Pixelate faces and sensitive areas in any photo instantly. Automatic face detection, or draw pixelate zones manually with full shape and intensity control. 100% in-browser, nothing uploaded.
Drag and drop or click to select - JPG, PNG, WebP supported
Processing is 100% in-browser. Your image is never uploaded.
Drag and drop or choose any photo with faces to pixelate.
Click and drag to draw pixelate zones over each face or area.
Adjust pixel size and click Download to save the anonymised photo.
Pixelation is the visual shorthand for redacted identity. Drop the photo, draw pixelate boxes over each face, and download a copy that signals anonymisation more clearly than blur alone.
Newsrooms use it for source protection, social workers for case studies, and educators for teaching materials that reuse sensitive imagery.
Click Auto-Find Faces to automatically detect and pixelate every face in the photo using the detection engine face detection library. The tool scans the image in the browser and adds pixelate zones over each detected face without any server processing or API calls.
Draw pixelate zones manually by dragging anywhere on the image. Each zone is independently resizable, drag the corner handles to adjust size, drag the body to reposition, and click the red × button to remove. You can have as many zones as you need on one image.
Drag the Pixel Size slider to control how large the mosaic blocks are, from fine 1px detail to heavy 100px blocks. The effect updates live on the canvas as you drag. Switch between Pixelate and Blur effects at any time. Rectangle and Ellipse shapes both supported.
Everything runs entirely in your browser using the HTML5 Canvas API. Your image is never sent to any server, never stored, and never processed outside your device. The download button saves the finished image directly from the canvas to your device.
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