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Choose a photo
Open a supported image in your browser. The photo is prepared locally for face detection and editing.
Browser-Based Face Privacy Tool
Blur Faces Locally Before You Share
Automatically detect visible faces and apply blur directly in your browser. Review every detected area, add any missed regions, and download the edited image when you're ready.
Face blur can reduce visible facial detail, but it does not guarantee that a person cannot be identified from other information in the image.
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Review before sharing
Automatic face detection can miss faces or select the wrong area. Check the full image and add manual blur regions where needed before downloading or sharing it.
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JPG, PNG, or WebP · up to 10 MB
Your selected image is read and edited in your browser. GadgetKit does not send the photo itself to a face-detection API or upload it to GadgetKit servers as part of this tool.
Your browser may download the face-detection model and runtime files from external hosting services. Those downloads provide the software needed to run detection locally; they do not require sending your photo with the model request.
How Face Blur Works
Automatic detection helps you find faces, while the final review stays in your hands.
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Review detected areas
The face detector marks possible faces. Remove incorrect detections and check for anything it missed.
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Add manual blur areas
Draw an additional region over any missed face or other part of the image you want to obscure.
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Set the blur intensity
Choose how strongly the selected regions should be visually blurred.
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Apply and inspect
Create the blurred result, then check the entire image before sharing it.
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Download the edited image
Download the finished result as a PNG when you're satisfied with the review.
What Face Blur Can — and Cannot — Do
It can help you
- Detect many visible faces automatically
- Apply blur to selected image regions
- Add manual blur regions when detection misses something
- Review the edited image before downloading it
It cannot guarantee
- That every face will be detected
- That every detected region is actually a face
- That a blurred person cannot be identified from other clues in the image
- That an edited image meets a specific privacy, consent, school, workplace, editorial, or legal requirement
Face Detection, Not Identity Recognition
This tool looks for face-like regions in an image. It does not identify the person, compare them with a named person, or determine who they are.
How Your Image Is Processed
Your selected image is read and edited in your browser. GadgetKit does not send the photo itself to a face-detection API or upload it to GadgetKit servers as part of this tool.
Your browser may download the face-detection model and runtime files from external hosting services. Those downloads provide the software needed to run detection locally; they do not require sending your photo with the model request.
The edited image is created in your browser for you to download. This tool does not provide cloud storage or an online image library.
Common Uses
Examples of situations where visual face blur may be useful before sharing an image.
Public & Social Photos
Blur selected faces before posting a group, event, or public-space photo.
School & Community Updates
Reduce visible facial detail when your organization wants an additional visual privacy step before publishing.
Screenshots
Blur profile photos, video-call faces, or other visible identities before sharing a screenshot.
Event Documentation
Review event images and blur selected attendees before distributing or publishing them.
Editorial Review
Add visual face blur before publication when your editorial workflow calls for it.
Before You Share
Only edit and publish images you are permitted to use. Consent, privacy, workplace, school, editorial, and publication requirements can vary by situation and location. Face blur is a visual editing aid, not a determination that an image is legally cleared or fully anonymous.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this tool upload my photo?↓
The face-blur workflow is designed to read and edit the selected photo in your browser. The photo itself is not sent to a face-detection API or uploaded to GadgetKit servers as part of this tool. Your browser may separately download the detection model and runtime files needed to run the tool.
Does the tool recognize who a person is?↓
No. It detects face-like regions in the image but does not identify the person, compare them with a named individual, or determine who they are.
Does face blur make a person completely anonymous?↓
No. Blurring can reduce visible facial detail, but people may still be identifiable from clothing, location, body features, surrounding text, image context, metadata, or other information.
Can automatic face detection miss someone?↓
Yes. Small, obscured, side-facing, poorly lit, or unusual faces can be missed. Always review the whole image before downloading or sharing it.
What should I do if the tool misses a face?↓
Use Add Blur Area to draw a manual region over the missed face, then apply the blur again.
What if the tool detects something that is not a face?↓
You can disable or remove that detected region before applying blur. Automatic detection should always be reviewed rather than accepted blindly.
Can I blur multiple faces in one image?↓
Yes. The tool can mark multiple detected face regions, and you can choose which ones to blur before producing the edited image.
Can I blur something other than a face?↓
Yes, using a manual blur region. This can be useful for an avatar, name, license plate, badge, username, or another part of an image you want to obscure.
Which image formats are supported?↓
The current tool supports JPG, PNG, and WebP images up to the file-size limit shown in the upload area.
What format will the edited image use?↓
The current workflow exports the edited result as a PNG file.
Can I adjust how strong the blur is?↓
Yes. Use the Blur Intensity control before applying the final blur. Stronger visual blur can hide more facial detail, but no blur setting guarantees complete anonymity.
Why does the tool need to download a model?↓
Face detection runs locally in your browser, so the browser first needs the detection model and runtime software. These files perform the detection on your device rather than sending the photo to a remote face-analysis service.
Does the model download contain my photo?↓
No. The model download provides the software weights used for face detection. Your selected image is processed separately in the browser.
Can I use this for school, workplace, or publication requirements?↓
It can help apply visual face blur, but it does not determine whether a particular image satisfies your organization's consent, privacy, publication, or legal requirements. Follow the rules that apply to your situation.
Does the tool save my edited photos?↓
The tool creates the edited result in your browser for download. It does not provide an online photo library or cloud-storage feature for your processed images.
Should I still review the image after all faces were detected?↓
Yes. Detection counts do not prove that every person has been covered or that the selected blur regions are sufficient for your intended use. Review the complete image before sharing it.