Automatic license plate blur for Mac

Blur every license plate
in your video. Automatically.

VideoBlur 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 $29 one-time if you keep it

BeforeAfter

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 VideoBlur. 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

    VideoBlur 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 VideoBlur to remove, because there was never one to begin with. Everything runs on your Mac.

  • No internet connection required after purchase
  • No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting — opt-in only
  • Verifiable: block VideoBlur in Little Snitch and it still works
  • Pixelate is the default — Gaussian blur is reversible and carries a warning

The alternative

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

VideoBlurBrowser-upload tool
Where processing happensOn your MacUploaded to their cloud
Pricing modelFrom $29 once, foreverMonthly credits or subscription
Works offlineYesNo
Default blur stylePixelate (non-reversible)Usually Gaussian (reversible)
Account requiredNoUsually yes

Pricing

One price. Yours forever.

No subscription. No seats. No annual renewal. Buy once, use it as long as you want. Try any preset free on your own clip first — no email, no card.

Basic

Recommended for you
$29one time

Faces, plates, and everyday screen privacy

  • Automatic face & license plate blur
  • Kids identity-lock (blur everyone except people you register)
  • Generic phone & laptop screen blur
  • Pixelate & Gaussian styles
  • Scene-aware, hardware-accelerated export
  • Audio track preserved
  • Activate on 1 Mac
Buy Basic — $29

Pro

$59one time

Full sensitive-info redaction for screen recordings

  • Everything in Basic
  • Auto-detects & redacts passwords, API keys, credentials, tokens
  • Blurs desktop notifications & filenames on screen
  • Batch export & 4K support
  • Activate on 3 Macs
Buy Pro — $59
Download free trial

No email, no credit card to try. 30-day refund if you buy. 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, VideoBlur's 30-day refund 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. VideoBlur processes video entirely on your Mac, with no upload step and no credit limits — pay once, use it forever.
Is VideoBlur a subscription?
No. It's a one-time purchase — $29 for Basic (includes License Plates) or $59 for Pro — and you keep using it. No recurring credits, no monthly fee.
Does my video get uploaded anywhere for processing?
No. Plate detection, tracking, and blurring all run locally on your Mac. You can verify this yourself by blocking VideoBlur in a firewall tool like Little Snitch and confirming exports still work.
How fast is it on long dashcam footage?
VideoBlur 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 VideoBlur'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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