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

Part of it is working, demonstrating and building these facilities with suppliers, but the other part is looking at making the plans open source, so anonymizing certain data and creating blueprints at the country level and product level. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025

Anonymize Sensitive Fields Thoughtful preprocessing—like anonymizing sensitive fields while preserving utility—boosts AI fairness and safety. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Fed officials’ own (anonymized) forecasts show a near-complete breakdown of the consensus that Chair Jerome Powell has worked hard to hold together against escalating White House pressure and economic diagnoses that demand competing cures. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025

Those logs shouldn't have anything to do with your browsing data, and they should be anonymized, but most VPNs need to at least keep logs of information like your email and payment method. —Jacob Roach, Wired News, 16 Sep. 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