3 Fast, Free & Best Ways to Remove Watermark from Photos in 2022
Our goal is to remove watermark without degrading the quality of photo in best ways including free ones. In this article we shall see which are the best tools to remove watermarks on images, look at watermark removed images from each software including online tools. Steps to follow in-order to remove watermark so that you will get to know how good is each tool in removing watermarks, and final photos after watermark removal.
Software’s and Apps mentioned below can erase watermark without impacting background image. Due to sophistication of these tools, they can remove watermark more skillfully than a human hand.
Table of Contents
Real Pictures with Watermarks
Remove Watermark using Object Remover AI
Photo Stamp Remover from SoftOrbits
Remove Watermark for free in Pixlr
Watermark Remover WonderShare Photo Eraser
How to remove watermark in Photoshop
Watermark Remover from Apowersoft
Watermark Removers Online
Conclusion
Real Pictures with Watermarks
We will use real images which have watermarks on them and we shall answer How to Remove Watermarks? without impacting the background image.
Real pictures which have watermarks. First photo with watermark, this watermark is difficult to remove especially the logo part.
Second Photo with watermark
All software’s are shown rank wise taking all aspects into consideration such as photo quality, price, ease of use.
Remove Watermark using Pixbim Object Remover AI
https://pixbim.com/remove-objects-from-photos
This is Best software so Rank is 1 as it can remove watermarks, date stamps, logos, shadows and others.
I have also included other software’s which you can choose including free ones and online watermark remover’s.
Pixbim Object Remover AI Results
Steps to Remove Watermark in Object Remover AI
- To load the photo, click “Load Image” at the top right side
- Brush on the area you want to remove as shown below, modify the brush size depending on the object size you want to remove. You can change brush size by moving the slider which is present on right side as shown below.
3. click “Start Removal Process” button at the top to start removing the watermark
4. You can see the progress in progress bar at the top
5. You can repeat this process of brushing and clicking the start removal button till you are satisfied with the result, it can sometimes be slower.
6. Click “Save Image” button at the bottom right to save the watermark removed photo.
7. If you do a mistake in brushing, then you can click “Undo Brush Stroke” button which is at the top or you can even click “Erase All Brush Strokes” button if you want to erase the highlighted brush strokes on the text.
Pros
- Easy to use, effective in removing large and small unwanted objects
- This seems to be the best available one as it works well
- Can save photos in trial version and you can see the accuracy
- Object Remover AI costs $29.99 for a lifetime fee
- It also has an automatic AI scratch removal tool if you want to restore old photos which works very well.
Cons
- In trial version, saved images will have trial version watermark on them so you have to buy it
- It is available only for windows OS
Photo Stamp Remover from SoftOrbits
https://www.softorbits.com/photo-stamp-remover/
This is Second Best software so Rank is 2
Photo Stamp can remove watermarks, it can also remove date stamps, logos and others.
Photo Stamp Remover Results
Steps to Remove Watermark using Photo Stamp Remover
- Click “Add File” button or drag-and-drop your photos
2. From Toolbox on your right side, click pencil icon
3. Now on image, brush on areas you want to remove and it will be highlighted in red
4. Click “Remove” to remove the watermark
Pros
- Does a good job.
- Easy to use, has decent features.
Cons
- Expensive, price is $69.99
- Cannot save image in trial version
Remove Watermark for free in Pixlr
This is third best software so Rank is 3
Pixlr is free but is very difficult to remove watermark using pixlr as we need to pick source at each and every point (every area or regions or bunch of pixels) which is impossible and it takes a huge amount of time and has steep learning curve so would not recommend it but I have mentioned steps below.
Pixlr watermark Remover Results
Steps to Remove Watermark using Pixlr
This is complicated so please bear with me, Ideal tool to remove watermark inside pixlr is clone stamp tool
- Launch the app and load your image
- Now from the left section of the Pixlr editor, click on “Clone Stamp tool” icon [if you don’t see Clone Stamp Tool like it happened to me, you may have to click “retouch” section depending on version you are using. In Retouch Section, hover over the icons to see the name of the icons and then click Clone Stamp tool]
- When you first click Clone Stamp tool by default under Mode, Source will be enabled. Now the complicated part starts, In Mode you can click “Source” or “Paint”. If you select “Paint” then when you brush on image only those brushed areas will be removed. “Source” means when source is enabled then when you click on image then this clicked region will be used to fill the deleted (“paint”) regions.
4 . To Save the image, Click “File” ->“Save”
Pros
- Its free
Cons
- Its Complicated and very time consuming
- It has a steep learning curve, even after learning it takes too much time and effort to get a below normal output because it nearly impossible to select source for each and every region.
- This is not suited to watermark removal task.
So I would not recommend Pixlr.
Watermark Remover WonderShare Photo Eraser
https://photo.wondershare.com/photo-eraser.html
This is fourth best software so Rank is 4
Photo Eraser Results, below watermarks in photos are added from WonderShare Photo Eraser tool, they are not the same watermarks that were present in input photo
Steps to Remove Watermark using Wondershare Photo Eraser
- Load the image onto Photo Eraser
2. Select watermark Area on the image — To begin with the process, you need to select the watermarked area using the marker tool. The area you want to erase will be highlighted in red.
3. After you select the watermarked area, click on ‘Erase’ button, it will process the image.
Pros
- Can save image in trial version but watermark saying fotophire will appear.
- Easy to use.
Cons
- Expensive, Price is $79.99 for lifetime and $49.99 for 1 year.
How to remove watermark in Photoshop
This is fifth best software so Rank is 5
Photoshop is not suited to this watermark remover but it can be used to remove watermarks. It is very time consuming time and there is a learning curve as it is not straight forward.
You need to use clone stamp tool and Healing Brush tool in Photoshop.
Watermark Remover from Apowersoft
https://www.apowersoft.com/watermark-remover
This is sixth best software so Rank is 6
Watermark Remover Results
Pros
- Can save only 3 images in trial version
Cons
- Results are not good
- Price is $29 yearly and $39 lifetime
- In trial version users can mark only one rectangle on image which severely limits watermark selection areas.
Watermark Removers Online
Apowersoft online watermark remover like watermark remover from Apowersoft
Results were not good.
This is a online watermark remover just like desktop version of watermark remover from Apowersoft.
https://www.apowersoft.com/online-watermark-remover
Conclusion
Seeing the results of different software’s in removing watermarks and considering the price of each software, I would suggest first one which is Object Remover AI. If you find Object Remover AI cannot suit your needs or if you have issues like installation or some other issue then go for PhotoStamp Remover. Other than these two tools, rest of the tools won’t give satisfactory results.
Other watermark remover tools which are not as good as above mentioned ones for removing watermarks.
https://acethinker.com/watermark-eraser
http://www.watermarkremoveronline.com/
https://www2.lunapic.com/editor/?action=watermark