Face blur
Blur / pixelate faces — auto-boxed where your browser supports it, manual otherwise
Face blur runs locally and is designed for verifiable privacy work: process, export, then confirm the sensitive content is gone before sharing.
Drag an image here, or click to choose
Processed locally in your browser — never uploadedOperational notes
What this tool proves
Sharing a group photo, street shot, or event picture but want to protect bystanders? This tool masks faces in your browser: when your browser supports local face detection, faces are boxed automatically (no boxing each one); otherwise you drag to box them yourself. Either way it stays local — images never upload. Then blur or pixelate in one click; the mask is burned into pixels and unrecoverable.
How to use Face blur
- 1Drop an image with faces — processed locally, never uploaded
- 2Faces are auto-boxed where supported; otherwise drag to box each face
- 3Choose blur or pixelate, mask in one click, then export
Why this tool
Where supported, auto-detection saves boxing each face one by one — ideal for group photos — and the model runs locally. Auto-detection currently relies on a native browser capability with limited coverage, and profiles, occlusions, and tiny faces may be missed, so you can always add manual boxes, with masks burned into pixels.
FAQ
- Is face detection accurate?
- Good for frontal faces; profiles, occlusions, and very small faces may be missed. Review before exporting and add manual masks where needed.
- Does the model upload my photo?
- No. The model infers locally in your browser; neither the photo nor the results leave your device.
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State privacy rights
Deletion laws near this workflow
These source-checked rows connect local redaction and PII cleanup to state privacy deletion rights. The cluster is staged noindex until final legal review.
Updated 2026-06-10 · PrivScrub
Sources, review and limits
Last verified
2026-06-17
Author
RedactCat editorial desk
Reviewer
Privacy workflow review
Primary sources
- Local PDF/image parsing and canvas rendering APIs
- User-marked redaction regions and export settings
- OCR helpers where the page explicitly offers OCR
Redaction is high risk. Always inspect the exported file for hidden text, metadata, layers and missed sensitive information before sharing.