A customer’s email is on the dashboard you are about to show
You need the screen, not the personal data on it. Blurring it in a video editor afterwards does not help in a live call.
Privacy BlurAdd to ChromeFor screen shares, demos and recordings
Share your screen. Not your inbox.
A Chrome extension that blurs anything on a web page with one click: emails, names, balances, API keys. Draw a box to blur an area, drag blurs around, and save them so they come back next time. It all happens in your browser.
- Free
- Works offline
- No account · no tracking
The real extension
Pick a mode, click, done.
Element mode blurs whatever you click. Area mode blurs a box you draw. One slider sets how strong the blur is, from 5 to 50 pixels.
Sound familiar?
One open tab is all it takes.
You record a walkthrough and your API key is in the frame
Re-recording takes an hour. Blurring every frame by hand takes longer.
Students see your other tabs, names and notes
Teaching from a browser means sharing whatever is on the page at that moment.
The same report, the same numbers to hide
You blur the same fields before every Monday meeting. It should remember.
How it works
Three steps. Done before the call starts.
- 1
Click the icon
Open Privacy Blur on the page you are about to share, or press Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B.
- 2
Click or draw
Element mode blurs whatever you click: an email, a name, a balance. Area mode blurs a box you draw. Or select text, right-click, Blur Selected Text.
- 3
Share without worry
Drag a blur to move it, save the blurs for that site so they come back on reload, and press Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X to clear them all.
What it does
Hide what matters. Keep the rest on screen.
Free
Click to blur any element.
Hover over the page and the element under your cursor lights up. Click it and it blurs: an email, a username, a label, a button.
- Ideal for emails, names, balances, keys
- GPU-smooth blur, even on busy pages
- Esc leaves blur mode
Free
Draw a box to blur an area.
Need a whole panel gone? Draw a rectangle anywhere on the page. Drag it to move it whenever the layout changes.
- Any size, anywhere
- Drag and drop to reposition
- Strength from 5px to 50px
Free
Saved per site, back on reload.
Save the blurs for a site and they are restored when you reload or open the page again. Perfect for a dashboard you show every week.
- Saved locally in Chrome
- Right-click selected text → Blur Selected Text
- Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B to start, + X to clear all
Everything inside
Blur
- Element blur (click)
- Area blur (draw a box)
- Right-click text blur
- Adjustable strength 5–50px
Workflow
- Saved blurs per website
- Drag to reposition
- Works on dynamic web apps
- Multi-tab, multi-site
Keyboard
- Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B: blur mode
- Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X: clear all
- Esc: exit blur mode
Privacy
A privacy tool that keeps nothing.
Nothing leaves your computer
Privacy Blur has no servers. Blurs are drawn in your browser and saved blur positions stay in Chrome storage on your machine.
No analytics, no account
No tracking scripts, no sign-up and no ads. It even works offline.
Three small permissions
activeTab to draw blurs on the page you are on, storage to remember them, contextMenus for right-click text blur.
What viewers see
The blur is part of the page, so a Zoom, Meet or Teams screen share and any screen recording show it blurred too.
Price
Free. Every blur, every time.
All blur modes, saved blurs and shortcuts are free, with no limit and no account.
Free
$0
No account, no trial clock.
- Element and area blur
- Saved blurs per site
- Right-click text blur
- Keyboard shortcuts
Pro In the works
Pay once
A one-time Pro is in the works. No subscription. Free stays free.
- Blur presets: emails, numbers, keys in one click
- Auto-blur saved fields when sharing starts
- Blur profiles per meeting
Hear when Privacy Blur gets new tricks.
One email when Pro and the auto-blur presets land. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Follow along
Built in the open.
Good to know
Questions before you install.
Does the blur show up on Zoom, Meet or Teams?
Yes. The blur is drawn on the web page itself, so anyone watching your shared screen or recording sees the blurred version, just like you do.
Does it read or upload what I blur?
No. Blurs are drawn over the page in your browser. Saved blur positions stay in Chrome storage on your computer. There is no server, no analytics and no account.
Will my blurs still be there after I reload?
If you save them for that site, yes. Saved blurs come back automatically when you reload or open the page again, which helps with dashboards you show every week.
Why does it need these permissions?
activeTab to draw blurs on the page you are on, storage to remember your blurs and settings, and contextMenus for the right-click Blur Selected Text option.
Is it free?
Yes. Every blur mode, saved blurs and the shortcuts are free, with no account. A one-time Pro is in the works; leave your email if you want to hear when it is ready.
Next call, blur first.
Free on Chrome for Mac, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS.
Add to Chrome, it’s free