Blur & Pixelate Image

Blur & Pixelate Image hides the parts of a picture other people should not see. Draw a box, an oval or a free brush stroke over a face, a car number plate, a name on a parcel label, a bank balance in a screenshot or a child’s school badge, and choose how to hide it: a soft blur, chunky pixels, or a solid box that paints over it completely.

You can hide as many areas as you like, each with its own effect and strength, then move, resize or delete them. There is also a portrait-style mode that blurs the whole background and keeps one oval or box sharp, with a soft edge, which is handy for product photos or for keeping bystanders anonymous.

We are honest about the limits. A gentle blur, or large pixel blocks over short text and numbers, can sometimes be reversed or guessed, so for anything written, a solid box is the safe choice. Your picture never leaves your device, the saved file keeps its full resolution, and because it is redrawn from scratch, the hidden EXIF details (camera model, date and GPS location) are not carried over.

1. Tap “Choose an image”, drop a file, or paste a screenshot.
2. Pick a shape under “Draw” (Box, Oval or Brush) and an “Effect” (Blur, Pixelate or Solid box).
3. Drag across the picture over what you want to hide. Set “Strength”, or the box colour for Solid box.
4. Tap an area to choose it, then drag to move it, pull a corner to resize, or press “Delete area”. Tick “Blur the whole picture” for a sharp focus area instead.
5. Press “Save image”, then “Download image”.

• Three ways to hide: Gaussian-style blur, pixelate (each block is the true average of its pixels), and solid box in any colour.
• Draw rectangles, ovals or free brush strokes, with an adjustable brush size.
• Unlimited areas, each with its own effect and strength; move, resize, delete and nudge with the arrow keys.
• Whole-picture blur or pixelate with one sharp oval or box, and a soft-edge slider.
• Areas are applied in order on top of each other, so a blur next to a solid box can never bring back what the box covered.
• Undo and redo for every change, with ⌘Z / Ctrl+Z and ⇧⌘Z / Ctrl+Y.
• Saves at the original resolution as the same format, JPG, PNG or WebP, with EXIF and GPS data left out.
• Opens JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, BMP, SVG and ICO.

• For passwords, card numbers, addresses and anything else written, use Solid box. It replaces the pixels instead of smudging them.
• If you blur a face, push Strength well past halfway and cover a little more than the face itself, including hair and ears.
• Pixelate looks deliberate and is good for faces in a crowd; small blocks over large text can still be readable, so check the result zoomed in.
• PNG is best for screenshots: text edges stay crisp and nothing smears. Photos are smaller as JPG.
• Very large photos that are more than your browser can hold at once are scaled down to fit, and the tool tells you when that happens.