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How to stop strangers from getting a clear look at your house in Apple Maps

You can ask Apple to blur your home in Apple Maps, making it harder for strangers to inspect your entrance, windows, and driveway through its street-level Look Around imagery.

Simple orange house icon with layered, glowing shades of yellow and orange on a soft, abstract background suggesting warmth, comfort, and home or smart home conceptApple can blur your house in Maps

You might want that extra privacy simply because you don’t like having detailed photographs of your home online. For someone dealing with stalking or harassment, obscuring the property can also reduce how much another person can examine without visiting the street.

Apple accepts home-blurring requests through Maps and by email. Blurring doesn’t remove your address or affect photographs on other services, and a Look Around request shouldn’t be assumed to cover satellite imagery too.

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