Black out private details in a photo — permanently

Before you post that screenshot of a bank statement, a delivery confirmation, or a document with your address on it: blur and pixelation can often be reversed by software. Solid black boxes cannot. Here is the safe way, done locally.

01Drop in the image

Open Images → Redact and drop in the screenshot or photo you need to clean up.

02Drag boxes over anything private

Click and drag across the image to draw a solid black box. Repeat for every detail that needs hiding — account numbers, addresses, email addresses, faces, signatures, QR codes and barcodes (which often encode personal data).

03Fix mistakes as you go

Undo last removes the most recent box; Clear starts over. Nothing is committed until you download.

04Download the redacted copy

Click Download. The exported image has the black boxes burned into the pixels — there is no layer to peel back and no original hiding underneath. Your source file on disk is untouched.