Blur Sensitive Areas Before Sharing?
Photos shared online can inadvertently expose sensitive information. A photo taken at home might reveal a house number or street name. A picture of a document might show an ID number or signature. Screenshots can expose email addresses, phone numbers, or private messages. Blurring or pixelating these areas before sharing is a simple but powerful privacy measure.
What you can hide with this tool
- Faces — Protect the identity of people in a photo who have not consented to being shared publicly.
- License plates — Prevent your vehicle from being tracked or identified from shared photos.
- Addresses & street signs — Remove location clues from photos taken near your home or workplace.
- ID numbers & documents — Redact passport, driver's license, or other document numbers from scanned images.
- Screen content — Blur emails, phone numbers, usernames, or private messages visible in screenshots.
Blur vs. Pixelate — which should you use?
Both methods effectively hide sensitive information and are appropriate for most situations. The blur effect applies a smooth Gaussian softening that looks natural. The pixelate effect creates a mosaic of solid-color blocks, which can be more visually distinct. Either mode at medium-to-high intensity is sufficient to make text and faces unrecognizable.
How it works — no uploads, ever
This tool uses the browser's built-in Canvas API to render your image, let you draw selection rectangles over it, and re-encode the result with the blurred regions applied directly to the pixel data. Nothing is sent to any server at any point. The processed image is downloaded directly from your browser's memory.