anonymize

verb

anon·​y·​mize ə-ˈnä-nə-ˌmīz 

variants also British anonymise

anonymized; anonymizing

transitive verb

: to remove identifying information from (something, such as computer data) so that the original source cannot be known : to make (something) anonymous

There's an incredible amount of data in your travel profile. So they improved security and created a sophisticated way to anonymize data.

—Dana Hawkins

anonymization noun

also British anonymisation

ə-ˌnä-nə-mə-ˈzā-shən 

anonymizer noun

also British anonymiser

Examples of anonymize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That led me to anonymize his footage with AI and to continue the film as a collective process, shaped by the different perspectives of the people who came to the castings. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

These behavioral metrics are aggregated and anonymized and are not used to determine rankings. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Despite being anonymized and aggregated, this information has never led to a user being identified. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026

That data was anonymized, however, meaning Google didn’t reveal names or other personal information. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

anonym(ous) + -ize

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anonymize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize