AI text remover · free credits
Remove text from any image — the background comes back
Captions, sale stickers, quotes and camera date stamps: Kenerate removes the lettering from your photo and rebuilds what was behind it. Replace or translate the words instead if you'd rather.
- Background rebuilt
- Remove, replace or translate
- Date stamps too
- Your own photos
Updated by the Kenerate AI team
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Quick answer
How do you remove text from an image?
To remove text from an image, open it in Kenerate's Edit Studio, choose Edit Text in Image → Remove and run it. The AI deletes captions, overlays and lettering and rebuilds the background behind them. For one small word or a date stamp, paint over it with Magic Eraser.
Key facts
- Tool
- Edit Studio → Edit Text in Image
- Default model
- GPT Image 2
- Also
- Replace or translate the text
- Small text
- Magic Eraser
Real results
What does the background look like after the text is removed?
Each “after” is a real Edit Text in Image result. Tap “Original” to see the lettering that was there.
Step by step
How to remove text from a picture
Step 1: Open the photo in Edit Studio
Upload your photo to Kenerate's Edit Studio.
Step 2: Choose Edit Text in Image
In the AI tools, pick Edit Text in Image and switch to Remove.
Edit StudioAIEdit Text in ImageRemove
Tip: GPT Image 2 is the default model; the picker has other models too.
Step 3: Run it
The AI removes the captions, stickers and lettering and rebuilds what was behind them.
Step 4: Download
Compare with the original and download. Use Magic Eraser for any small leftover.
Edit StudioAIMagic Eraser
One tool, three modes
Remove, replace or translate the text
Remove
Clears captions and lettering and rebuilds the background behind them.
Replace
Swaps words for new ones in the same font, size and position — fix a typo or a price.
Translate
Rewrites the text in another language and keeps the layout.
Look closer
Look where the letters were
The hard part isn't deleting text — it's rebuilding what was behind it. Zoom into the handbag: the leather, stitching and shadow continue where “SALE 50% OFF” sat.
- Leather texture continues under the old text
- No blur patch or smudge
- Lighting and shadow unchanged
What it removes
Text people remove from photos
Date stamps
Orange digits burned into the corner of camera prints and scans.
Sale & price stickers
Old promotions on your own product photos, ready to reuse.
Quotes & captions
Text laid over your own photos for a past post or slide.
Checked 26 September 2026
Edit Text in Image vs Magic Eraser vs clone stamp
Pick by how much text there is and what is behind it.
| Edit Text in Image · all text at once | Magic Eraser · paint it | Clone stamp · Photoshop, GIMP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Captions, overlays, lots of text | One word or a date stamp | Small text on simple backgrounds |
| Finds the text for you | Yes | No | No |
| Rebuilds complex backgrounds | Yes | Yes | By hand |
| Replace or translate instead | Yes | No | No |
Sources: Kenerate Edit Studio
Better results
How do I remove text from a photo cleanly?
- Start with the biggest text. Run Remove once, then pick off any leftovers with Magic Eraser.
- Use the highest-resolution photo you have. More pixels around the text means a more convincing rebuild.
- Text over faces or detailed patterns is the hardest case — compare carefully and re-run if a detail looks invented.
- Need the same text in another language? Use Translate instead of removing and re-typing it.
Only edit images you own or have the right to change. Don't use this to remove watermarks, photo credits or copyright notices from other people's work.
Example uses
Who removes text from photos
Common jobs, with the real before and after.
Illustrative examples of typical workflows, not customer reviews.
Store owner
Last season's product photos carry a “SALE 50% OFF” overlay. Removing it lets the same photos go back on the full-price listing.
Try this workflowTraveller
Old holiday shots have captions and a camera date stamp. Clean versions go into a printed photo book.
Try this workflow
Content creator
A quote graphic from a past post becomes a clean landscape for a new caption and a new design.
Try this workflow
How it works
How it works in the app
Step 1
Upload the photo to edit
Open Edit Studio and upload an image, or pick one from your history.
Step 2
Describe the change
In AI Edit, write what should change in plain words — the rest of the photo stays the same.
Step 3
Paint an area (optional)
Use the brush to mark just the region to change, and the eraser to refine the mask.
Step 4
Click Generate
Choose 1, 2 or 4 variations and press Generate to apply the edit.
See it in the app
Open Edit Studio and upload an image, or pick one from your history.
FAQ
Text removal questions
8 questions
How do I remove text from an image?
Open the photo in Kenerate's Edit Studio, choose Edit Text in Image, switch to Remove and run it. The AI removes captions, overlays and lettering and rebuilds the background behind them.
Link to this answerIs it free?
Free to start with starter credits on sign-up. Edit Text in Image uses GPT Image 2 by default; other models are available in the model picker, and Magic Eraser works for small pieces of text. Bigger jobs use one-time credit packs that never expire.
Link to this answerCan I remove just one word and keep the rest?
Yes. Paint over that word with Magic Eraser, or use Replace mode in Edit Text in Image to swap it for different words in the same font.
Link to this answerCan it translate the text instead of removing it?
Yes. Edit Text in Image has a Translate mode that rewrites the words in another language and keeps the font and layout.
Link to this answerWill it change the rest of the photo?
It is told to change only the text. Busy backgrounds behind large text are rebuilt by the AI, so check the result against the original and re-run if needed.
Link to this answerCan I remove a date stamp from an old photo?
Yes — date stamps like the orange digits in the corner of camera prints are removed the same way. For small stamps, just paint over them with Magic Eraser.
Link to this answerCan I remove watermarks with it?
Only remove text from images you own or have the right to edit. Don't use it to strip watermarks, credits or copyright notices from other people's work.
Link to this answerWhat about text in videos?
For video, use the AI video text remover instead of this image tool.
Link to this answerIn depth
How text removal works
Scene-text erasing as a research problem, and why the background behind text is guessed — with sources.
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Two steps: find the text, fill the gap
Text removal first finds every letter, then fills the space where it was. Researchers built SCUT-EnsText (2020) — 3,562 real photos with the text erased by hand — to train and test models such as EraseNet [1].
The background is reconstructed, not revealed
Whatever was behind the letters was never photographed, so it is inpainted: patch-based methods like PatchMatch copy similar texture from nearby [2], and large-mask networks like LaMa use context from the whole image [3]. On skies and plain backgrounds the fill is seamless; on detailed areas, check it closely.
Use it on your own images
Removing a caption, a date stamp or a sale banner from your own photo is the everyday use. Removing watermarks or credits from other people's images can breach copyright — only edit images you have the rights to.
By the Kenerate AI teamLast updated and reviewed
Written by the Kenerate team; every example is a real Edit Text in Image result on a photo we generated for this page.
Sources: Kenerate Edit Studio
Remove the text from your photo
Open Edit Studio, choose Edit Text in Image, download. Free credits on sign-up.
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