a face is pixelated for privacy while the rest of the photo stays untouched
Pixelate Image Online — Blur Faces and Plates in a Photo Free — pixelate or blur faces, license plates and private text in a photo — After
Pixelate Image Online — Blur Faces and Plates in a Photo Free — pixelate or blur faces, license plates and private text in a photo — Before
Pixelate & Blur

Pixelate Image Online — Blur Faces and Plates in a Photo Free

Works with JPG, PNG, WEBP

Select an area or use face detection, then apply pixelation or blur before downloading.

  • Select any area to pixelate or blur — no cropping
  • Auto-detect and hide every face in one tap
  • Full-quality download · free to use · no watermark

Drop a photo — mark what to hide and download the censored copy

How to pixelate or blur faces, license plates and text in a photo

This tool hides part of a photo behind a pixel mosaic or a soft blur. Draw a box over each area, or let it detect faces for you, choose Pixelate or Blur, set the strength and download the censored copy. Use it before you post a picture that shows bystanders, children, house numbers, license plates, ID cards or private text, and check the result at full size.

Pixelate part of an image

Upload a photo and drag a box over each area you want to hide. Boxes can be moved and resized with their handles, and one image holds up to 24 areas. Choose Pixelate for a block mosaic or Blur for a soft smear, then set Censor strength between Subtle and Strong. The picture updates as you work, and the censored copy downloads as a PNG named after your file with _censored added.

  1. Upload the photo you want to censor.
  2. Drag a box over each area to hide, or select Add a box in the middle for the first box and move it into place.
  3. Choose Pixelate or Blur under Effect.
  4. Raise Censor strength until nothing in the box is readable.
  5. Download the censored PNG.

Blur every face in a group photo

Open the Areas tab and select Auto-detect faces. The tool adds a box over each face it finds, which is much faster than drawing boxes around a crowd. Remove any box you want to keep visible with Remove this area, and add boxes by hand for faces it missed, such as a small or turned one. The Areas hidden count shows how many boxes are in place, and Clear all areas starts over.

Hide a license plate, a name or a house number

Draw a box that covers the whole plate, name or number with a little margin, because a box that stops short can leave the edge characters readable. Raise Censor strength until the characters cannot be read at full size, and zoom in on the preview to check before you share. Add one box per item. For text inside a PDF, redact it with the automatic PDF redactor instead.

Know the limits of pixelating and blurring

Pixelation and blur reduce detail, and a strong setting makes it unreadable at normal size, but neither can promise that nothing can ever be recovered, especially from a light effect on a large, sharp photo. For anything that must stay private, such as a card number or a face in a public photo, set the strength high and check at full size, or crop the area out of the frame. When the whole setting is private rather than a few areas, blur everything behind the subject.

Before you share the censored photo

  • Zoom in to full size and confirm that every hidden face, plate and number is unreadable.
  • Look for the same detail elsewhere in the frame, such as a reflection, a second sign or a badge.
  • Keep your original file, because a censored copy cannot be restored.

Faces are only part of what a photo can reveal, so inspect the location and device details stored in the file before posting. For an event or class photo, estimate the headcount before faces are covered, or blur the whole background behind your subject when the scene itself is private.

What you can do with Pixelate & Blur Image

Review the main capabilities before you begin.

  • Blur faces to protect people's privacy
  • Pixelate license plates in a photo
  • Hide names, addresses and sensitive details
  • Auto-detect faces and censor them fast
  • Draw over any area you want to obscure
  • Adjust how strong the censoring looks

Settings reference

Available controls for Pixelate & Blur Image.

Processing modePresets
Process one input, or switch to Premium batch mode to process multiple inputs with shared settings. Available input types depend on the tool.Options: Single imageBatch

Adjust

EffectPresets
Choose how selected areas are censored: Pixelate covers them with a blocky mosaic for a solid redaction, while Blur softens them for a gentler look.Options: PixelateBlur
Censor strengthSliderRange: 0–1 · Default: 0.7
Sets how heavy the pixelation or blur is, from Subtle to Strong; raise it for faces, plates and IDs so no detail remains readable.

Areas

AreasDraw on image
Drag a box over each face, plate, name or other detail you want hidden; add up to 24 boxes and remove any box individually.
Auto-detect facesOne-click
Finds every face in the photo and adds a censor box over each one automatically, so you can hide all faces in one tap.
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Frequently Asked Questions

How Pixelate & Blur Image helps you get it done

Real problems it solves every day — for businesses, creators, and everyday tasks. Find the use case that fits you and start.

For Business

Redact Screenshots for Work & Support

Pixelate names, emails, order numbers and account details in screenshots before sharing them in tickets, docs or public posts — draw a box over each sensitive area and download a clean copy.

Social Media

Blur Faces Before Posting Group Photos

Auto-detect every face in a group shot and blur or pixelate the people who did not agree to be posted — a quick privacy step for schools, events and social media.

Personal Use

Hide License Plates in Car Photos

Selling a car or posting street photography? Blur the license plate in seconds so your plate number is not exposed on marketplaces and social feeds.

Watch each transformation land

Every photo crosses the slash untouched and comes out the other side finished.