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Nayaoh
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Nov 06, 2025

Any free tool available to remove text from image or picture?

Hi, I have dozens of images where I need to cleanly remove some text from the pictures. The text is overlaid on a relatively simple background, but I'm struggling to get a good result without it loo...
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Catherinem
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Nov 06, 2025

Modern phones have incredibly powerful photo editors built-in to let you easily remove text from images free.

For Samsung Galaxy (Object Eraser)

  1. Open the image in the Samsung Gallery app.
  2. Tap "Edit" (the pencil icon), then tap "Labs" and select "Object Eraser."
  3. Trace or tap on the text you want to remove.
  4. Tap "Erase."

For Google Pixel (Magic Eraser)

  1. Open the image in the Google Photos app.
  2. Tap "Edit" -> "Tools" -> "Magic Eraser."
  3. Tap on the text or brush over it.
  4. Tap "Remove."

For  iPhone (With a Third-Party App)

While iOS doesn't have a built-in tool as robust as Android for removing text from pictures, excellent apps exist:

TouchRetouch ($1.99): A classic app dedicated to this exact task. It has a "Line Removal" tool perfect for text and a "Brush" tool for larger areas.

Snapseed (Free by Google): Use the "Healing" tool. It works very similarly to Photoshop's Spot Healing Brush.

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