Blur a Face in a Photo
Hide one face or a whole crowd — drag a box over each face and blur or pixelate it, free and in your browser.
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Drag & drop, paste, or pick a file
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Hiding faces before you share
Posting a photo from an event, a protest, or a busy street? Blurring the faces of people who didn't agree to be photographed is the responsible — and in many places, legally safer — thing to do. This tool lets you drag a box over each face and soften or pixelate it in seconds, with the rest of the photo untouched.
Add as many boxes as there are faces; each is obscured independently. Choose a smooth blur for a natural look, or pixelation for the obvious 'censored' style. The effect is flattened into the downloaded file, so the faces can't be recovered from the saved image.
How to blur a face
- Open the photo. Drag it onto the tool, choose a file, or paste it.
- Box each face. With Selected areas chosen, drag a rectangle over every face you want to hide.
- Blur and download. Pick blur or pixelate, raise the strength, and download in your original format.
Cover the whole face
Draw each box a little larger than the face so the edges, hairline, and any identifying features are fully inside it. For faces that must never be identifiable, use a strong blur or the Redact bars.
How blur a face works
- What it does
- Per-face blur or pixelation
- How the tool does it
- You drag a box over each face and the tool obscures every box independently — a smooth multi-pass blur for a natural look, or a block mosaic for the obvious censored style — leaving the rest of the photo at full resolution.
- What it's for
- Hiding the faces of bystanders who never agreed to be photographed — at an event, a protest, or on a busy street — is the responsible and, in many places, legally safer thing to do before posting.
- Can it be reversed?
- Because the effect is flattened into the downloaded file with no separate layers, the obscured face cannot be recovered from the saved image — but use a strong setting, since a light blur on a small face can survive.
Tip: Draw each box a little larger than the face so the hairline, ears, and jaw are fully covered, since identifying features around the edge are easy to forget.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I blur more than one face?
Yes. Drag a separate box over each face — there's no limit. Use Undo or the small ✕ on a box to remove one.
Should I blur or pixelate a face?
Both hide a face. Blur looks more natural; pixelation reads more clearly as censored. For maximum certainty, use Redact to paint a solid bar over the face.
Is the blurred face removed from the file?
Yes. The effect is flattened into the image at download — there are no separate layers, so the original face cannot be recovered from the saved file.
Where is my image processed?
The blurring happens in your browser, so the new file is created on your own device. How any data associated with the tool is handled is described in our privacy policy.
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