Drop images here or click to upload
PNG, JPG, WEBP, BMP — up to 10 MB each
Tips for best results
- Step 1: Click Auto-Detect Text to find and highlight watermarks
- Step 2: Zoom in (scroll wheel) and fine-tune the highlights:
- Refine Mask — removes noise/specks automatically
- Eraser — brush away unwanted red areas
- Smart Brush — touch any letter to auto-highlight it
- Step 3: Click Remove Watermarks to process
- Step 4: Preview — use Touch Up to refine any areas that need another pass
- Ctrl+Z to undo any change at any time
Brush Settings
Watermark Settings
Result
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A tiled stock watermark,
removed.
/api/remove-watermark endpoint the tool above uses.
Nothing was retouched afterwards.
How to Remove a Watermark
in 4 Steps.
Upload
Drag and drop or click. Supports PNG, JPG, WEBP, BMP. Upload multiple images for batch processing.
Mark the Watermark
Use Auto-Detect to find text, or Smart Brush to select letters by touch. Paint manually for full control.
Fine-Tune
Zoom in and refine. Use the Eraser to remove excess highlights. Enable Fine Detail for eyes and faces.
Preview & Download
Zoom into the result to inspect. Use Touch Up for another AI pass on any remaining artifacts.
Get the best results
from each tool.
Auto-Detect Text
Scans the entire image for text using AI. Highlights detected text in red. Click any detected region to deselect it if it's not a watermark. Best starting point for most images.
Smart Brush
Touch any letter and the entire connected shape auto-highlights based on color similarity. Adjust the Tolerance slider — lower for precise selection, higher to catch faded text.
Fine Detail Mode
Essential for watermarks over eyes, faces, or intricate textures. Expands your mask by only about a pixel instead of several and blends more gently, so changes stay close to what you marked.
Touch Up
After processing, if some areas look blurry or have artifacts, click Touch Up. This loads the result back into the editor so you can paint over just the imperfect spots and run another AI pass.
Watermark Remover
FAQ.
Is this really free?
Yes — the web tool is 100% free with no hidden costs, no paid tiers and no per-image fees. Running costs are low, and keeping it free is the point.
Is my data stored or shared?
Your images are not. They are processed in memory and immediately discarded, and are never stored, logged, or shared. Like any website, the web server keeps a standard access log (IP address, browser, pages requested) for about 14 days for security; the privacy policy has the details.
What image formats and sizes are supported?
PNG, JPG, JPEG, WEBP, and BMP up to 10MB each. You can upload multiple images at once for batch processing. Results are always PNG at the original pixel dimensions.
How does the AI removal work?
You highlight the watermark area (manually or with Auto-Detect), then our AI analyzes the surrounding pixels and intelligently reconstructs what should be underneath using advanced inpainting.
The result looks blurry or has artifacts. What can I do?
Use Touch Up for another AI pass on problem areas. For detailed areas like eyes or faces, enable Fine Detail mode and use a very small brush (size 1-5) with zoom.
What's the Smart Brush?
Smart Brush auto-selects entire letters when you touch them. It works by color similarity — when your brush touches a pixel, it flood-fills all connected pixels of the same color. Adjust the Tolerance slider to control how much it selects.
Can I add watermarks to protect my own images?
Yes! Switch to "Add Watermark" mode. Customize text, font size, opacity, color, position, and tiling. Live preview shows exactly how it'll look. Batch mode lets you watermark multiple images at once.
Is it legal to remove watermarks?
Removing watermarks from your own photos or images you have permission to edit is perfectly legal. Removing watermarks from copyrighted content you don't own may violate copyright laws like the DMCA. Always make sure you have the right to modify an image before editing it. Read our full guide on watermark removal legality.
Can I remove watermarks without Photoshop?
Yes. This tool uses AI-powered inpainting to remove watermarks from your browser, with the AI running on our server — no Photoshop, no desktop software, no subscription needed. For most images, the results are comparable to manual Photoshop editing but take seconds instead of minutes. See our comparison of watermark removal tools.
Does this work on my phone?
You use it in your phone's web browser; there is no app to download. Upload your photo, mark the watermark with your finger (or tap Auto-Detect for text), and process it. The AI work happens on our server, not on your phone, and the finished image comes back to your browser. A larger screen makes fine-tuning easier.
Can I remove logos, not just text?
Yes. While Auto-Detect Text is optimized for text watermarks, you can paint over any type of watermark manually — logos, icons, shapes, or graphic overlays. Use the regular brush to highlight the logo area, then process. See our logo removal guide for tips.
What Watermarks Can
You Remove?
Text Watermarks
The most common type: copyright notices and name credits on your own photos, captions and overlay text on your own exports. Auto-Detect usually finds these in about 10–40 seconds, and the AI reconstructs what's underneath.
Logo Watermarks
Camera app logos, editing tool branding, company marks. Paint over the logo with the brush tool and the AI fills in the background naturally. Works on transparent and opaque logos.
Date Stamps
Camera date/time stamps, lab processing marks, timestamps from old scanned photos. Usually small and in corners, making them the easiest to remove cleanly in one pass.
Tiled Watermarks
Repeated text or patterns covering the entire image. Auto-Detect scans the full image, then process all marked areas at once. Works well on your own proof sheets and exports.
What this tool
does badly.
Every watermark remover on the web claims to be flawless. This one is not, and knowing where it struggles will save you more time than any tip about brush size. Inpainting invents plausible pixels — it does not recover the ones the watermark covered, because that information is genuinely gone. The question is only whether the invention is convincing.
Faces and text underneath
If a watermark sits across a face, a licence plate or printed words, the model reconstructs texture rather than meaning. It will produce clean-looking skin or a smeared approximation of letters, not the real eye or the real word. There is no setting that fixes this — the data is not there to recover.
Large tiled watermarks on busy scenes
A repeating watermark over foliage, crowds or fine architectural detail is the hardest case, because the mask covers most of the frame and leaves little surrounding context to borrow from. Expect visible softness. Multiple Touch Up passes help, but a heavily tiled preview over a detailed photo will not come out perfect.
Hard edges and straight lines
Inpainting is weakest where a strong straight edge crosses the masked area — a horizon, a window frame, the side of a building. The reconstruction tends to bend or blur the line. Painting a tighter mask that hugs the watermark, rather than a generous blob around it, is the single biggest improvement you can make here.
Very large images
Uploads are capped at 10 MB and 50 megapixels per image, and processing runs on CPU rather than a GPU, so a large photo takes appreciably longer than a web-sized one. The output keeps your photo's full resolution, and only the area you mark (plus a narrow blended border) changes. If the marked area spans more than about 1.4 megapixels, though, the AI works on a reduced-resolution copy of that area, so very large masked regions come out softer. For the sharpest result, keep the mask tight to the watermark rather than painting a wide area around it.
Semi-transparent marks over gradients
A low-opacity watermark laid over a smooth sky or a studio backdrop often leaves a faint tonal ghost after the first pass. It is usually recoverable — run Touch Up over just the ghost — but it rarely disappears in one go, and it is the most common reason a result looks “almost right”.
What it will not do
This tool has no way to verify who owns an image, and it is not a licensing workaround. If you do not hold the rights to a picture, removing the watermark does not give you them. For stock previews the correct fix is nearly always re-downloading the file you already paid for — which is faster than editing anyway.
Supported formats
and specifications.
| Format | Input | Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PNG | Yes | PNG | Lossless; transparent areas are flattened in the output |
| JPG / JPEG | Yes | PNG | Most common photo format |
| WebP | Yes | PNG | Modern web format, smaller file sizes |
| BMP | Yes | PNG | Uncompressed bitmap format |
Output: always PNG at the same width and height as your upload · Maximum file size: 10 MB per image · No limit on the number of images in batch removal (Add mode: up to 35 MB per batch) · Works on desktop and mobile browsers
Watermark Remover
Comparison.
| Feature | RemoveWatermark.org | Photoshop | Other Free Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $22.99/month | Free (with limits) |
| AI Inpainting | Yes — LaMa model | Content-Aware Fill | Varies, often low quality |
| Auto-Detect Text | Yes — OCR-powered | No | Rarely |
| Smart Brush | Yes — flood-fill selection | Magic Wand (similar) | No |
| Fine Detail Mode | Yes — for faces and eyes | Manual control | No |
| Batch Processing | Yes — unlimited | Via scripts | Usually paid |
| Signup Required | No | Yes | Usually |
| Data Privacy | Processed in server memory, not kept | Local processing | Often uploaded to servers |
More watermark tools.
Remove Watermark from Photo
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Remove Text from Image
Erase text overlays, date stamps, captions, and annotations from any image using AI.
Add Watermark to Photo
Protect your images with custom text watermarks. Adjustable opacity, position, size, and tiling.
Batch Watermark Removal
Remove watermarks from multiple photos at once. Upload a batch, auto-detect or apply one mask to all, process, download all.
Remove Logo from Image
Brush over a logo and the AI rebuilds the background; best on plain or textured areas.