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Remove objects from a photo

Paint over whatever is in the way and it's gone: the background rebuilds itself.

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What the eraser actually does

Erasing here isn't cropping or making things transparent: it's filling in. A model looks at what surrounds the marked area and **invents** the missing pixels, so where there was a lamppost you get sky, and where there was a person you get the wall that stood behind them. That's why the result can be published as it is, with nothing to composite on top.

Whatever you don't mark comes back identical, bit for bit. Only the painted area is rewritten, plus a short blend at its edge so the patch has no visible seam. The rest of the photograph is exactly the file you uploaded.

The size of what you erase decides the quality of the result, and it's worth knowing up front: a lamppost, a cable or a sign vanish without a trace, because there's plenty of background around them to copy from. A subject filling half the frame leaves a smear, because there isn't enough context left to invent what was behind. Above 85% the service refuses rather than hand you a blur.

The trick for large things is to go in stages: erase one half, download, upload again and erase the other. Each pass has more background to draw on than a single attempt would.

Common questions

What can be removed from a photo?
Anything you mark: people in the background, cars, cables, bins, signs, logos, stains or overlaid text. It works better the smaller the object is relative to the photo, and the more even the background behind it.
Why does the erased area look blurry?
Because the model rebuilds from what surrounds the mark, and the larger the area, the less reference it has. If you marked a large part of the image, try erasing in parts: two small passes beat one big one.
Can I remove a watermark?
Technically yes, if it's small and sits on an even background. But removing the watermark from an image that isn't yours doesn't give you the right to use it: the mark signals a licence, it isn't what protects it.
What is “detect object”?
It's a shortcut: the same model behind remove background and cutout marks the main subject of the photo for you, so you don't have to trace it by hand. You can then adjust the mark with the brush and the eraser before erasing.
Why does it take longer than the other tools?
Because rebuilding an area takes a few seconds of computation, against the fraction of a second a conversion needs. That's why the job goes into a queue, and the page tells you whether it's waiting or already processing.