Face & License Plate Redactor – Blur & Pixelate Online

Redact faces and license plates directly in your browser. Blur, pixelate, or cover sensitive details in photos safely, offline, and with no uploads required.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click the large image area (placeholder) or use 'Choose image.' Your photo opens directly in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

It redacts sensitive parts of photos using Brush or Rectangle with Blur, Pixelate, or Solid cover. Processing stays on your device.

Brush handles irregular shapes like angled faces or logos. Rectangle draws neat blocks for plates, IDs, and addresses.

Brush size sets stroke width (shown by a dashed circle). Strength sets effect intensity. Feather softens rectangle edges only.

Yes. A dashed circular cursor shows the live brush footprint.

Use Undo to remove the last step, then repaint or redraw. Reset all clears the image and restores defaults.

Increase Strength until details are unreadable at 100% zoom. Use Solid for text, codes, or highly sensitive data.

The preview auto-scales to fit your screen without scrollbars. Exports still use the exact output resolution you choose.

Original, 75%, 50%, or 25%. Social Fit presets (Instagram, Story/Reel, YouTube/X, LinkedIn, Facebook) and Long edge presets are included. The menu shows exact output pixels.

No. They fit the image inside the target size while keeping aspect ratio — no cropping or stretching.

PNG is lossless and ideal for sharp graphics. JPEG is smaller for photos; about 92 quality balances size and clarity. The quality box appears only for JPEG.

Your original name with -redacted added — for example, IMG_1234-redacted.jpg.

Yes. Editing happens locally in your browser. Images are not uploaded or stored on our servers.

Faces (especially children/bystanders), license plates, home numbers and street names, email/phone, ID numbers, medical info, barcodes/QR, credit cards, staff/student badges, computer screens, whiteboards, and reflections in windows or glasses.

No. It edits visible pixels only. To remove hidden data, use our PDF/Office Metadata Scrubber first.

Supported formats: PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF. If you have HEIC (iPhone), convert it first with our HEIC to JPG/PNG Converter, then redact.

Cover slightly beyond the sensitive area, raise Strength until unreadable, use Solid for tiny details, check backgrounds and reflections, and review at full size.