Screenshots and scanned documents often contain a phone number, an email, a card or ID number, an address or a face. Before you send or post them from your PC, cover that information so it can't be recovered.
Option 1: Snipping Tool
Recent versions of Snipping Tool on Windows 11 can hide email addresses and phone numbers in a screenshot through Text actions, and you can draw over anything else. Avoid the highlighter for this — it is semi-transparent — and use solid strokes that cover each item completely.
Option 2: PhotoCleaner+ for Windows
PhotoCleaner+ for Windows (our app) finds likely personal info in photos, screenshots and PDFs — phone numbers, emails, card numbers, IBAN, passport numbers, names, addresses, license plates, faces and QR codes — and exports a copy with solid masks. Everything runs on your PC; nothing is uploaded.
- Open a file, paste it with Ctrl+V, drag it onto the window, or right-click it in File Explorer and choose Clean with PhotoCleaner+.
- Review the boxes: click to turn one on or off, drag to move or resize, and draw your own over anything that was missed.
- Export the masked copy — save, copy, share, or save as PDF. Your original is never overwritten, and saved copies carry no metadata.
Free and Pro
Finding personal info is free and unlimited, and you can export 3 documents a day for free. Pro is a one-time purchase that removes the daily limit and adds PDF export and printing. There are no ads and no watermark.
