Photo Censor

Hide faces, license plates, names, addresses, or any sensitive detail in a photo. Just upload an image, drag a box over each area you want to hide, and choose blur or pixelate. Download the censored result as a PNG — your image never leaves your browser.

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Click to choose an image or drag & drop it here

Processed locally — your photo never leaves your device

Drag on the image to draw a box over each area to censor.

Blur or Pixelate Anything Sensitive

Before you share a photo online, it's worth hiding the details you don't want public — a bystander's face, a child, a house number, a license plate, an email on a screenshot, or a signature on a document. This tool lets you cover those areas in seconds with a clean blur or a chunky pixelate, right in your browser, with no account and no upload.

How to Use It

  1. Upload your image (or drag it onto the drop zone).
  2. Drag a box over each area you want to hide. Add as many boxes as you need.
  3. Pick a style — Blur for a soft, natural look or Pixelate for the classic "mosaic" censor — and adjust the strength.
  4. Download the censored PNG at the original resolution.

Blur vs. Pixelate

Blur smooths the region so it's unreadable while blending with the surrounding image — good for a subtle, professional result. Pixelate replaces the area with large blocks of solid color, which reads instantly as "censored" and is preferred for documentary or news-style images. Both are applied at full resolution on export, so the hidden area cannot be sharpened back.

A Note on Privacy & Permanence

The censor is baked into the exported image — there's no hidden original layer to recover, unlike some "blur" features that only mask pixels. For maximum safety with very sensitive material, use a strong setting and a generous box. And because everything runs locally, the photo you upload is never transmitted anywhere.

Frequently Asked Questions

Upload the photo, drag a box over the face, and make sure "Blur" is selected. Adjust the strength to taste and click "Download PNG". You can add a box for every face you want to hide.
Yes. The blur or pixelation is rendered directly into the exported PNG at full resolution, so there's no original underneath to recover. Use a strong setting for highly sensitive content.
Yes — switch the Style selector to "Pixelate" for a blocky mosaic effect. The Strength slider controls how large the blocks (or how heavy the blur) are.
No. The image is loaded and processed entirely in your browser using the Canvas API. It is never uploaded or stored, so it's safe for private and sensitive photos.
Common formats like JPG, PNG, WebP, and GIF (first frame) all work. The censored result is exported as a PNG to preserve quality.