Blur Faces
ℹ️ How it works:
- Upload your image file
- Pick which detected faces (or areas) to hide and the blur style
- Download your privacy-protected image
Blur Faces in a Photo for Free
Protect people's privacy by hiding their faces in any photo. Upload your image and the tool automatically detects faces and blurs them with an AI face detector. You see the result instantly — tap any face to toggle it, drag on the image to blur anything else (like license plates or names), and pick a blur, pixelate, or black-box style with adjustable strength. No sign-up and no watermarks.
How to Blur Faces
- Click the upload area above or drag and drop your image (up to 5 MB).
- Faces are detected and blurred automatically — tap a face to turn its blur on or off, and drag on the image to cover anything else.
- Choose the censor style and strength (the preview updates live), then click Proceed to Download.
Censor Styles
- Blur – a smooth Gaussian blur that softly hides the face
- Pixelate – a blocky mosaic effect, the classic "censored" look
- Black box – fully covers the area with a solid black block
Key Features
- AI face detection – faces are found and blurred for you automatically
- Live preview – see the blur on your photo as you adjust it
- Tap to toggle – turn the blur on or off for any individual face
- Draw your own areas – drag on the image to cover anything the detector misses
- Adjustable strength – control how strong the blur or pixelation is
- Privacy-friendly – processed on our server, no account, no watermark
Common Use Cases
- Hiding bystanders' faces before posting photos publicly
- Protecting identities in screenshots, reports, or news images
- Censoring children's faces in shared family or school photos
- Covering names, plates, or other private details with manual areas
Supported Formats
Upload JPG/JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, or TIFF (max 5 MB). Your edited image is downloaded as a PNG, and your original file is never modified.
Frequently Asked Questions
Just drag on the image to draw a box over any face or detail you want to hide. This also lets you cover things that aren't faces, like license plates, badges, or names.
Yes. Pick Blur for a soft smear, Pixelate for a mosaic/censored look, or Black box to fully cover the area, and adjust the strength slider to taste.
Yes. The censoring is baked into the downloaded image, so it can't be undone by the viewer. Processing happens on our server and the result is sized for web use (up to about 2200 px on the longest side) to keep things fast and free.
You can upload one image up to 5 MB. For larger files, shrink them first with our Compress Image tool.
Related Image Tools
- Remove Background – erase the background behind your subject
- Crop Image – trim out parts of the photo entirely
- Filter Image – apply blur, vintage, and other effects
- Resize Image – set exact pixel dimensions
- Compress Image – reduce file size