Redact or pixelate?

Use Redact for anything private. Passwords, keys, email addresses, names, account numbers.

Redact (key E)#

Redact covers the area with a solid black block. Nothing of the original is visible, and once you save, nothing can be recovered from the picture. Redact never uses a blur.

Pixelate (key B)#

Pixelate turns the area into big blocks. It's handy for softening a face or making a background less distracting, but the editor's own hint says it plainly: "Pixelate is reversible. Use Redact for anything private." A blur or pixelation can sometimes be undone by someone with the right tools.

Using both#

If you pixelate over an area you've already redacted, the redacted part stays solid black.

Before you share#

• Look at the final picture once more.

• Remember a capture is saved as a file before you edit it. Marks only change the image when you press Save, Copy or Upload. The save, copy or upload article explains what each does.

The three-step version is how to blur or hide part of a screenshot.