Your photo stays on this device.
Faces can be found for you, and a box and brush cover anything else. The saved photo leaves out the camera and location details hidden in the original. Everything happens in your browser, free and private.
How to blur faces in a photo
- Press Open a photo and choose an image.
- Press Find faces. Every face the tool spots is covered straight away.
- Use Cover by hand for anything missed: pick the Box or Brush tool, set the Brush size, and use the Eraser to undo part of a cover.
- Choose the Effect under Style: Pixelate, Blur or Solid, and adjust the Strength.
- Press and hold Hold to compare to see the original.
- Choose the Format, JPG or PNG, and press Download.
Clear all removes every cover. Open another starts again with a new photo.
Finding faces for you
Press Find faces and every face the tool spots is covered straight away. Where the browser has a built-in face detector it is used; otherwise a small face detection model runs on this device, downloaded once on first use. No detector catches every face, especially tiny, turned-away or partly hidden ones, so always look over the photo before you save it and cover anything left with the box or brush. If neither detector can run in your browser, the page says so and the hand tools still work.
Pixelate, blur or solid
Pixelate replaces an area with large blocks of colour and is hard to undo at higher strengths. Blur gives a softer look that suits faces in the background. Solid paints a plain block, which is the right choice for names, addresses, card numbers and number plates, where even a few readable letters matter. The effect is baked into the pixels of the saved photo; it is not a layer anyone can remove.
Hidden details are left out
Photos from phones and cameras often carry the time, the device and the exact location where they were taken. The saved copy is drawn fresh from the pixels, so none of that comes along. Your photo is never uploaded: the detection, the blurring and the saving all happen in this browser tab.
Tips for good results
- Use a strong setting. A faint blur can sometimes be reversed or guessed.
- Check the edges and the corners of the photo for faces you missed.
- Cover more than just the face when needed, such as name tags, screens, documents and number plates.
- Keep the original. The saved copy is a new file, and the effect cannot be undone later.
Common uses
Parents and teachers sharing school event photos, small businesses posting pictures of their premises, community groups, and anyone posting a photo online that includes strangers. To remove location and camera data from photos without changing them, try the image editor.
Questions
Does it find every face?
No detector is perfect. Always check the photo, and use the Box or Brush for faces that were missed.
Can the blur be undone?
No. It is part of the saved image. Keep your original if you might need it.
Is the location data removed?
Yes. The saved copy is drawn fresh from the pixels, so the time, device and location in the original are left out.