# Enable Face Blur on Verkada Cameras
Verkada Command supports blurring all faces in live footage and selectively blurring faces in archived footage. Use this to protect the privacy of individuals recorded by your camera system.
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### Enable Live Face Blur
Live face blur detects and blurs faces in the live video feed on grids and the individual camera page. This setting does not apply to recorded footage, so camera history will still show faces.
You can access and enable Live Face Blur via the live video feed for a single camera, grid, or through the global **Cameras Settings** page.
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Live Face Blur at the camera and grid level is specific to the user who configures it. This choice does not enable Face Blur for any other users.
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#### Live video feed - Camera page
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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**Select a camera.**
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**To the right of the live video feed, click Live Face Blur.**
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#### Live video feed - Grids
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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**From the left navigation, select Grids.**
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**In the bottom right of your grid, click Live Face Blur.**
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#### Camera Settings page
Organization Admins can enable Live Face Blur for all users and cameras within the organization with the **Default Live Face Blur Setting**.
Individual users can override this global setting for individual cameras or grids on a per-camera or per-grid basis. Any overridden settings will only be visible to the user who configured them, leaving other users with the **Default Live Face Blur Setting** experience.
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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**From the left navigation bar, click Cameras Settings.**
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**On Cameras Settings, toggle on Default Live Face Blur Setting. **
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#### Considerations
* Only the [CB52-E/CB62-E](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/bullet#models), [CD22](https://www.verkada.com/au/security-cameras/dome/cd22/)/[CD22-E](https://www.verkada.com/au/security-cameras/dome/cd22-e/), [CD32](https://www.verkada.com/au/security-cameras/dome/cd32/)/[CD32-E](https://www.verkada.com/au/security-cameras/dome/cd32-e/), [CD42](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/dome/cd42/)/[CD42-E](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/dome/cd42-e/), [CD43](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cd43-datasheet.pdf)/[CD43-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cd43-e-datasheet.pdf), [CD52](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/dome/cd52/)/[CD52-E](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/bullet/cb52-e/), [CD53](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cd53-datasheet.pdf)/[CD53-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cd53-e-datasheet.pdf), [CD62](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/dome/cd62/)/[CD62-E](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/bullet/cb62-e/), [CD63](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cd63-datasheet.pdf)/[CD63-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cd63-e-datasheet.pdf), [CH52-E](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/multisensor/ch52-e/), [CH53-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-ch53-e-datasheet.pdf), [CH63-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-ch63-e-datasheet.pdf), [CM22](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/cm22-mini-dome-datasheet.pdf), [CM42](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/mini/cm42/), [CM42-S](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cm42-s-datasheet.pdf), [CR63-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cr63-e-datasheet.pdf), [CY53-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cy53-e-datasheet.pdf), and [CY63-E](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cy63-e-datasheet.pdf) camera models support this feature.
* [CB52-E and TE](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cb52-2nd-generation.pdf), and [CB62-E and TE](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cb62-2nd-generation.pdf) support live face blur when LPR (license plate recognition) mode is disabled.
* This feature is only available on desktop.
* This feature is not available for live links.
* Live Face Blur does not affect saved footage.
* Face Blur works independently of any other features, such as people analytics. Thus, faces can still be captured in historical footage and visible in the **Motion**, **History**, and **People** tabs of the camera's page.
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## Create a Face Blur archive
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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**Select a camera to archive.**
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**At the bottom of the camera footage, select Archive.**
See [Create an archive](https://help.verkada.com/verkada-cameras/video-streaming-and-sharing/view-historical-footage/archive-recorded-video-footage#create-an-archive) for the steps to create an archive.
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**Exit the player or click Go to Archive to navigate to the created archive.**
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**In the top left of the archive, click**  **> Download Settings.**
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**Toggle on Blur Faces.**
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**(Optional) If you have a second-generation or newer camera, you can use selective face blur.**
1. To the right of the **Blur Faces** toggle, click **All Faces.**
2. In the top right of a face profile, click the unblur icon.
3. Click **Done.**
Selective Face Blur creates an archive, blurring all faces except those you deselect. This is a great option for preserving bystanders' privacy when exporting video of an event.
**Face blur works best when:**
* There are only a few people in each frame.
* People's faces are clearly visible; hats and masks often partially obscure them, leading to missed detections.
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For optimal accuracy, you may see repeated individuals. Make your selections, click **Done**, and then **Save** to create the archive.
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**Click Next > Prepare Download.**
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**Click Start Download to save the archive to your default Downloads folder.**
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#### Considerations
* The [CB52-E and TE](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cb52-2nd-generation.pdf), and the [CB62-E and TE](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cb62-2nd-generation.pdf), only support selective face blur when LPR (license plate recognition) mode is disabled.
* This feature is only available when creating archives on a desktop.
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