Blur or pixelate faces, number plates and text in a photo before you share it
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Updated on 24 Oct 2026.To hide part of a photo, mark it and replace its pixels. This free tool pixelates, blurs or covers boxes and brush strokes you draw, or the whole image, with block sizes from 1% to 8% of the short side, then saves a new JPG, PNG or WebP with no EXIF or GPS data. Nothing is uploaded.
Press Select images, or drop the photo on the page; it opens on your device.
Drag a box over each face, number plate or line of text, or switch to Brush and paint over it.
Choose Pixelate, Blur or Solid box and set the Strength; the preview updates as you go.
Press the button named after the effect, such as Pixelate 2 areas, then Download; the photo has no location data.
Blur or Pixelate Image hides the parts of a photo you do not want to share: faces in a crowd, a car's number plate, an address on a parcel, a name or a balance in a screenshot.
Drag a box over each thing to hide, or switch to Brush and paint over shapes a box would not fit. Then choose the effect. The preview shows the result on the picture as you work, and Undo takes back the last mark. Whole image applies the effect everywhere, which suits a blurred background or a censored thumbnail.
| Effect | What happens to the pixels | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Pixelate | Each block becomes one average colour | Faces, screens, a recognisable look |
| Blur | A wide blur plus a trace of noise | Faces and backgrounds, a softer look |
| Solid box | Every pixel becomes flat near-black | Text, numbers, anything that must be unreadable |
A solid box hides the most, because nothing of the original survives. Pixelating at a high strength is also safe; a weak pixelation or a light blur over large text may still be readable, so keep the strength up for text.
Yes. The effect replaces the pixels themselves before the photo is encoded again; it is not a layer on top that could be removed. The noise added to a blur stops it being sharpened back. Saving through the canvas writes pixels only, so EXIF data such as GPS location, camera model and the date taken is not in the new file.
The photo keeps its format where the browser can write it (JPG stays JPG, PNG stays PNG); an iPhone HEIC photo is saved as JPG. Everything happens on your device. To remove metadata without changing the picture, use Metadata Remover; to black out text in a PDF, use Redact PDF; to cut the area out instead, use Crop Image.
Open the photo here, drag a box over the part to hide and choose Blur, then press the Blur button and Download. Paint with Brush for shapes a box does not fit. The blur is written into the pixels of a new file, and your photo never leaves your device.
Choose Pixelate, drag a box slightly larger than the face, and raise Strength until the features are only a few large squares. Each block becomes the average colour of the pixels under it, so the face cannot be rebuilt. Then press the Pixelate button and Download the new photo.
Not from this tool's output. The original pixels are replaced, not covered, and a blur also gets a trace of random noise that defeats sharpening. A very light blur or small pixel blocks over large text can still be guessed, so for text and numbers use Solid box or a high strength.
Yes. The photo is drawn onto a canvas and encoded again, which writes pixels only. EXIF data such as GPS coordinates, the camera model and the time the photo was taken is not copied into the new file. JPG stays JPG, PNG stays PNG, and HEIC becomes JPG.
Drag a box over the plate, a little wider than the characters, and choose Pixelate or Solid box at a high strength; a light blur can leave large characters readable. Check the preview, press the button to apply it, and Download. One photo of up to 50 MB at a time.
No. Every step, from opening the photo to blurring and saving it, runs in your browser, with the heavy work in a background worker so the page keeps responding. Nothing is sent to a server and nothing is stored, so private photos stay private.
Still stuck? Ask about Blur or Pixelate Image and anybody who knows can answer. No account needed.
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