Remove Watermark from Photo
Erase diagonal © marks, corner stamps, signatures, and logo overlays from any photo. Tuned for the large continuous regions typical of stock watermarks. Free, no signup, 5 removes a day.
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How watermarks end up on photos
Photographers, illustrators, and stock agencies add watermarks to discourage unauthorised reuse and to keep attribution visible when an image circulates. The forms are familiar: a semi-transparent © notice running diagonally across the frame, a studio wordmark in one corner, a full-image tiled pattern that makes the file useless without a licence, or a small signature a creator added to a portfolio shot.
If you legitimately bought or licensed an image, you usually get a clean delivery on checkout. Not always: some services only hand over the marked preview until payment settles, some licences restrict the clean file to specific formats, and archived downloads from services that have since shut down can leave you stuck with marked copies you paid for. This tool is built for those cases — to help you recover a clean version of something you already own.
For images you do not own, you need explicit permission from the creator. Removing a watermark does not transfer copyright. The image remains protected, and stripping the attribution can be treated as a separate violation on top of any unlicensed use — US law calls this Copyright Management Information removal (17 USC §1202), and similar rules exist in the EU and most other jurisdictions.
How to remove a watermark in 3 steps
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Upload the marked photo
Drag the image into the upload card or tap to browse. JPG and PNG both work. Anything wider than 1536 pixels is automatically downscaled before processing, so you do not need to resize. If you only have a low-resolution preview from a stock site, start with that — the tool is built around the quality you upload, and recovering a 600 px preview stays a 600 px clean image.
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Brush the watermark
For a diagonal © line that crosses the whole photo, paint the entire line in one stroke rather than piecemeal — the LaMa inpainting model handles long continuous regions cleanly, and leaving gaps can show as visible seams. For a corner stamp or signature, a 60–90 pixel brush is usually enough. Add 4–6 pixels of margin around the mark so the AI has fresh context to blend into. Undo / Clear are right there if you overshoot.
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Download the clean result
Tap Remove objects. In roughly 15 seconds the AI returns a rewritten photo with the watermark region replaced by predicted background pixels — sky, water, skin, wall, fabric, whatever the surrounding area suggests. Hit Download to save as PNG at the original dimensions. Pixels outside your brush are preserved byte-for-byte.
Watermark types the LaMa model handles
Different marks call for different brush tactics. Here is how to approach the most common types you will hit.
Diagonal © lines
45–70 px wide lineLong slanted text running corner to corner — common on stock agency previews. Paint the whole line at once; partial coverage leaves visible seams.
Corner stamps and signatures
50–80 pxPhotographer initials, studio wordmarks, and small logos tucked in one corner. Straightforward to remove.
Tiled repeat watermarks
80–120 pxA single mark repeated across the whole frame at low opacity. Paint in one broad region per pass, or tackle a tile at a time on large images.
Timestamps and camera overlays
20–35 pxDate, time, GPS, or camera-model text burned into one corner. Often tiny — zoom the browser if you can't see it clearly.
Broadcaster bugs
50–80 pxTV-station logos baked into video stills. Medium brush, paint the whole glyph plus a small margin.
Sample / preview banners
60–100 px wide lineBold 'SAMPLE' or 'PREVIEW' text spanning photobook and catalog pages. Paint as one line.
Tips for cleaner results
Paint the whole line in one go
Long, continuous watermarks rebuild more cleanly when you brush the entire region in a single pass. Stopping and restarting can leave a seam where the model had to guess twice.
Add a 4–6 px margin
A tiny buffer around the watermark edge gives the AI fresh, unmarked pixels to sample from. Painting flush with the letter edges sometimes leaves faint residue.
Work on a clean upload
JPG compression artefacts around the watermark make the prediction harder. If you have a higher-quality source (PNG, original export, etc.) start from that.
Busy backgrounds need more care
Uniform sky, skin, and wall fill almost perfectly. Dense foliage, bricks, or fabric patterns may show soft residue — touch up in any editor afterwards if precision matters.
Is it legal to remove a watermark?
The answer comes down to ownership and intent. A short guide:
✅ Photos you shot or created
Your own work — go ahead. The watermark was yours to add and yours to remove.
✅ Licensed images you own
If you purchased or licensed the image and a clean copy is part of the deal, this tool is a fast way to recover it when the provider only delivered the marked preview.
⚠️ Licensed preview without a clean copy
Check the licence before stripping the mark. Many stock platforms restrict preview use to comps only, and a cleaned preview used in production can violate the terms even though you paid for something.
❌ Someone else's watermarked image
Not legal without explicit permission. Beyond general copyright, removing the mark can separately violate attribution rules (in the US, 17 USC §1202; similar laws exist elsewhere).
None of the above is legal advice — when stakes are high (news publication, commercial resale, legal proceedings), check with the original creator or a lawyer in your jurisdiction.