How to remove your home’s image from Google Maps
If you’ve encountered a Street View car in real life, there’s a chance you made a silly face while it drove past you, hoping you’ll be featured on Google Maps. Or maybe you turned away from it and tried to avoid it completely. Depending on how much you value your privacy, you may be uncomfortable with people being able to recognize you whileusing Street View, even if your face is blurred. The same might apply to your house being publicly visible on the web, as Google’s cars automatically take pictures to feed its service.
There’s an easy way to blur your house on Street View, preventing preying eyes from seeing it on Google Maps. The process works on mobile and desktop and only takes a couple of minutes to complete.
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How to blur your house using your Android phone or tablet
To request Google to blur your house froman Android device, you only need the Google Maps app and a minute to spare. There’s no need to submit documents or log in to your account.
How to blur your house using your computer
It’s also simple to request your home to be blurred from a computer, regardless of its operating system. There’s also no need to log in to your account to achieve the process; all you need is a web browser.
Whichever method you use, the process results in your house being blurred on Street View. Also, once it’s blurred, there’s no way to revert the process and unblur it, so be careful what you do.
In addition, Google won’t blur satellite images of your house, as third parties provide these. You could reach out to them, but there isn’t a standard process to do so, and you’ll have to wait for Google to update its data for your property to be blurred.
Maintain your privacy online
With these few easy steps, you’ll ensure unwanted people won’t be preying on your house. This doesn’t mean you’ll be entirely immune from anybody seeing what your house looks like, but it helps you maintain a modicum of privacy. On top of that, it’s possible to also control what information Google can access by deletingyour location history, preventing you from being tracked.
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