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Blur a license plate

Selling a car, sharing a dashcam still, or posting a street photo? Hide the number plate first. Draw a box over it and download — the plate never becomes public.

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JPEG, PNG, WebP · one image at a time · up to 50 MB

Blur a license plate

Drag & drop your image

Accepts JPEG, PNG, WebP · one image at a time, up to 50 MB

How to blur a license plate

Four steps, a few seconds, zero uploads.

1

Add your photo

Drag the vehicle photo onto the editor, or click Browse. JPEG, PNG, and WebP are accepted.

2

Draw over the plate

Drag a box over the number plate. Add more boxes for any other plates in the shot.

3

Set the strength

Raise the strength until the plate is completely unreadable — plates are short, so lean strong.

4

Download

Save the result. The plate is obscured in the exported pixels and can't be read back.

Why hide a number plate?

A license plate is a unique identifier tied to a vehicle and, often, to a person. It turns up in the places we share most freely — a car for sale on a marketplace, a dashcam clip of a near-miss, a holiday photo with traffic in the background. Once that plate is public it can be used to look up or infer more than you'd like, which is why it's worth removing before you post rather than after.

Because this runs in your browser, the photo of your car and wherever it was parked never touches a server. And the blur is permanent: it's composited into the exported pixels at full resolution, so there's no crisp original underneath. Plates are short and predictable, so use a strong setting — make sure not a single character is legible before you share.

Frequently asked

Is the photo uploaded anywhere?

No. The photo is edited entirely in your browser with the Canvas API and is never sent to a server. Nothing about your vehicle or location leaves your device.

Why blur a license plate before posting?

A plate can be used to look up or infer details about a vehicle and its owner, and it appears in car-sale listings, dashcam footage, and street photos. Blurring it before you publish keeps that identifier out of public view.

Can the plate number be recovered from the blurred image?

Not if you obscure it thoroughly. The blur is written into the exported pixels at full resolution, not added as a removable layer. Use a high strength so no characters are legible — a light blur over a few large characters can sometimes be reversed, so make sure the plate is completely unreadable.

Can I blur several plates in one photo?

Yes. Draw a box over each plate — there is no limit. You can also use it on faces, house numbers, or anything else in the same shot.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The editor is touch-friendly, so you can draw and adjust the box with your finger — handy when you're photographing a car to sell.

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