100% free · Private · No upload
Free & private image redaction
Blur, pixelate, or black out text, faces, and IDs in your browser. We don't upload your images.
Choose a photo or screenshot from this device.
Tool selection
Which redaction tool should you open?
Open the tool whose name matches what you need to hide. Every card below is the same free browser editor, with notes for that job. Blur, pixelate, and black box run on your device. The image is not uploaded, and you do not create an account.
Blur Image
General image blurring for screenshots, photos, and document captures.
Blur Text in Image
Target lines of text, account numbers, labels, and private annotations.
Blur Part of Image
Select one exact region when the rest of the image must stay untouched.
Blur Screenshot
Clean up screenshots before sharing bug reports, demos, or customer messages.
Hide Text in Image
Cover text with blur, pixelate, or hard black box redaction.
Hide Sensitive Info
Remove emails, IDs, faces, phone numbers, and addresses from images.
Blur Face in Photo
Hide faces in photos before posting, sharing, or publishing.
Black Out Text
Use solid black box redaction for text you do not want visible at all.
Pixelate Image
Apply a mosaic effect to faces, text, or any region for a classic privacy look.
Redact Image
Standard image redaction for documents, screenshots, and photos.
Blur License Plate
Hide plate numbers in car photos before posting or sharing online.
Anonymize Image
Remove faces, badges, names, and all identifying details from images.
Blur Text in Screenshot
Hide names, messages, and account details in a screen capture.
Remove Personal Info
Hide names, emails, IDs, and numbers before you share an image.
Guides
What should you read before you share?
Read the note that matches the risk. Blur versus a black box matters for text. A checklist matters when the leak is a sidebar, a tab, or a URL. Local versus upload matters when the file itself should not leave the device. Each guide ends at the same editor.
How to redact a photo or image
Paste a photo or screenshot locally, draw over what should stay private, then blur, pixelate, or black box and export a redacted PNG.
Is blur enough to hide text?
When a blur still leaves a password or ID readable, and when a black box is the cover you should draw instead.
Local editor or an upload tool?
When a browser canvas beats a cloud editor, what local redaction cannot do, and how to tell the difference without a fake ranking.
Redact faces before posting
A practical pass for faces, name tags, plates, and background screens before a photo goes on the internet.
Share a redacted image safely
Download versus paste, which file is the original, and the checks that stop you sending the unredacted shot.
Redact screenshots before a bug report
A practical pass for support tickets and bug reports: what to cover in DevTools, chat, and URLs, and what to leave so the bug is still reproducible.
Blur, pixelate, or black box
When a soft blur is enough, when a mosaic is the right signal, and when only a solid black box is honest enough for secrets.
What people forget to hide
A checklist for the details that survive a quick crop: sidebars, tokens in URLs, faces on a call, badges, and notification banners.
Use cases
When should you redact before you send?
Redact before you publish, email, attach, or post an image that shows a name, a message, a face, a plate, an ID, or an account number. The editor is already on this page. Cover the region, export a PNG, and send that file. The original on your device stays as it was.
The blur guide, the face and personal-data checklist, and the sharing note cover the cases that are easy to get wrong after the box is drawn.
- Hide names, email addresses, and phone numbers in screenshots
- Redact IDs, account numbers, and signatures in document photos
- Conceal faces, plates, and badges before publishing images
How privacy works
Does this upload your image?
No. Drop, paste, or choose a JPG, PNG, or WebP and the edit runs in this browser. The site does not receive the picture in order to process it. You draw the boxes, choose blur, pixelate, or black box, and download a new PNG. Closing the tab drops the in-memory copy.
Load the image into the browser
Drop a JPG, PNG, or WebP file, paste a screenshot, or choose a file. Editing starts immediately.
Mark the sensitive area
Draw directly over text, names, faces, IDs, account numbers, or anything else that should be hidden.
Choose concealment strength
Use Blur for softer masking, Pixelate for mosaic concealment, or Black Box for the strongest visual redaction.
Export the clean version
Save a redacted PNG back to your device while the original file remains untouched.
Questions
What do people ask before they export?
The image is not uploaded. You can paste a screenshot. JPG, PNG, and WebP all load, and the export is a PNG. Black box is the cover for secrets. Blur and pixelate are for detail you have checked by eye. You can mark more than one region, including on a phone.
Is this image redaction tool free?
Yes. It is 100% free. Blur, pixelate, and black box run in your browser, and we do not upload your images. There is no account.
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. The editor runs locally in your browser, so your image is not uploaded for processing.
Can I paste a screenshot?
Yes. Copy a screenshot, then press Ctrl+V or ⌘V while this page is open. You can also drop a file onto the page or use Choose image.
What image formats are supported?
You can load JPG, PNG, and WebP images. Export downloads PNG, JPG, or WebP. Copy image puts a PNG on the clipboard when the browser allows it.
Which redaction style should I use?
Black Box is the strongest cover for names, IDs, and account numbers. Blur is softer, and you can raise its strength. Pixelate is useful when you want a mosaic that still shows something was there.
Can I hide multiple areas in the same image?
Yes. Add as many redacted regions as you need before exporting the final image.
Does this work on mobile?
Yes. Open the page, choose an image, and drag with your finger to cover the area. Pinch to zoom, and hold Compare to check the original. Undo, redo, and export stay within reach while you edit.
Can I redact a screenshot without uploading it?
Yes. Paste it with Ctrl+V or ⌘V, or drop the file. Blur, pixelate, and black box run in the browser. Export downloads a new PNG, JPG, or WebP. The site does not receive the image for editing.
Is blur enough to hide a password or an ID number?
Usually no. A light blur leaves letter shapes, and short secrets are easy to guess. Use Black Box for passwords, tokens, card numbers, and ID numbers. Blur or pixelate can be enough for a face or a plate after you check that you cannot recognize it.