Video Blackout is a Windows desktop application that redacts faces and license plates in video entirely on the user’s own PC, built for teams that cannot upload sensitive footage to the cloud. Its on-device AI automatically detects faces and license plates, and operators review every proposed box before anything is burned in, adding manual boxes for badges, screens, paperwork, or missed faces where needed. Redaction is permanent: mosaic, blur, or solid fill is written into the frame pixels and exported as a new H.264 MP4, so the release copy contains no removable overlay, mask track, or hidden clear copy that could be peeled away, and selected audio can be muted or replaced with beeps over marked ranges. Because no footage leaves the machine, the tool fits body-worn camera releases, CCTV review, freedom-of-information responses, and GDPR data-subject requests, and it keeps working offline or air-gapped after license activation. A free tier covers a single video of up to 10 minutes with a watermark, while paid plans remove the watermark and add device licenses, batch folder processing, and unlimited video length, starting at $29 per month for Basic, $69 per month for Pro, or $450 per year for the annual plan. Video Blackout suits law enforcement, schools, retailers, legal teams, and public bodies that must publish or share video while protecting the identities in it.