Redact Image — Black Out, Pixelate or Blur Sensitive Info
Select sensitive areas — IDs, bank cards, receipts, chat logs, faces, license plates — and black out, pixelate, or blur them. Pixels are truly erased and cannot be recovered. Local processing, no upload.
Redacting an image covers sensitive information before sharing. This tool lets you select regions on a canvas and apply black-out, pixelate, or blur. The pixels are actually rewritten (not a semi-transparent overlay that can be reversed), so the exported image cannot reveal what was hidden. Fully local — no upload.
When You Need to Redact
IDs / Receipts
Cover ID numbers, card numbers, and addresses.
Chats / Screenshots
Hide nicknames and phone numbers in chat logs.
Faces / Plates
Protect bystanders and block license plates.
Why Pixels Must Be Erased
Semi-transparent Smudges Can Be Reversed
Many people paint a semi-transparent layer in an image editor — it looks covered, but raising brightness / contrast can recover it. This tool deletes the pixels outright, making it irreversible.
Export Also Drops EXIF
Re-exporting from the canvas naturally strips the original GPS and other metadata, for extra privacy.
Redact Image FAQ
No. Black-out erases pixels directly, and pixelate / blur also rewrite the pixels in the exported image — the original content cannot be recovered.
Pixelate breaks the area into blocky tiles; blur softens it. Black-out is the most thorough and safest, best for critical info like ID numbers.
Yes. Select multiple regions one by one, with undo for the last step or clear-all to start over.
No. Redaction runs entirely in your browser.