Blur a Face in a Photo

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

1. Open the photo. Drag it onto the tool, choose a file, or paste it.
2. Box each face. With Selected areas chosen, drag a rectangle over every face you want to hide.
3. 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.