Erase diagonal © lines, corner stamps, photographer signatures, and logo overlays from any photo. Brush the mark, tap Remove — the AI rebuilds the background in about 15 seconds. Free, no signup, no watermark on the result.
Before / After
Watermark removed
Copyright stamps and photographer signatures tucked into a corner lift off cleanly in one brush stroke. The AI reads what was behind the mark — sky, skin, fabric, or wall — and repaints it without leaving a blur or a grey patch.
Diagonal text repeated across the whole frame is one of the most common watermark styles on sports and event photography sites. Paint the entire marked area in one broad stroke — the AI regenerates the photo underneath and the repeating pattern disappears completely.
To remove a watermark from a photo free: upload the marked image, brush over the watermark — a diagonal © line, a corner stamp, a signature, or a logo overlay — and tap Remove. In roughly 15 seconds the AI replaces the marked pixels with predicted background. It’s 3 a day free, 5 after a Google sign-in, with no watermark added back. Only do this for images you own or are licensed to use — removing a mark recovers the picture, not the rights to it.
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.
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.
Brush the watermark
For a diagonal © line that crosses the whole photo, paint the entire line in one stroke rather than piecemeal — the AI 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.
Download the clean result
Tap Remove. In roughly 15 seconds the AI returns a rewritten photo with the watermark region replaced by predicted background — sky, water, skin, wall, fabric, whatever the surrounding area suggests. Hit Download to save as PNG. Because the model regenerates the image, the area outside your brush stays visually consistent rather than pixel-identical.
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.
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.
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.
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