BlurBaby

Your photo never leaves your device.

Share the moment, protect their little face.

BlurBaby gently and permanently covers your child's face before you post - and it all happens right on your device. No uploads, no accounts, no way to undo the cover once it's on.

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  • 100% on-device
  • No sign-up to start
  • Metadata stripped on export
  • Installable app
A parent lifting their toddler into the golden-hour light, the child's face gently covered by a soft coral block
This is the real cover, right on the photo

What BlurBaby does

The whole idea, in a single glance

A visible little face becomes a permanent, friendly cover - nothing to read, just look.

A split illustration: on the left a child's face is clearly visible, and on the right the same photo shows the face hidden under a solid coral cover.
Before and after: the face is covered for good

How it works

Four gentle steps to a photo you can share

No sign-up, no learning curve. From the moment you pick a photo to the moment you save it, everything stays on your device. Scroll to watch it happen.

  1. Choose a photo

    Pick any photo from your device. It opens right here in your browser and stays there - nothing is ever uploaded.

  2. Faces are found on-device

    BlurBaby spots faces locally in a moment. Missed one? Just drag a soft cover over it yourself.

  3. Cover them for good

    The default cover replaces each face with a solid block, so it can never be peeled back or recovered.

  4. Share with a light heart

    Download a clean copy with location and camera data stripped away, ready to post wherever you like.

park-day.jpgClean copy saved
  • GPS location
  • Camera model
  • Timestamp
  • stripped on export
A mother sitting on a couch, smiling at a photo on her phone where her child's face is covered by a soft coral block

Share with confidence

Post the memory, not the identity

You shouldn't have to choose between sharing the joy and guarding your child's privacy. Cover the face in seconds and send it to grandparents, group chats or the whole internet - knowing strangers and algorithms can't identify them.

  • The soft cover looks intentional, not clinical.
  • Your original photo stays untouched on your device.
  • Location and camera data are stripped when you export.
Two young siblings playing together in a sunlit park, both of their faces covered by soft coral and cream blocks

Made for real family photos

Every face, covered in a couple of taps

Siblings, cousins, the whole birthday party - BlurBaby finds the faces for you and lets you add a cover over anyone it misses with a quick drag. No fiddly tools, no guesswork.

  • Automatic on-device face detection.
  • Add or remove covers by hand, any time.
  • Works on phones, tablets and computers.

The cover method matters

Covers that can't be undone

A soft blur of the real face can be reconstructed. BlurBaby erases the face first, then paints a synthetic cover. Why most blur tools fail.

Three cards showing the same child's face covered three different ways: a solid coral block, a smiley emoji sticker, and a soft dotted pattern.
Redact, sticker or pattern - each one fully opaque

Blur

Privacy-safe

The soft frosted look, without the catch. The face is erased and replaced with a synthetic blur in the photo's own colours, so there is no real blurred face left to sharpen back up. This is the default.

Redact

Privacy-safe

A solid, opaque block replaces the face. The original pixels are gone for good, so nothing can reconstruct it.

Pixelate

Privacy-safe

A photo saved far too small - but safe. The face is erased and replaced with a fine synthetic grid in the photo's own colours, so there are no original pixels left for AI to reverse.

Mosaic

Privacy-safe

The classic chunky censored look, and just as safe. Big synthetic tiles with grout between them replace the face entirely - what makes a mosaic risky is averaging the real pixels, and these never touch them.

Sticker

Privacy-safe

Just as permanent as redaction - the area is filled opaque first, then topped with a friendly emoji you pick, so it looks warm and intentional.

Pattern

Privacy-safe

A playful checker or dot pattern in soft brand colours. Fully opaque underneath, so it destroys the original pixels just like a redaction.

Video, too

Covers that follow every frame

Faces are tracked across the whole clip and covered in every single frame - all in your browser, nothing uploaded.

A film strip of a child running, with the child's face covered in every single frame.
Every frame, covered - for clips up to 30 seconds
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Private by design

Your photo never leaves your device

Uploading to a face-blur website means handing over the very image you're trying to protect. BlurBaby keeps everything on your own screen - and cleans the hidden data out on the way.

Hands holding a phone that shows a family photo with the face covered, ringed by a padlock and a protective shield, beside a crossed-out cloud - nothing is uploaded.

On your device

Nothing is ever uploaded

Your photo is opened, edited and saved entirely on your device - no cloud, no account, no server ever sees it.

A covered photo with its location pin, camera and timestamp tags dissolving away as the clean copy is exported.

Clean on export

Location and camera data, gone

Exporting re-encodes the image, so GPS coordinates, camera details and timestamps are stripped from the copy you share.

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From our guides

Learn more about protecting your kids online

How to blur a baby's face before posting

Cover your baby's or child's face before sharing a photo online. Free, no sign-up, and 100% on your device - the photo never gets uploaded.

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How to hide kids' faces on Instagram and Stories

Posting family photos to Instagram or Stories? Here's how to hide your kids' faces permanently before you share - free and entirely on your device.

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How to remove a face from a photo

Need to remove or hide a face in a photo before sharing? Do it permanently and privately - on your device, with no upload and no account.

Read guide →

Can AI un-blur a face?

Ordinary blur and pixelation can be reversed by AI. Here's why most tools fail - and how BlurBaby gives you the same soft blurred look without leaving anything to recover.

Read guide →

How to cover faces before WhatsApp, Facebook, or a group chat

Hide kids' faces before you send a photo on WhatsApp, Facebook, or a school group chat. Free, on your device - the original never gets uploaded.

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Can I post photos of my child? School photos and privacy

Practical steps for school photos, class chats, and sharing kids online. This is privacy hygiene, not legal advice - cover faces on your device first.

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How to blur faces in a video

Cover faces in a short video before you post - kids running, talking-head clips, family moments. Tracking stays on your device. Your first clip is free.

Read guide →
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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

Does my photo get uploaded?

Never. BlurBaby runs entirely in your browser. Your photo is decoded, edited and exported on your own device - it never touches a server.

Is the cover really permanent?

Yes, with Redact, Sticker or Pattern. All three overwrite the face with a fully opaque cover, so there are no original pixels left to recover.

Does it work on videos too?

Yes, for short clips (up to 30 seconds). Faces are detected and tracked across every frame, covered permanently, and the video is re-encoded - all in your browser, nothing uploaded.

Is it free?

Your first photo is free with no account. For regular use there are affordable credit packs and a subscription. See the pricing page for details.

Does it remove location data?

Yes. Exporting re-encodes the image, which strips EXIF metadata including GPS coordinates and timestamps.

Can AI un-blur a covered face?

Ordinary blur can be reversed. BlurBaby erases the face first and paints a synthetic cover, so there is nothing left to reconstruct. Read why most blur tools fail.

On your phone

The phone apps are on the way

BlurBaby for iPhone and Android is in the works. Until then the editor runs in your phone's browser and can be installed to your home screen - same on-device covering, nothing uploaded.

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Ready when you are

Your first photo is free - no account, no upload, no strings.

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