How to Blur a License Plate in a Video (Free, Tracks the Car)

Blur or black out a license plate in a video, free in your browser with pixelate.video. Draw one box over the plate, let Track movement automatically follow the car, choose a strong cover, and export. Nothing is uploaded and there is no watermark.

Free tool and guide Blur license plate in video Box a plate once and track it through dashcam footage. Open the tool →

Key moments

1. 1 Introduction , starts at 0:00
2. 2 Open the clip , starts at 0:13
3. 3 Box the plate , starts at 0:23
4. 4 Track it , starts at 0:32
5. 5 Cover it completely , starts at 0:42
6. 6 More plates and people , starts at 0:52
7. 7 Check and export , starts at 1:13

Transcript

Introduction 0:00

1. 0:00 Here's how to blur a license plate in a video, free, right in your browser.
2. 0:05 Draw one box over the plate, and pixelate.video keeps it covered as the car moves.
3. 0:11 Your footage is never uploaded.

Open the clip 0:13

1. 0:14 Open your video on the Blur license plate page.
2. 0:16 For a long dashcam file, click the scissors under the preview, and trim it to the moment you need.

Box the plate 0:23

1. 0:23 Choose Part of the video, and delete the starter box.
2. 0:26 Pause where the plate is clear, and drag a box over it, with a little margin.
3. 0:30 Then pick Black box.

Track it 0:32

1. 0:33 Now click Track movement automatically.
2. 0:35 It follows the plate forwards and backwards from this moment, even as the car grows in the frame.

Cover it completely 0:42

1. 0:43 Plates are easier to read through a light blur than faces.
2. 0:46 At eight pixels, you can still make out the characters.
3. 0:49 A black box leaves nothing behind.

More plates and people 0:52

1. 0:52 For another car, drag a second box over its plate, and track that one too.
2. 0:57 When a car leaves the frame, tracking stops and shows the time.
3. 1:01 Go there and press Ends here under Timing & shape, or the right bracket key.
4. 1:06 Street footage often shows people, too.
5. 1:08 In a fixed shot, one larger blurred box can cover a whole group at once.

Check and export 1:13

1. 1:13 Scrub through to check that the box stays on the plate.
2. 1:16 Then click Export video, and download your MP4.
3. 1:21 Blur your next license plate free at pixelate.video.