Draw over any part of your image to pixelate it. Download immediately.
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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.
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Visit Compress PNG →When you pixelate image free with HideShot, you turn selected rectangles into chunky color squares. That visual signal screams censored to viewers, which is why moderators choose it for public posts.
Pixelation suits license plates, product prototypes, and spoiler regions in game captures. It is less subtle than blur but often clearer about intent — viewers know content was deliberately hidden.
Because block size scales with selection dimensions, draw boxes tight around the subject for denser mosaics. Oversized boxes produce larger, softer blocks.
Pixelation replaces detail with visible squares. Blur smears pixels smoothly. Choose based on the look you need.
Block size adapts to the box dimensions. Smaller selections yield finer mosaics; larger ones produce bigger blocks.
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Yes — everything inside the rectangle shares the same mosaic treatment.