I personally like to go on a digital stroll around my childhood neighborhood every once in a while to kill time and see what’s changed in the years since I moved.

Just be sure you are certain you want to blur the location for good. The whole process is very straightforward. Instead of having to go through a request process, you can submit an email to Apple at and request that your particular address be blurred on Apple Maps. Just look up your address, enter Street View, click report a problem, and choose blur “My home.” Apple MapsĪpple Maps makes things a bit easier than Google Maps. If you’re using your laptop or desktop, the process is identical to the one for the app. That means you can’t un-blur it either, so make sure this is something you want to stick with. It can take some time for the blurring to take effect, but once the request is submitted, it will be permanently blocked. Then enter your email address and click submit. You can also blur your car and license plate if you’d rather no one see those, either.Ĭlicking on Report a problem from the Google Maps screen will give you the option to block your home on the app's Street View feature. Then under the “Request blurring” option choose “My home.” Next, enter your exact address in the dialog box to blur your house. Arrange the photo so that your house is in the red square. You’ll then be brought to a screen with an image of your home. Then press the options button, represented by three horizontal dots, in the top right corner of the screen. Tap the image of the location to get a Street View of your residence. Using the Google Maps app on either your iPhone or Android device, type in your home address. And doing so is actually surprisingly quick and easy. Thankfully, you can blur your house via either app, making them less visible to other users. Yes, people can just drive by your house in real life and see it, but there’s something creepier about having the place where you spend most of your time on display for the entire world. (Image: Howley)īut the features also put your home on the internet for all the world to see. Apple CEO Tim Cook's home is blocked on Apple Maps and Google Street view.

Google earth live view of my house