Blurred Out

About

Keep your private parts hidden with Blurred Out. It’s an intelligent Chrome extension that lets you hide exactly what you need on any web page—live during meetings, demos, and recordings—while everything else stays visible. Manage everything from a simple side panel, and keep your data completely on your device.

Key Features

✨ Smart Detection
- Automatically detect common sensitive content with built‑in plugins
- Email addresses, phone numbers, money amounts, names, and input fields
- Preview detected items before applying blur
- Enable/disable individual detection plugins to fit your needs

🎯 Precision Controls
- Click‑to‑blur in Simple Mode
- Numeric hotkeys to capture multiple items in Advanced Mode
- Bulk apply to similar elements (e.g., all prices or PII)
- Smart selection for table rows and columns—great for tables

📌 Pinning & Positioning
- Pin rectangles to page content (moves with the page)
- Pin to viewport to keep overlays fixed while scrolling
- Switch pin modes anytime; states persist across sessions

🎥 Presentation & Resizing Capabilities
- Demo Mode opens a clean, presentation‑ready window without the address bar
- Window resizing presets (800×600, 1024×768, 1280×720, 1920×1080, iPhone, iPad)
- Custom dimensions supported for exact recording targets

🎛️ Side Panel & Workflow
- Manage all blurred elements from a tidy Chrome side panel
- Enhanced hover/selection feedback and clearer icons
- One‑click picker, real‑time preview, and four modes: Off, Capture, Draw, Blur
- Import/export configurations; Keep your data local and safe

🔒 Privacy & Control
- 100% local: no cloud, no external servers
- Zero data collection
- Works across multiple tabs and modern, dynamic web apps

⚡ Performance & Stability
- Faster startup and lower memory usage
- Optimized detection and improved cross‑site compatibility

Benefits
- Protect sensitive info during screen sharing
- No need to create fake/sample data for demos
- Professional presentations without switching apps or views
- Save time with bulk selection and smart detection

Perfect For
- Customer demos and webinars
- Teachers and tutorial creators
- Developers showing code or dashboards
- Anyone sharing screens that include private data

What’s New in v1.0.3
- New plugin‑based Smart Detection system (emails, phones, money, names, inputs)
- New rectangle pinning: Pin to Content or Pin to Viewport (persistent states)
- New window resizing presets plus custom sizing controls
- New Demo Mode for clean, presentation‑ready windows
- Update extension badge to indicate the view mode
- Improved side panel UX, import/export
- Performance gains and numerous fixes

Technical Details
- Lightweight and performance‑optimized
- Compatible with the latest Chrome versions
- Zero data collection—privacy by design