How to blur faces and license plates in a photo
Open Pixly's free Blur Faces & Plates in your browser and add your photos. Faces and license plates are found and blurred automatically; drag over anything else you want hidden, then click Blur & download. Free, no account — the photos never leave your device, and the downloaded copies have their GPS location removed.
These are the real Blur Faces & Plates screens. Click a step to jump to it.
- 3 steps
- A few seconds per photo
- Free
The three steps
- 01
Add your photos
Go to pixly.app/tools/blur-faces-license-plates and drop one photo or many, or click Choose photos. The tool looks for faces and plates and marks each one with a box.
- 02
Check what was found
Every box is blurred. Tap a box to keep that area sharp, and drag on the photo to blur anything that was missed — a house number, a sign, a screen. Under Style, choose Blur or Pixelate.
- 03
Blur and download
Click Blur & download. One photo downloads as a JPG, several as a zip. Location, camera and date data are left out of every download.
The steps on one page
Save it, print it or send it to your team.
Tips for clean, safe photos
- Check street and exterior shots: parked cars and passers-by are easy to miss.
- Look into windows and mirrors — reflections can show people too.
- Blur house numbers and name plates if the address is not public yet.
- Add all the listing photos at once; they download together.
What to avoid
- Trusting detection blindly: very small or side-on faces can be missed.
- Blurring with a light filter in a photo editor — a weak blur can sometimes be read back.
- Posting the original by mistake: publish the downloaded copy.
Questions people ask
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