Select the area you want to hide. Download a clean copy. Done.
Or click to browse · Paste with Ctrl+V also works
Drop your image in or paste from clipboard.
Black Box, Blur, or Pixelate.
Rectangle, oval, or freehand lasso — then hide what you selected.
Hit Download PNG. Done.
SquooshNeed to shrink your image after editing? Squoosh is a free browser-based image compressor with no upload required.
Visit Squoosh →When you blur image online with HideShot, you are not applying a filter to the whole picture. You mark only the zones that matter — a license plate in a parking-lot photo, a price tag in a product shot, or a username in a Discord capture. That targeted approach keeps the rest of the image sharp and readable.
Blur works well for casual sharing where you mainly want to discourage casual reading. It is less rigorous than a solid blackout for highly sensitive strings (account numbers, medical IDs). For those cases, switch to Black Box mode in the toolbar above.
Because editing happens locally, you can iterate quickly: upload, blur a region, undo, try a larger box, download. No export limits and no watermark on the finished file.
Anything inside a rectangle you draw — text blocks, logos, faces, metadata bars, or portions of a spreadsheet screenshot. You can place multiple boxes before downloading.
Blur obscures detail for normal viewing but is not cryptographic erasure. For tiny fonts or high-contrast numbers, use Black Box mode instead.
No. HideShot loads a copy into the browser canvas. Your source file in Downloads or Photos remains untouched until you save the new PNG.
Yes. Copy an image to your clipboard and press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac) while the page is open.