Automatic license plate blur for Mac

Blur every license plate
in your video. Automatically.

BlurAnything finds license plates in dashcam, rideshare, and street footage and pixelates them automatically — on your Mac, without uploading a single frame.

Try it free on your own clipSee how it works

No account · No email · From $19.99/mo if you keep it

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Illustrated scene — only the plate pixelates. Drag anywhere on the image.

How it works

Drop a clip. Pick a preset. Export.

  1. 01

    Drop your video

    Drag any .mp4, .mov, or .m4v onto BlurAnything. It loads instantly — nothing is uploaded anywhere.

  2. 02

    Pick a preset

    Choose Faces, License Plates, Screens & sensitive info, or any combination. No manual masking, no per-frame selection, no timeline scrubbing.

  3. 03

    Export

    BlurAnything detects, tracks, and blurs automatically, then saves a new file next to the original as filename_blurred.mp4.

  4. 04

    Review before you share

    Play the exported file directly inside the app to confirm the blur before you upload or send it anywhere else.

Who it's for

If cars end up in your footage, this is for you.

Dashcam & car-content channels

Compile submitted clips and rideshare footage without every plate in frame becoming a liability.

Real estate & neighborhood video

Driveway and street shots often catch parked cars — clear plates before a listing or walkthrough goes live.

Insurance, repo & investigative use

Share incident or surveillance clips for review without exposing plates that aren't relevant to the case.

Why pixelate, not blur

Blur can be undone. Try it.

Gaussian blur

Looks private.

Pixelate — our default

Also looks private.

Real sharpening filter, running live in your browser. Nothing is faked.

Scene-aware, hardware-accelerated

Detection runs per-scene and tracks between cuts instead of re-scanning every frame, using your Mac's GPU and Neural Engine.

Fully on-device

Your footage never touches a server. No account, no cloud processing, no upload step, ever.

Audio preserved

The original audio track passes through untouched — no re-encoding, no sync drift.

Privacy

Not a policy promise. A design decision.

There is no upload step in BlurAnything to remove, because there was never one to begin with. Everything runs on your Mac.

  • Video processing stays offline; license checks send no video or file data
  • Anonymous app analytics and crash reporting are opt-in only
  • A verified license keeps working offline for up to 14 days
  • Pixelate is the default — Gaussian blur is reversible and carries a warning

The alternative

Most blur tools upload your footage.
We don't.

BlurAnythingBrowser-upload tool
Where processing happensOn your MacUploaded to their cloud
Pricing modelFrom $19.99/mo, cancel anytimeMonthly credits or subscription
Works offlineProcessing: yes (14-day license grace)No
Default blur stylePixelate (non-reversible)Usually Gaussian (reversible)
Account requiredNoUsually yes

Pricing

One plan. Every feature.

Monthly or yearly, the full feature set either way. Cancel anytime. Try any preset free on your own clip first — no email, no card.

Monthly

$19.99/mo

The full redaction suite, billed monthly — cancel anytime

  • Automatic face & license plate blur
  • Kids identity-lock (blur everyone except people you register)
  • Auto-detects & redacts passwords, API keys, credentials, tokens
  • Blurs desktop notifications & filenames on screen
  • Pixelate & Gaussian styles
  • Scene-aware, hardware-accelerated export, batch & 4K support
  • Audio track preserved
  • Activate on up to 5 Macs
Get Monthly — $19.99/mo

Yearly

Recommended for you
$29.99/yr

The same full redaction suite, billed once a year

  • Everything in Monthly
  • One annual charge instead of twelve
  • Same 5-Mac activation limit
Get Yearly — $29.99/yr
Download free trial

No email, no credit card to try. 60-day refund. Cancel anytime. macOS 13 Ventura or later.

Questions

License-plate blur questions, answered.

Does it work on angled or partially obscured plates?
Yes. The plate detector is tuned on real dashcam and street footage, including oblique angles, motion blur, and low light — not just straight-on parking-lot shots.
Does it work on non-US plates?
The detector finds rectangular plate regions rather than reading specific character formats, so it generalizes well beyond US plates. If you hit an edge case, BlurAnything's 60-day first-payment refund policy covers you.
Can it blur plates and faces together?
Yes. Faces and License Plates are separate presets you can enable independently or together in a single export.
How is this different from CarFlow AI or other free plate-blur tools?
Free browser tools require uploading your footage to their servers and run on limited credits. BlurAnything processes video entirely on your Mac, with no upload step and no per-clip credit limits.
Is BlurAnything a subscription?
Yes — $19.99/month or $29.99/year, both plans include License Plates and every other preset. Cancel anytime.
Does my video get uploaded anywhere for processing?
No. Plate detection, tracking, and blurring all run locally on your Mac. Only license activation and periodic validation need a connection; a verified key has a 14-day offline grace period.
How fast is it on long dashcam footage?
BlurAnything detects plates once per scene and tracks between cuts instead of re-running detection on every frame, so processing time scales with how many scene changes your footage has, not just its length.

Your next upload probably has a plate in it.

Try BlurAnything's License Plates preset free on one of your own clips. If it doesn't save you time, don't buy it.

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Also on BlurAnything:Blur faces →Blur sensitive screen info →