Remove an Object or a Person From a Photo

Remove a person, a stranger or an object from a photo

A tourist in the middle of your vacation photo, a car parked in front of the house, a trash can, power lines across the sky, a sign, a stain on a wall or dust on an old scanned photo: the AI eraser makes them disappear in seconds. You brush over what's in the way, and the AI fills in a believable background, extending what surrounds it. Some recent phones and computers have their own tool, such as Magic Eraser in Google Photos, Clean Up in Apple's Photos app or Object Eraser on Samsung Galaxy phones, but whether you have it depends on your device model and software version. Here, everything works in any recent browser, on a PC, Mac, tablet or phone, for free and without signing up.

How to paint the area for a clean result

The secret to a good result is to cover the whole object, with a small margin around it, without forgetting its shadow or reflection. If a piece stays visible, even a few pixels at the edge, the AI uses it as a starting point and may draw a blurry shape where the object was. Zoom in (pinch with two fingers on a touchscreen, Ctrl and the scroll wheel or the + and − buttons on a computer) to paint the outline precisely, and use the eraser to remove any extra paint. For a large subject, a whole person for example, work in two or three successive areas rather than all at once. Simple or repetitive backgrounds (sky, sea, grass, sand, a plain wall, a road) give the most natural results; behind an object in front of a face, some text or a building with straight lines, the AI has to guess more, and a second pass can help.

Full-resolution retouching, without uploading the photo

The AI model works on a 512 × 512 pixel square taken around the painted area, with enough context to understand the background. The result is then scaled to the real size of that area and blended back into the photo with a soft edge a few pixels wide: the rest of the image is kept pixel for pixel, at its full resolution. On a very large area, the rebuilt part may look a little softer than the rest: erasing in several smaller areas then gives a sharper result. The model, open source and free to use, is downloaded once (about 28 MB) and then cached by your browser; the processing happens on your device, using the graphics card (WebGPU) when available. Very large photos are downsized to fit in the browser's memory: above 16 megapixels on iPhone and iPad, and above 40 megapixels elsewhere.

Cleaner photos for memories, listings and social media

The AI eraser comes in handy in plenty of everyday situations. For a Facebook Marketplace, eBay or rental listing, it removes the clutter lying around the item or in the room. For a photo of a landmark, it erases the passersby who wandered into the shot. For a landscape, it removes a pole, a crane or power lines. For a portrait, it takes out a small blemish, something sticking out behind the head or a person in the background. On an old scanned photo, it gets rid of spots and dust. Once the photo is clean, you can crop it, compress it to send by email, or remove its background entirely with our other image tools.