A photobomber in the background, a bin in the corner, a sign blocking the view: most photos have something in them that should not be there. This remove object from photo free tool erases it. Brush over any person, object or clutter and AI inpainting rebuilds the background underneath, so the photo looks like the object was never there. It is free, needs no sign-up, and runs entirely in your browser, so your photos are never uploaded to a server.
Unlike the simple clone stamp in a photo editor, which copies a patch from elsewhere in the picture, this tool uses an AI model called MI-GAN that looks at the whole area around your brush marks and paints in what should be there: grass continues as grass, a wall continues as a wall, and a sky gradient keeps its gradient. The model runs on your own device, which is why the first run downloads it once and then works offline.
Key features
- Brush away anything: people, bins, signs, cars, photobombers, clutter. Paint over the whole object, including its edges, and the AI rebuilds the background.
- Full resolution download: the cleaned photo downloads as a PNG at the same size as the photo you uploaded, up to 2048 px on the longest side.
- Remove more than one object: after each removal the cleaned photo becomes your new starting point, so you can brush over the next object and remove that too.
- Undo and clear: undo the last brush stroke, or clear all marks and start again, before you run the removal.
- Sample picture included: try it on the built-in sample first: brush over the red ball on the grass and watch the lawn fill in.
- Private by design: the only download is the AI model itself, about 28 MB, fetched once and cached in your browser. Your photos never leave your device.
How to use
- Drop your JPG, PNG or WebP photo onto the tool, or choose it from your device. Photos up to 25 MB are accepted.
- Brush over the object you want gone. Cover the whole object, including its edges and any shadow it casts, and use a bigger brush for large objects.
- Click Remove object. The first run downloads the AI model, about 28 MB, once only, then the removal takes a few seconds.
- Check the cleaned photo next to the original. Brush over another object to remove more, or download the cleaned photo as a PNG.
What removes cleanly, and what does not
Small and medium objects on fairly simple backgrounds remove cleanest: a person against a wall, a bin on a lawn, a sign against the sky. The AI has real background around the object to learn from, so the fill blends in. Large objects that cover most of the photo are harder, because the tool only sees the photo at 512 px when it rebuilds the area, so a very large removal can look soft or slightly blurred. Busy textures such as crowds, foliage and patterned fabric are also harder than plain surfaces, and the tool cannot invent detail that was never in the photo: if the object hides something important, the fill is a plausible guess, not the real thing behind it.
That is the honest limit of inpainting, and it is also why the tool shows the original next to the cleaned photo: check the result before you use it, and if a large object leaves a visible patch, try brushing a smaller part of it at a time.
Private by design
Like every Savozi tool, this one runs entirely in your browser. Your photos are never uploaded to our server, so there is no server copy and no account holding your pictures. It is part of our watermark tools collection of free tools for cleaning up photos and videos: free, no account, and nothing to install.
Honest limits
This tool removes objects from photos only; it does not work on video. For video marks, use the Watermark Remover, which handles clips. Photos larger than 2048 px on the longest side are processed at 2048 px, and the download is a PNG at that size. The first run downloads the AI model, about 28 MB, so it needs an internet connection the first time; later runs use the cached model. Very large objects can look soft because the AI rebuilds each area from a 512 px view of the photo, and transparent PNGs keep their transparency outside the brushed area only. Only clean up photos you own or have the rights to edit.