With Apple's Photos app, you no longer require a third-party application on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to obscure or pixelate faces in your images, aiding in protecting identities when posting online.

As of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, the Photos app includes a built-in Clean Up feature that can eliminate and smartly substitute unwanted and distracting elements in photos, such as photobombers, flaws, embarrassing items, and other details you wish to keep private. Additionally, it has a concealed feature: it can pixelate individuals' faces using a privacy filter.

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To utilize the new privacy filter in Photos, you must be using the most recent software update, and you'll also need a device that supports Apple Intelligence — the foundation of the new privacy filter. This means it's only compatible with the iPhone 15 Pro series, any iPhone 16 model, and iPads or Macs equipped with M1 or A17 Pro chips or later. It's important to note that this feature is limited to images; for videos, you'll still need a third-party app to pixelate or blur faces.

After opening a photo in the Photos app, simply tap or click the Edit button and navigate to the new Clean Up section.

Locate the face you want to safeguard. You can zoom in by pinching the screen or using the trackpad if needed.

Then, either draw a circle around the face or brush over it with your finger, mouse, or Apple Pencil and release. Immediately after letting go, the face will be pixelated, concealing the person's identity, and you'll briefly see "Safety filter applied" on the screen.

Occasionally, Clean Up might mistakenly interpret your circle or brushstrokes as elements to remove and replace rather than blur. If this happens, you can use the back button to retry. You can also tap "Reset" or click the "Reset Clean Up" button to undo all Clean Up edits and begin anew. This is particularly useful when you need to adjust the level of facial pixelation.

If you are satisfied or dissatisfied with the results of Clean Up, you can provide feedback to Apple by tapping or clicking the thumbs up or down, which helps improve and train Apple Intelligence's generative models.

Finally, all that remains is to save the edits made by Clean Up, ensuring the person's face and identity are protected whenever you share the image online, at work, or elsewhere.

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