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Evidence stays offline. New here? Watch the 1-minute demo.

Redact Video Evidence Offline.

  • 100% Offline & On-Premise (No footage leaves your PC)
  • Permanent pixel burn-in — not a removable blur
  • Zero cloud upload / Zero video telemetry

Turn tedious manual editing into a few clicks. Our AI instantly detects faces and plates, while keeping your sensitive files strictly offline. Foolproof compliance, zero editing skills required.

Download for Windows, try Free with a watermark, or subscribe when your team needs clean exports.

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No internet connection required after install.

Windows 10 & 11 · H.264 MP4 export

Product demo — face blur, inverse keep-clear, and permanent export.

Permanent redaction, not a removable blur

Video Blackout rewrites every marked region in the frame buffer before encoding. Mosaic, blur, and solid fill replace the original pixels and ship inside a new H.264 MP4 — there is no privacy overlay, mask track, or hidden clear copy that editors or image tools can strip away.

Why the export cannot be “un-redacted”

Player privacy modes and many cloud tools only draw a temporary cover. Ours is different: the release file no longer contains the clear pixels.

  • Redaction is written into the video frames themselves — not a layer you can turn off later
  • Editors and forensic viewers cannot peel off a mask to restore the original face or plate from the export
  • Solid fill overwrites the region completely; mosaic and blur destroy the clear source pixels in that area
  • Audio mute/beep ranges rewrite the soundtrack on export — selected speech is not sitting under a mute switch

Built for evidence rooms and locked-down networks

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cloud uploads

Redaction runs on your Windows PC — ideal for attorney-client and evidence confidentiality

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auto-detect targets

Faces and license plates on-device, plus manual boxes for badges, screens, and paperwork

100%
pixel rewrite

Exported redaction is permanent H.264 burn-in — not a removable overlay

How it works

A short operator loop: detect, review, mark, export. No cloud hop in the middle.

Install & activate

Install on Windows 10/11. Sign in with Google or email, then bind a device license to the PC that will process footage.

Detect & review

Open a local video. Run face and/or plate detection, then review every proposed box before anything is burned in.

Mark what detectors miss

Draw manual boxes for badges, screens, or missed faces. Mark mute or beep ranges on the audio timeline by hand.

Export a permanent release copy

Export a new MP4 with redaction baked into pixels and selected audio rewritten. The original file is left untouched as your system of record.

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Where teams use it

The same offline workflow covers disclosure, surveillance review, and privacy responses — without uploading evidence to a SaaS editor.

Bodycam redaction

Law enforcement and security teams redact faces and plates in body-worn camera footage offline before public release or internal sharing.

Bodycam redaction

CCTV redaction

Schools, retail, and facilities anonymize surveillance clips for investigations or review — footage stays on the workstation, never uploaded.

CCTV redaction

FOIA video redaction

U.S. agencies produce a public-records release copy that permanently masks identifiers before the file leaves the office.

FOIA video redaction

GDPR video compliance

DPOs handle DSAR and GDPR video requests on-premise, so sensitive footage never leaves the controlled environment.

GDPR video compliance
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Why teams choose Video Blackout

Desktop-first redaction for faces, plates, and audio — with permanent export and no cloud pipeline.

100% offline processing

After install and license activation, redact on an air-gapped PC. Footage never leaves the machine through the product workflow.

Offline video redaction

AI face & plate detection

On-device detectors propose boxes. Keep selected people clear. Draw extra boxes when detection misses.

Face redaction

Irreversible H.264 export

Mosaic, blur, or solid fill rewrites pixels in a new MP4. Editors cannot peel off a mask to restore the original.

Video redaction software

What you can redact

Short guides for the identifiers teams search for most — each links to a deeper page.

Face redaction
Auto-detect faces, keep selected people clear, and burn mosaic, blur, or solid into the export. No cloud upload.
Blur license plate
Detect plates on-device, draw manual boxes for glare or misses, then track and burn the cover into the release file.
PII video redaction
Cover faces, plates, badges, screens, and paperwork with auto-detect plus manual boxes — permanent pixels, not a removable overlay.
Audio redaction
Mark mute or beep ranges by hand on the timeline. No speech recognition — selected audio is rewritten on export.
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Simple plans for desktop licensing

Subscribe on the web, activate on your PC. No online video processing.

Free

$0

 

  • Single video only (no batch)
  • Up to 10 minutes per video
  • Large watermark: Created with videoredaction.io
  • Face & plate auto-detect + manual boxes
  • Manual audio mute/beep ranges
Download free

Basic

$29/ month

1 device

  • 1 device (HWID)
  • Single video only (no batch)
  • Up to 10 minutes per video
  • No watermark on export
  • Face & plate auto-detect + manual boxes
  • Manual audio mute/beep ranges
Get started

Pro

$69/ month

2 devices

  • Up to 2 devices (HWID)
  • Batch folder processing
  • Unlimited video length
  • No watermark on export
  • Everything in Basic
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Annual

$450/ year

2 devices

  • Same features as Pro
  • Batch folder processing
  • Unlimited video length
  • No watermark on export
  • Best value — billed yearly
Get started

Checkout requires a signed-in account. Licenses are bound to hardware IDs. Free works without an account.

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Frequently asked questions

Straight answers about uploads, detection, permanence, and licensing.

Does Video Blackout upload my video?
No. The desktop app processes local files on your Windows PC. This website is for accounts, billing, and downloads — it does not accept video uploads.
What can it redact automatically?
Faces and license plates support on-device auto-detect plus manual boxes. Other on-screen identifiers (badges, screens, paperwork) are drawn by the operator. Audio is marked as mute or beep ranges by hand — there is no speech recognition.
Can someone remove the redaction with image or AI tools?
No. Export rewrites the marked pixels themselves (mosaic, blur, or solid) and encodes a new H.264 file. There is no privacy overlay, mask track, or hidden clear copy inside the export that editors or “deblur” tools can peel off. Solid fill destroys the region entirely. Keep your original file if you still need an unredacted master.
Is the export reversible?
No. The release copy permanently replaces those pixels and rewrites selected audio. We do not offer deblur or un-redact. The only unredacted master is the original file you kept separately.
Can I work offline / air-gapped?
Yes. After install and license activation, you can redact without internet. Ideal for evidence rooms and locked-down networks.
How does licensing work?
Subscribe on the web, then bind the license to a hardware ID in the desktop app. Free works without an account (with watermark and length limits). Paid plans remove the watermark and raise device / length limits.
What export format do I get?
Hard-coded H.264 MP4. That keeps playback simple for counsel, courts, and records portals that expect a standard file.

Also for documents

Footage is only part of a disclosure. For PDFs, Word, and Excel, the same developer also makes a desktop tool that finds names, SSNs, bank accounts, and card numbers on your PC and blacks them out in the file. Those documents stay on that computer.

PII Blackout

Ready to redact offline?

Download for Windows, try Free with a watermark, or subscribe when your team needs clean exports and batch processing.

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Video redaction permanently covers identifying information so a released copy cannot reveal those identities. Video Blackout is desktop video redaction software for teams that must finish that work before a public records release, a DSAR response, or an internal review. Processing stays on the machine that opened the file. This site (videoredaction.io) does not accept uploads.

What Video Blackout redacts

Faces and license plates support auto-detect and manual boxes. Audio supports manual time ranges only (mute or beep) — there is no speech-to-text. Other on-screen identifiers (badges, screens, paperwork) are drawn by the operator.

Video Blackout capabilities

Identifier Auto-detect Manual
Faces Yes — on-device detector Yes — draw or adjust boxes; keep or redact per person
License plates Yes — on-device detector Yes — draw or track boxes
Other on-screen PII No Yes — static or tracked regions (badges, screens, paperwork)
Audio No — no speech recognition Yes — operator marks time ranges; mute or beep on export

100% Offline Video Redaction

After install and license activation, you can redact on an air-gapped PC. Read more about offline and on-premise video redaction, AI video redaction, and video anonymization.