A homeowner drawing Privacy Zones for a device in the Ring app

Learn About Privacy Zones

Use Privacy Zones to black out areas of your camera’s field of view you’d like to exclude from Live View or video recording, such as a neighbor's apartment door or window.

Note: All of the Ring devices are capable of enabling the Privacy Zone feature except for Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam, Stick Up Cam with Pan-Tilt Mount, Stick Up Cam (1st Gen) and Video Doorbell (1st Gen).

Learn how to create and delete Privacy Zones.

Once you've created a Privacy Zone, the Ring app won't display anything in that area in Live View and that area won't be video recorded. Nothing that happens in a Privacy Zone can be viewed or recovered.

Privacy Zones appear as black rectangles in the Ring app and on video. In the image below, the door has a Privacy Zone around it.

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You can create up to two rectangular Privacy Zones per device. Each Privacy Zone has a minimum size of approximately 15% of the screen.

Note: If you change your device's field of view orientation, it will change what area the Privacy Zone covers. Each zone can be thought of as a small piece of tape over the lens. As a result, if you move the Door View Cam, the Privacy Zone will shift with the Door View Cam while the door is opening or closing.

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