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

Sensor data collected by the robots is anonymized and used solely to improve the technology. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025

There are privacy implications, of course, but Google says all location data is anonymized and encrypted. —ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025

Share anonymized KPIs, lead conversion data and marketing spend breakdowns. —David Chapman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

That information is anonymized, and participants have to give permission for their data to be included at all. —Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025

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