Faces
Draw a box over each face you want to hide. Manual face redaction works on every plan, including the free tier.
Blur Faces In A Photo
Blur faces in a photo before you share it
Hiding a stranger's, a child's, or a bystander's face before you post a photo should not mean uploading the picture to someone else's server. RedactVault lets you black out faces in your browser — the image is processed on your device and is not sent to RedactVault servers for redaction.
Free to start. Marking faces yourself works on every plan, including the free tier.
What you can cover
Faces, and anything else you do not want public
You start in manual mode: nothing is auto-highlighted, so you simply draw a box over each face — or anything else — you want gone. Prefer to have readable text found for you? You can switch on automatic detection of names, addresses, and emails at any time.
Name badges & ID cards
Cover a lanyard, conference badge, or an ID card someone is holding in the shot.
Licence plates & screens
Black out a visible licence plate, a phone or monitor screen, or anything else with readable detail.
Documents & backgrounds
Papers, envelopes, sticky notes, or a whiteboard caught in the background — box anything you do not want public.
RedactVault covers each face with a solid box and flattens it into the exported image — which is safer than a blur, since some blurs can be partly reversed. The area under the box is gone, not just hidden on top.
How it works
Three steps, all in your browser
Open the photo in your browser
Select your JPG, PNG, or other image. It is processed locally by your browser and is not sent to RedactVault servers for redaction.
Draw a box over each face
Cover the faces you want to hide with a solid box. You start in manual mode, so nothing is auto-highlighted — you decide exactly what gets covered.
Export a flattened copy
Export a new image with the covered areas removed and metadata stripped — the part under each box is gone, not just hidden on top.
Automatic face detection
On every plan you can mark faces yourself. On the Business plan, RedactVault can also detect faces automatically and pre-mark them for you to review — useful for photos with many people. You never need it to hide a face: manual marking does the same job and is free.
Why browser-local matters
Your photo does not leave your device to be redacted
Most online photo tools transfer your image to a server first — the opposite of what you want when the photo shows someone's face. RedactVault runs the redaction in your browser, so the image content is not sent to RedactVault servers for redaction. Account, billing, and support data are still handled server-side like any normal web app.
Before you post it
Always review the photo before sharing. Cover every face you mean to hide — including partial faces, reflections, and faces in the background — and check for other identifying details like name badges, license plates, or documents in the shot. Detection of text in an image relies on recognition (English-focused) and will not catch everything, so mark anything sensitive yourself. Export the flattened copy and share that file, not the original.
Further reading
Redaction guides for photos and images
Practical reading on hiding faces and other details in a photo without leaking the data.
Why drawing a black box is not always real redaction
What actually removes the content under a box, and why a flattened export matters for images.
The biggest redaction mistakes people still make
Common ways a photo still leaks data after it looks redacted, and how to avoid them.
Are online redaction tools safe before you upload?
Why browser-local processing matters when the thing you are sharing is a personal photo.
How the processing works
Check the security and accuracy details
Read how RedactVault processes images locally and where its detection limits are, so you know exactly what the tool does and does not do before trusting it with a photo.
Ready when you are
Blur faces in your photo now
Open your photo and cover the faces you want to hide. Nothing is shared until you export the copy you choose to post.
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