Pixelate Image
Pixelate an image to hide faces, text or sensitive details.
Processed entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded to a server.
- Pixelate the whole image, or drag a box to pixelate only a selected area.
- Adjustable block size — bigger blocks hide more.
- Irreversible: the underlying detail is genuinely gone.
- Live preview.
- Runs in your browser.
Why this is private
- Processed entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded to a server.
- Open your browser's DevTools → Network tab while using this tool — you won't see a request carrying your input, because it never leaves your device.
- Nothing you enter is uploaded to a server or shared with us — the processing happens entirely on your device.
Overview
Pixelates the whole image, or just a rectangle you select, into blocks of a size you choose, with a live preview — an irreversible way to obscure a face, name or number.
How to use it
- 1Add an image.
- 2Choose "Whole image" or "Selected area."
- 3In selected-area mode, drag the box over the face, name or number to hide.
- 4Set the pixel block size.
- 5Download the result.
Frequently asked questions
What people use it for
Hide a face before posting a photoSelect just the face — or a bystander's, or a child's — and pixelate it while the rest of the photo stays sharp.
Censor a name, address or number in a screenshotSelect just that field and block it out irreversibly, without touching the rest of the screenshot.
Redact part of a document imageSelect a signature or account number on a scanned page and pixelate it before emailing it.
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