Hide part of a photo before you share it
A face, a number plate, an address on an envelope, none of it belongs in a photo you're about to post. Draw a box over it and it's gone for good, done one photo at a time so you can see exactly what you're covering.
Want the best result? Read How to blur a face or license plate in a photo.
Why this works one photo at a time
Every other tool on this site takes a whole batch and processes it the same way, untouched by hand. This one can't work like that, because where to redact is a judgment call only you can make. A face sits in a different spot in every photo, and a number plate in one shot is an address label in the next.
So drop your photos and they queue up one at a time. Draw a box over anything you want hidden, mark that photo done, and the next one loads. Nothing is guessed on your behalf.
Solid block or pixelate, never a soft blur
This tool offers two styles, and deliberately leaves out the one most redaction tools use. A soft blur looks hidden, but it isn't destroyed, a blur keeps most of the original detail and can be reversed with the right software. Faces and number plates have been recovered from blurred photos more than once. Shipping that as a privacy feature would be dishonest.
Solid block paints an opaque rectangle over the area, nothing of the original pixels survives. Pixelate breaks the area into a coarse grid before drawing it back, destroying far more detail than a blur ever would while still reading as blocked out. Both are one-way. Once a box is drawn, there's no filter that gets the original pixels back.
Undo, right up until you move on
A box you just drew can be undone. Click undo and the photo goes back to how it looked before that box, with every earlier box still in place.
Once you mark a photo done and move to the next one, that's final. There's no going back to recover what was under a redaction, which is exactly how a tool built to make something permanently unreadable should behave.
Nothing is uploaded
The photo you're editing never leaves your device. It's decoded in your browser tab, drawn on directly, and handed back to you as a download when you're done.
Disconnect from the internet after this page loads and it still works, because there's nothing to connect to. A tool that hides sensitive details by sending your photo to a server first is protecting you from everyone except whoever runs that server.
When you'd use this
Selling something online and the listing photo has your car's plate in the background, or your street number on a package. Screenshotting a group chat or a document that has someone else's name or number visible. Posting a photo of your kid where you'd rather their face not be searchable. A scanned form where one field should stay private but the rest of the page is fine to share.
Quick questions
Can a redacted area be recovered?
No, not from either style. A solid block leaves nothing of the original pixels; pixelating destroys far more detail than a blur. Neither can be reversed by sharpening or deblurring software.
Why isn't there a normal blur option?
Because a soft blur is reversible. Deblurring tools have recovered faces and number plates from blurred photos before. This tool only offers styles that actually destroy the information underneath.
Can I undo a box I just drew?
Yes, as long as you haven't moved on to the next photo. Undo removes the most recent box and leaves every earlier one in place.
Can I go back and fix an earlier photo after marking it done?
No. Once a photo is marked done, its redaction is final. Re-upload the original file if you need to redo it differently.
Can I redact several photos in one visit?
Yes. Drop as many as you like and they queue up one at a time, each downloaded individually as you finish it.
Are my photos uploaded to find faces automatically?
No. There's no automatic detection at all, you choose exactly what to cover. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.
Converters
Start here if your files still need converting before you use this tool.