PixKit
Free · 100% local · No sign-up

Blur & redact anything in an image

Drag a box over faces, names, license plates or any sensitive detail and pixelate, blur, or black it out — privately, in your browser, with nothing uploaded.

Drop images to start editing

Add one or many — PNG, JPG & WebP. Or paste with /Ctrl + V

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No upload — fully private Free & unlimited Works offline

How does the blur and redact tool work?

Drag a rectangle, ellipse or freehand shape over anything sensitive and PixKit pixelates it, blurs it, or covers it with a solid box — tuned by a Strength slider. Pixelate and Box overwrite the pixels permanently, so the export can't be reversed, and the whole process runs on your device.

A private image toolkit, not just a watermark remover

Clean the Gemini sparkle, then finish the job — crop, resize, convert and adjust without uploading a single pixel.

Lossless watermark removal

Reverse-alpha math restores the true pixels under the Gemini logo — no blur, no AI guesswork.

Crop & resize

Crop to any aspect ratio with draggable handles, then resize to exact pixels or quick scales.

Convert & compress

Export to PNG, JPG or WebP with a quality slider and a live file-size estimate.

100% private

Every tool runs locally with undo/redo. Nothing is uploaded — it even works offline.

Redact part of an image in 3 steps

Pick a style, drag over the secret, export.

Choose style and shape

Open Blur & Redact and pick Pixelate, Blur or Box, then Rectangle, Ellipse or Freehand. Box mode lets you choose the cover color.

Cover the sensitive areas

Drag over each face, name or plate — adjust the Strength slider (6–60) for coarser pixels or heavier blur, and stack as many redactions as you need with undo available throughout.

Export to make it permanent

Download as PNG, JPG or WebP. The redactions are flattened into the pixels, and the export also drops the photo's original EXIF metadata.

What people redact

Screenshots with credentials

Hide email addresses, API keys, tokens and order numbers before posting a screenshot to a bug report or forum.

Faces and bystanders

Pixelate children, bystanders or anyone who didn't consent before a photo goes public.

License plates

Blur or box out plates in car-sale listings, dashcam frames and street photos.

Documents

Black-box account numbers, addresses and signatures on scans you need to share as evidence or examples.

Chat logs

Redact names and numbers from conversation screenshots while keeping the exchange readable.

Frequently asked questions

Everything about blurring and redacting images with PixKit.

How do I blur or redact part of an image?+
Drop your image in, open the Redact tool, pick a style (Pixelate, Blur or Box), and drag a shape over the area to hide. Repeat for each area, then download.
Is the redaction permanent and safe?+
Pixelate and Box permanently overwrite the pixels, so the hidden content cannot be recovered from the exported image. Blur is softer and meant for cosmetic hiding. Export the image to flatten the changes in.
Should I use Pixelate, Blur or Box?+
For anything genuinely sensitive, use Pixelate or Box — both destroy the underlying pixels. Use Blur for cosmetic softening; lightly blurred text can sometimes be partially reconstructed, so it's not a security tool.
Can I censor faces or license plates?+
Yes — that's exactly what it's for. Use Pixelate or Box over faces, names, license plates, addresses or any private detail; the Ellipse shape fits faces naturally.
Can I redact with an ellipse or freehand shape?+
Yes. Alongside the rectangle there's an Ellipse for faces and round objects, and a Freehand mode that traces any irregular region you draw.
Can hidden metadata still leak what I redacted?+
The export is drawn fresh from the canvas, so the original file's EXIF metadata — GPS location, camera info, embedded thumbnails — does not carry over. For a dedicated metadata check, see the EXIF remover tool.
Is it safe to redact confidential documents in a browser tool?+
Here, yes — because nothing is uploaded. The redaction runs entirely on your device and works offline, so the unredacted original never travels anywhere.

Free online image redactor

PixKit lets you blur or redact parts of an image for free, entirely in your browser. Drag a box over anything you want to hide — a face, a name, an address, a license plate, a signature — and choose pixelate, blur, or a solid box. Stack as many redactions as you need, with full undo.

Three styles, three shapes

Pick Pixelate, Blur or Box as the style, then Rectangle, Ellipse or Freehand as the shape — an ellipse hugs a face more naturally, and freehand traces irregular areas like a paragraph of text. The Strength slider (6–60) sets how coarse the pixelation, how heavy the blur, and Box mode adds a color picker so the cover can be black, white, red or any custom color.

Irreversible by design

Pixelate and Box permanently replace the pixels, so the hidden content can't be recovered from the exported file — the safest choice for truly sensitive information. Blur is best for a softer, cosmetic hide; heavily blurred text can sometimes be partially reconstructed, so don't rely on light blur for secrets.

Private — and metadata-clean

All redaction happens locally on your device; your image is never sent to a server, which matters most exactly when you're hiding sensitive details. Exporting draws a fresh PNG, JPG or WebP from the canvas, which also drops the original file's EXIF metadata (camera, timestamps, GPS) as a side effect.

Blur & Redact: local vs. cloud tools

PixKitTypical online tools
Where your image is processedOn your device — nothing is uploadedUploaded to the tool's servers
Price, accounts & limitsNo sign-up or usage credits; browser safety limits applyFree-tier caps, accounts, paywalls
Speed on large filesNo upload or queue; speed depends on the deviceUpload, wait in queue, download
Works offlineYes — installs as a PWANo connection, no tool
Redaction stylesPixelate, blur or solid box — rectangle, ellipse or freehandUsually blur only, rectangles only
RecoverabilityPixelate and Box permanently overwrite the pixels in the exportSome stack removable overlay layers
MetadataCanvas export drops EXIF (camera, GPS, timestamps) automaticallyMetadata often passed through untouched

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