Censor a name, a face, an address, or an account number before you share a screenshot or photo. Draw a box over each detail and it's replaced with solid blocks that can't be read back.
Your files never leave this deviceJPEG, PNG, WebP · one image at a time · up to 50 MB
Four steps, a few seconds, zero uploads.
Drag your image or screenshot onto the editor, or click Browse. JPEG, PNG, and WebP are accepted.
Drag a box over each name, face, or number you want to censor. Add as many boxes as you need.
Raise the strength for larger, more thorough blocks — bigger blocks hide more.
Save the result. The pixelation is baked into the pixels, so the hidden detail can't be read back.
Most images people pixelate are screenshots — an order confirmation, a bank statement, a chat thread, a support ticket — and they're full of exactly the details you don't want on a server. Uploading such an image to a web tool just to hide part of it defeats the purpose. Latch pixelates it on your own device: the file is decoded, redacted, and re-saved in the browser, and nothing is transmitted.
The redaction is permanent. Each block is averaged down and rescaled so the original detail is discarded, and this is written into the exported pixels rather than layered on top. For text especially, use a coarse block size — very fine pixelation of short, predictable strings can occasionally be reconstructed, so make the blocks large enough that nothing is legible.
No. The image is processed entirely in your browser with the Canvas API. It is never uploaded, so even screenshots containing private information stay on your device.
With a coarse enough block size, no. The tool averages each block down and scales it back up, discarding the underlying detail — on the exported pixels, not as a removable overlay. Use a high strength for text: fine pixelation of short, predictable strings can sometimes be reconstructed, so make the blocks large enough that nothing is legible.
Yes. Draw a box over each area you want to hide — there is no limit. Every box uses the same effect and strength, and you can move, resize, or delete any of them before exporting.
Pixelation replaces an area with large solid blocks, which reads clearly as a deliberate redaction. Blur softens an area instead, and a solid black bar removes it outright — for those, use the blur or redact tool. Whichever you pick, use enough strength that the detail is completely hidden.
Yes. Only the areas inside your boxes are changed. The rest of the image is exported untouched at its original resolution.
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