Google Maps has eyes almost everywhere around the world allowing you to visit any country you want from the screen of your laptop.
Additionally, Google Maps Street View enables you to check your street yourself, without stepping out of your house.
However, not everyone enjoys seeing their house appearing on Street View.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to blur your house on Google Maps according to Life Hacker.
Step one
Pull up your house on Google Maps by typing your address into the search bar, then click on the Street View image at the bottom of the left-hand menu or the icon of the person in the bottom-right corner of the window.
Then click on your part of the street to load up your home.
Step Two
Once you have your house pulled up on Street View, click the three dots next to the address, then choose “Report a problem”.
This will pull up Google Maps’ “Report Inappropriate Street View” form for your specific address. If the address or the image is not of your home, restart the process.
Step Three
Adjust the exact amount of blur you want to add to the image, zoom in and out to control the window size for the blur or drag around the map to adjust the location of the window.
Below this, you’ll need to choose what element of the photo you want to blur. You can choose from a face, a car/license plate, or a “different object,” but in this case, choose “My home”.
You can skip over 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” to prove you’re not a robot.
It is unclear how long this process will take but Google will eventually blur your home from Street View.
Remember! Requesting Google to blur your house on Street View is permanent and will not be reversed.