Pixelate, blur, or black out anything you need hidden before publishing.
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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.
SquooshLarge censored images can be heavy to upload. Squoosh compresses PNG and JPG files in the browser before you post to social media.
Visit Squoosh →When you censor image online content with HideShot, viewers immediately see that something was deliberately obscured — especially with Pixelate mode, which produces the familiar TV-style mosaic blocks moderators expect on public forums.
Streamers censor usernames in VOD thumbnails. Teachers mosaic student names on classroom photos for newsletters. Journalists pixelate identifying badges in protest photography while preserving scene context.
Mix modes on one canvas: pixelate a face, black out a license plate, blur a background sign, then export a single PNG. Everything processes locally with no watermark on the finished file.
Censoring usually means visibly marking content as hidden — pixelation signals intent. Blur is subtler and may look like a soft focus effect.
Pixelate communicates obvious anonymization. Black Box is irreversible and best when policy requires non-recoverable redaction.
Apply one mode per box sequentially. Use Undo to change a region, switch modes in the toolbar, and redraw.
There is no export fee or watermark. You are responsible for rights to the underlying image and applicable privacy laws.