Draw boxes over faces, license plates, names, or screens, then blur, pixelate, or solid-fill them. Export at full resolution with EXIF/GPS metadata stripped — entirely in your browser. Free, no signup, no upload.
Drag & drop a JPG / PNG / WebP / HEIC / AVIF photo here (up to 10), or paste a screenshot
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No image selected
Drag on the photo to draw a box. Drag inside a box to move it; yellow handles resize. Keys: Delete removes, arrows nudge, Ctrl/⌘+Z undoes, Esc deselects.
No region selected — these settings apply to new regions you draw.
Heads-up: light blur or pixelation of small text (plates, account numbers) can sometimes be partially reversed. Use Solid fill for truly sensitive text.
Saved at the original resolution. The file is re-encoded, so EXIF/GPS metadata is stripped — want metadata-only cleanup? Use the EXIF Remover.
Privacy: HEIC/AVIF decode, blurring, pixelating, filling, and exporting run entirely in your browser. Photos are not uploaded to our servers.
Need to blur a face, pixelate a license plate, or black out a name before you post a photo? This free photo redact tool lets you draw boxes over anything sensitive and hide it with blur, pixelation, or a solid fill — and it works entirely in your browser, so the original never leaves your device. That matters most for exactly the photos you want to redact: kids, IDs, addresses, and screenshots.
Pair it with the rest of the privacy toolkit: strip hidden location data with the EXIF Remover, shrink the result with the private Image Compressor, square up product shots (blur that plate or house number first) with Marketplace Listing Prep, or make a round avatar with Circle Crop.
Honest note: researchers have shown that light blur or small-block pixelation of short text can sometimes be partially reconstructed. If it would be a problem for someone to read it, black it out. This tool also does not auto-detect faces — you draw the boxes, so double-check every face and plate before sharing.
A: Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, or AVIF photo, drag a box over the face, keep Blur (or pick Pixelate or Solid fill), adjust the strength, then click Download. Free, no signup, and the photo never leaves your browser.
A: No. Loading, drawing regions, blurring, pixelating, filling, and exporting all run locally with HTML canvas. Photos are not uploaded to our servers.
A: Not always. Light blur or pixelation of short text (license plates, account numbers, document fields) can sometimes be partially reconstructed. For truly sensitive text, use Solid fill, which replaces those pixels completely. Blur and pixelate are fine for faces and backgrounds.
A: Load the car photo, drag a rectangle over the plate, and choose Solid fill for the safest result (or Pixelate with a large block size). Fit the box with the yellow handles, add more boxes for other plates, then download. Nothing is uploaded.
A: Yes. Draw as many regions as you need — each keeps its own effect and strength, so you can blur faces, pixelate a screen, and black out a name in one image. Select a region to change it, use Apply to all regions, and press Delete or Undo to fix mistakes.
A: Yes. The redacted image is re-encoded from the canvas, so EXIF metadata (camera, capture time, GPS) is not copied into the new file. To inspect or strip metadata without changing pixels, use the free EXIF Remover.
A: No resize happens — the download keeps the original pixel dimensions. PNG is lossless; JPG and WebP use the quality slider (92% by default). The live preview may be scaled for speed, but the export renders at full resolution.
A: Yes. Drag with one finger to draw a box, drag inside it to move, and use the handles to resize; use Delete selected and Undo instead of keys. iPhone HEIC and AVIF decode in your browser — no convert-first step. (Need a standalone JPG? Use HEIC to JPG.) Browsers that cannot encode WebP save PNG instead.
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