Blur part of an image, free and private

Hide details without sending the photo anywhere

The reason to blur something is that it is private, so the photo should not go anywhere to have it done. Here the work happens in your browser, on your own device. The image is never uploaded to us, so there is nothing to store and nothing to delete.

It is free, needs no account and has no daily limit.

How to blur part of a photo

Choose a JPG, PNG or WebP image, or drop it on the page.

Drag across the photo to mark an area, or tap Add area. Mark as many as you need, as rectangles or ovals.

Drag an area to move it, drag a corner to resize it, and tap Remove to delete the selected one. On a keyboard, focus an area and move it with the arrow keys.

Choose Blur, Pixelate or Solid, set the strength, check the preview and download.

Which effect to use

Blur softens an area so it blends with the photo. It suits faces in the background and anything that only needs to be unrecognisable at a glance.

Pixelate replaces the area with large squares. At high strength it is a better choice than blur for text and numbers.

Solid covers the area with a plain colour. Nothing of the original is left underneath, so use it for anything that must not be readable at all: card numbers, addresses, documents, passwords.

Light blur on small text can sometimes be partly reversed or guessed. When in doubt, use Solid.

Good to know

The downloaded file contains only the edited pixels. The original under a blurred or covered area is not hidden in the file, and hidden details such as the location the photo was taken are not carried over.

There is no automatic face detection: you choose exactly what is hidden, and nothing about the photo is analysed.

Common questions