Blur Faces in Photos Online

Automatically detect and hide faces in group photos, events, and street scenes.

Anonymize faces privately in your browser. No account, upload, or watermark.

How it works

  1. 1

    Choose your photo

    Open a JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, or HEIF. Detection starts only after you select a file.

  2. 2

    Review detected faces

    Check every highlight. Leave some faces visible or adjust boxes for hair, hoods, and profile shots.

  3. 3

    Download a protected copy

    Face pixels are rewritten permanently before the file is saved.

Before & after

Group photo after faces were pixelated
Group photo before automatic face blur
Before Protected

Faces were detected and permanently pixelated. No image was uploaded to a server.

Use cases

  • Family and school event photos
  • Street photography
  • Workplace and conference shots
  • News and documentary stills
  • Social posts where bystanders appear

Privacy

Your photo stays on your device. Pixhide processes images directly in your browser. The original image, detected areas and exported file are not sent to our servers.

Limits

Automatic detection may miss small, partially hidden or heavily blurred faces and plates. Always review the highlighted areas before downloading. Supported formats are JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and HEIF. HEIC opens in your browser (Safari may decode natively; other browsers use a local converter loaded only when needed). Downloads are JPG, PNG or WebP. Batch mode can protect up to 20 images at once in your browser. There is no account quota: after one batch finishes, you can start another whenever you like. The limit is per selection, not per day, and nothing is stored as a remote counter.

FAQ

Is Pixhide free?
Yes. You can blur faces online without an account and download a protected copy without a watermark. Batch mode covers up to 20 images per selection in your browser; when that batch finishes you can start another. There is no daily account quota.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Face detection and redaction run in your browser. We never receive your file.
Can I select which faces remain visible?
Yes. Turn off Protect for an individual face, or disable face protection entirely after review.
Does automatic face blur find everyone?
Small, side-facing, distant, or partly covered faces can be missed. Zoom in, adjust boxes, or add a manual cover.
Is blur or pixelation better for privacy?
Strong pixelation is usually safer than soft Gaussian blur, which can sometimes be reversed. Use /pixelate-face if you want pixelation locked as the default.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Yes in modern mobile browsers. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and HEIF are supported. Large group photos may take a little longer on slower devices, and the first HEIC open can briefly load a local decoder.

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