Does Blurify find text automatically?

On a document, yes — Blurify runs OCR over the page (Google Cloud Vision) and flags the sensitive spans it reads — names, emails, phone numbers — as ready-made regions. Text loose in an ordinary photo — a name on a lanyard, a line on a poster — is yours to catch: drag a box over it, which takes about two seconds and doesn't care what language or font it's in.

Does handwriting or an unusual font matter?

No — you're hiding pixels, not parsing language. Handwriting, any alphabet, any font: draw the box, pick a style, it's gone.

I'm blurring a whole app screenshot — is there a better page?

Yes — see Blur a screenshot, which covers UI, code, chat and data-heavy captures end to end.

It's a paper form or an ID, not a casual photo — where should I look?

The Redact a document guide covers forms, scans and IDs — there Blurify reads the whole page with OCR and pre-selects the sensitive spans it finds as regions, and the stakes are higher.

Can I black out text instead of blurring it?

Yes — pick Solid fill and the region becomes a flat bar in any color, black included. It's the strongest option: the pixels underneath are replaced entirely at export, so there's nothing to sharpen back.

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Open the editor How it works

Laptop screen with lines of visible text blurred out — Blurify result — Anything readable can be a region — detected or drawn by hand.Photo · Unsplash

Laptop screen with lines of visible text blurred out — original — Anything readable can be a region — detected or drawn by hand.Photo · Unsplash

How it works for text.

Drop the image
JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF — up to 20 MB. Photos of paper, exported pictures, posters — anything with readable text in it.
The text turns into regions
On a document — a form, a card, an ID held to the camera — Blurify reads the text and hands you the sensitive spans (names, emails, numbers) as ready-made regions. For text anywhere else — a name tag, a poster, one row of a table — drag a rectangle over it: about two seconds, and it works in any language.
Choose the style, export
Gaussian blur for a soft look, pixelate for visible censoring, solid fill when nothing may survive. The export bakes it in and strips EXIF metadata.

Questions, honestly answered.

Does Blurify find text automatically?: On a document, yes — Blurify runs OCR over the page (Google Cloud Vision) and flags the sensitive spans it reads — names, emails, phone numbers — as ready-made regions. Text loose in an ordinary photo — a name on a lanyard, a line on a poster — is yours to catch: drag a box over it, which takes about two seconds and doesn't care what language or font it's in.
Does handwriting or an unusual font matter?: No — you're hiding pixels, not parsing language. Handwriting, any alphabet, any font: draw the box, pick a style, it's gone.
I'm blurring a whole app screenshot — is there a better page?: Yes — see Blur a screenshot, which covers UI, code, chat and data-heavy captures end to end.
It's a paper form or an ID, not a casual photo — where should I look?: The Redact a document guide covers forms, scans and IDs — there Blurify reads the whole page with OCR and pre-selects the sensitive spans it finds as regions, and the stakes are higher.
Can I black out text instead of blurring it?: Yes — pick Solid fill and the region becomes a flat bar in any color, black included. It's the strongest option: the pixels underneath are replaced entirely at export, so there's nothing to sharpen back.