IT Know-How Tip: Obscuring sensitive data from images using Paint

20 Nov 2013

Learn how to blank out sensitive data such as staff names, email addresses or project information from your documents.

Did you know you can use a program called Paint to prevent viewers from seeing sensitive data such as staff names, email addresses or project information on images and screenshots that you may want to include in a presentation or document?

These walk-through instructions available through the online Knowledge Base show you how to easily obscure data using Paint. Instructions are similar if you use Windows 7 but the appearance may vary slightly.