Blur a face in a photo
Cover faces, plates or addresses with a blur, pixels or a black block before you share a picture.
Posting a photo with someone else’s child, a colleague who didn’t agree to it, or a car number plate in frame is the kind of thing you only think about after it’s online. Drag a box over each one and it’s covered.
The cover is applied to the image itself, not drawn on top as a layer: what you download no longer contains those pixels, so nobody can peel the blur off.
Three ways to hide things, because they are not equally safe. A blur suits faces and backgrounds. Pixels give that familiar TV look. A solid block is the only one to use for text you truly need gone.
How to use it
- Drop in the photo.
- Drag a box over each thing you want hidden — as many as you like.
- Pick blur, pixels or a solid block, and adjust the strength.
- Download the covered version.
Frequently asked questions
Can a blur be reversed?
A strong blur of a face is fine in practice. Blurred or pixelated *text* is a different story: because text has few possible shapes, researchers have repeatedly reconstructed it. For addresses, ID numbers or card details, use the solid block.
Is the original photo still in the file?
No. The tool renders a new image with the covered areas already flattened in, then encodes that. There is no hidden layer to remove, unlike a marker drawn in a PDF or a slide.
Can it find faces automatically?
No — you drag the boxes yourself. Automatic detection misses faces at angles and in shadow, and missing one is exactly the failure that matters here.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Drag with your finger; the areas resize with the picture, and pinch-zoom on the page still works.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The photo is loaded into a canvas in your browser and never leaves it.
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