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Cover part of a photo

Pixelate or black out

Choose a file

Drop a file hereTap to choose a fileDrop it hereOne image, up to 30 MB. Processed as soon as you pick it, and never uploaded.One image, up to 30 MB. Processed as soon as you pick it, and never uploaded.

Settings

Nothing covered yet.

Drag across the photo to cover an area. You can cover several. Use solid black when it must not be readable — fine pixelation can still hint at what was there. Saving rewrites those pixels for real, and the camera data in the photo goes with it.

Preview

Choose an image to see the result.

Everything happens in your browser. Your image is never uploaded or stored. The saved file carries no EXIF data from the original — no capture date, GPS location or camera details.

How to use

Drag over the faces, names, addresses or plate numbers that should not be visible. This does not lay a box on top of the picture — it rewrites those pixels. The saved file no longer holds what was there. Everything happens in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

When to use it

  • Hiding a plate or an address in an accident or marketplace photo.
  • Removing customer names and numbers from a screenshot you are sharing.
  • Covering the face of someone in a group photo who did not consent.

How to use it

  1. Choose a photo. Up to 30MB and 12,000px per side.
  2. Pick how to cover: pixelate or solid black. Pixelation also has a strength setting.
  3. Drag across the photo to cover an area. You can cover several.
  4. Got one wrong? Use Undo last or Clear all.
  5. Pick an output format and press Download.

Good to know

  • Solid black is the certain one. It replaces the area with a single colour, leaving nothing of the original. Use it for plates and ID numbers.
  • Fine pixelation can still hint at letter shapes, so the block size grows with the area (one fifth to one sixteenth of the short edge).
  • Changing the method or strength applies to areas you already covered, so what you see is what gets saved.
  • Saving rewrites those pixels for real and cannot be undone. Keep your original.
  • Because the picture is saved again, the EXIF data (date, location) disappears with it.

Frequently asked questions

Pixelation or solid black — which is safer?

Solid black. It replaces the area with one colour, so nothing of the original survives. Fine pixelation can still hint at shapes, which is why the block size here grows with the area.

Can a covered area be recovered later?

No. Keep the original file if you may need it — the saved copy cannot be undone.

Is the camera data removed too?

Yes. The picture is saved again, so EXIF and the rest do not travel into the result. If you only want the metadata gone, the photo info remover does that without touching quality.

Can I cover several places?

Each drag adds one more. You can undo the last one or clear them all, and changing the method or strength applies to the areas already covered.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes — drag with your finger the same way. On a small screen, zooming in first makes the selection more precise.

Why is there no blur option?

A weak blur often leaves the original guessable, so only the two dependable options are offered: pixelation coarse enough to matter, and solid black.