September 12, 2024

Google Maps Street View is popular for several reasons. You can check out areas near a new destination, look at a home you’re considering buying or renting, or even have fun looking at amusing photos taken by Google’s camera-laden sedans.

However, there are valid reasons for removing your own home. Perhaps you don’t want potential burglars scoping out your home and neighborhood. Or the photo shows your home (or you, or a family member) in an unattractive light.

You can request that Google blur your house on Street View, although once it’s done, it’s permanent. Also, Google doesn’t supply a time frame for this, so you may wait a while to see results.

Step One: Pull up your house on Google Maps. Enter your address into the search bar, then click on the yellow Street View image (yellow stick figure) that appears at the bottom of the left-hand menu.

Step Two: Click the three dots next to the address, then choose Report a problem. Alternatively, you can click the Report a problem button in the bottom right corner of the Street View window. This will pull up Google Maps’ “Report Inappropriate Street View” form for your specific address.

Here, you can adjust the exact amount of blur you want to add to the image. Be sure not to blur your neighbors’ homes, as they won’t be able to undo this.

Step Three: Choose My home as the element of the photo you want to blur. You can skip the “Report image quality” section.

Step Four: Enter your email address, as Google requires you to attach it to your request, then complete the reCAPTCHA.³

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³Source lifehacker.com