# Privacy Regions

Privacy regions allow you to block portions of a camera’s view. Areas blocked by a privacy region will be blocked out on the camera’s live feed and historical footage.

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The [D80](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-d80-datasheet.pdf) and [PTZ cameras](https://www.verkada.com/security-cameras/ptz/) **do not** support privacy regions. All other camera models support granular privacy regions (60x60) except for the [D30](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-d30-datasheet.pdf), [D40](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-d40-datasheet.pdf), [D50](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-d50-datasheet.pdf), and [CM42-S](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/video-security-cm42-s-datasheet.pdf) which support basic privacy regions (10x10).
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## Configuration

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You need [Site Admin](/command/users-and-permissions/roles-and-permissions-for-command.md) permissions to configure privacy regions.
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras .**
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**Select the camera you want to configure.**
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**At the bottom right, click Settings .**
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**Under Privacy > Mark Privacy Regions, select Mark Privacy Regions.**

a. Click and drag the area you want to mark as your privacy region.\
b. Click **Done**.

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Privacy regions are not retroactive. The camera may take 1 to 2 minutes to update its configuration.
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## Delete a privacy region

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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras .**
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**Select the camera you want to configure.**
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**At the bottom right, click Settings .**
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**Under Privacy > Mark Privacy Regions, select Mark Privacy Regions.**

a. For each configured privacy region, click the **X** to delete.\
b. Click **Done**.

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