Yes you are right, @Gezendunyali , as confirmed also by @LaloPadilla .
You can blur faces and plates with the “markup” feature.
I didn’t noticed the possibility (oops) because normally I try to avoid to have faces or plates in the photos
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Even if you do a backup by default, the editing option should be available anyway, @MortenCopenhagen .
When an image is not editable, a message like the one shown by @NareshDarji (Editing is not supported for this image) should appear.
Can you share a screenshot of what appears by following the steps below?
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You are welcome, @Stella2 , I hope you can use them (even if your contributions are always great already)
Hehe, @kasunaaa
Sometimes I think that Google Maps likes to keep some “hidden” surprise for us.
As I am curious, I like to try and click every single button in there, and to make tests.
The feature was posted by a Local Guide long time ago, because he wasn’t able to use it 
So I wanted to try, and to learn how it works
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Hehe, @PaulPavlinovich , the secret was hidden very well.
However, you can only edit photos that were taken with the same device, and only if stored “in the device”.
This is a quite big limitation, as you can do exactly the same with Google Photos App, editing also photos stored in Google Photos.
But from Google Maps of course you can skip a step
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Great, @LaloPadilla
I am happy that is working fine again for you now.
You know, I was surprised by the fact that you will have to discover the feature by chance, as it is not mentioned in any document, or help page.
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That’s right @ErmesT Its great that I can use it again, and it has been improved!
Not everyone taps the photo to see the preview, sometimes you just have to tap/clic everything to discover new stuff hahaha , talking about features, I still don’t have the photo views graph on the contribute tab that you shared previously, I don´t know if it has something to do with my region.
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You are welcome @davidhyno .
I promise to write this post a couple of months ago, but I was waiting to see if Google was going to publish something… Apparently no, so I decided to move forward
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Valuable tips and tricks @ErmesT I shared the post to my FACEBOOK page. Thank you.
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The graph seems to be disappeared for everyone, @LaloPadilla
Unfortunately, as we don’t have an official post about that feature (mine is of course not official) I don’t know if I can complain
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What a great tip, @ErmesT ! I had no idea this was here. I don’t often upload photos immediately and normally back them up to Google Photos and edit there. But in a pinch, I will use this feature to the max!
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Caption: a regionalized screenshot showing the Polish application thumbnail (sheeatsatthebeach, Local Guide)
Hello all! I have been a local guide for quite a few years, but only just recently discovered the Connect community. So glad I did!
For my photo editing I use the Polish application. When I have used the photo editing tools on Google, some of the options are not available unless I upgrade.
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Thank you so much @ErmesT for this post. I had no idea we had such an option,so I used to edit my photos in different app before adding them to Maps. Now it will be much easier!
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I tried both ways @ErmesT but ending option is not available.
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I normally use Snapseed for photo retouching when using my phone. Normally I take photos with my main camera and process them in LR.
Nice to know that there is a photo editing app within Google Map to use.
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Muy buenos tips @ErmesT yo solía usar Snapseed todo el tiempo hasta que descubrí la posibilidad de hacerlo directamente en Maps antes de subir las fotos. Me gusta mucho, es fácil de usar, tiene muchas herramientas, aunque siempre uso las mismas jaja Sugerencias también es uno de mis preferidos.
Silvy.
Hi again Mr Smart @ErmesT I’ve come back again to share my feedback . I use a
Mi 10 , Sam A71 and pixel 5 smartphones. This feature works only with my pixel 5 smartphone !.
I think it will be rolled out to all phones by time .
Thanks
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Thanks for the feedback, @OSAMA_1
Hope it will be extended to all Android users, at least
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Yes @ErmesT . When I saw others comments here that this feature is not working yet, I figured out that it needs time to work in all devices. As we know, pixel phones users get all features first ( before other phones ’ users ) .
You know what ! I believe it works in United States now .
Like remember the ( Live View ) feature ?
It worked in United States before all countries . Now this what is happening now about this photo editor feature .
Thanks
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