Google Maps can be very useful for finding any address, so it is important to protect our homes. This is possible, right from our mobile phone.
Google Maps is, without a doubt, one of the most important and versatile applications from Google. It has become the favorite navigation tool for many, and one of its greatest attractions for many years is that we can not only see an address on the map, but we can also see a real and updated image of that location , right on our mobile.
This is thanks to Street View , but this tool, in addition to being very useful, can also pose a risk to privacy and even security. You may not want your house to be seen on the app, fortunately, there is a way to avoid this.
How to blur your house or car on Google Maps, step by step
For whatever reason, people have the right to ask that their home not be shown in detail on Street View . In fact, we can ask the platform not only to blur our home, but also our car, if we so wish.
Although the house will not disappear completely from the platform, it will be blurred , so details will not be visible through the application, such as the location of the windows, the location of any security cameras, if you have one, among other details. In this way, our house will be protected from prying eyes via the Internet.
To ask Google to blur our house, follow these steps from our mobile:
- Let’s go to the Google Maps application and look for our address
- We access Street View
- We press the three-dot button in the upper right corner and select ” Report a problem “
- The application will direct us to a form, which we must complete with the following information: type of complaint and email address. In the first section, we select ” Blur My House ” and add the details we deem appropriate.
- We complete the corresponding field with our email address
- Finally, we press Send
It will take a few days for Google to process your request and, after reviewing it, will blur the area of your house in Street View. Please note that this change is permanent , meaning you will not be able to ask Google to stop blurring your house in Street View again. Once it is blurred, there is no going back. After this change, no one will be able to see your house clearly in the app.