# Object Remover — remove objects from photos with AI

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# Object Remover

We help photographers, e-commerce teams, marketplace sellers, and brand designers remove unwanted objects from photos. Upload an image, brush over an object, person, or distraction, and generate a replacement background that matches the surrounding scene—without manual cloning or retouching.

## Comparison with the state of the art

### The cleanest removals of any model we tested

On [RemovalBench](https://huggingface.co/datasets/BaiLing/RemovalBench), our Object Remover records the lowest FID score among the compared object-removal models. Lower scores are better. Interactive comparisons use a blue overlay to mark the mask—the region each model was asked to remove—and let you compare results with FLUX Erase, Finegrain Eraser, GPT Image-2, Nano Banana 2, and Nano Banana 2 Lite.

| Model | FID score — lower is better |
|---|---:|
| Ideogram Object Remover | 27.77 |
| Nano Banana 2 | 31.93 |
| Finegrain Eraser | 34.60 |
| FLUX Pro Erase | 38.06 |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite | 44.44 |
| GPT Image-2 Medium | 71.29 |

| Model | Price per request — lower is better |
|---|---:|
| Ideogram Object Remover | $0.030 |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite | $0.034 |
| FLUX Erase | $0.034 |
| GPT Image-2 Medium | $0.053 |
| Nano Banana 2 | $0.067 |
| Finegrain Eraser | $0.270 |

Full-reference quality measurements are PSNR 26.92, SSIM 0.811, and LPIPS 0.0598. Average latency is about 9.8 seconds. Scores are from [RemovalBench](https://huggingface.co/datasets/BaiLing/RemovalBench).

![Before-and-after comparison of five people standing on a wet beach](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/33f8326aee2c4fd1.webp)

## How to remove objects from a picture with AI

1. **Upload your image.** Start with any photo containing an object, person, or distraction you want removed.
2. **Mask the object.** Brush over the object. The mask defines which pixels we regenerate.
3. **Generate.** The object disappears and the background fills in naturally to match the surrounding scene.

## Remove unwanted objects from photos online

Brush over a photobomber, street sign, power line, or other clutter. We rebuild the background behind it so you can create a cleaner frame without Photoshop masking skills or hours of clone-stamp work.

![Before and after removing a passerby from a photo of a woman seated at an outdoor cafe table](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/64b6143c36939f2e.webp)

## Clean up product shots and listing images

Distracting props, packaging labels, and background mess can pull attention away from what you are selling. Object Remover helps e-commerce teams, marketplace sellers, and brand designers prepare listing photos and campaign visuals without reshooting or sending every asset through a retouching queue.

![Before and after removing a second t-shirt from a product photo of hanging apparel](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/b728f9f0d6f372e1.webp)

## Backgrounds that match lighting, texture, and perspective

We reconstruct the cleared area from the surrounding pixels so shadows, grain, lighting, texture, and perspective remain consistent with the original shot.

![Before and after removing background people from a nightclub photo while preserving green lighting and texture](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/8c907bbe63cc056f.webp)

## Remove text, logos, and watermarks from photos

Brush over date stamps, burned-in captions, corner logos, or watermark overlays. We rebuild the surface underneath so lettering and texture blend back into the scene. Object Remover can be used for screenshots, scanned prints, stock cleanup, and brand mockups.

![Before and after removing handwritten text from a coffee mug in a product photo](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/website/images/7655d0794e1111df.webp)

## Examples

The following are illustrative before-and-after examples:

| After | Before |
|---|---|
| ![Portrait of the same man wearing an orange beanie without sunglasses](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/glasses-after-vqa.png) | ![Man in an orange beanie and coat wearing tinted sunglasses](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/glasses-before.webp) |
| ![The same plaza with the bicycle removed](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-1-output.png) | ![A red bicycle in a cobblestone plaza](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-1-input.webp) |
| ![The sunlit room with the plant removed](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-2-output.png) | ![A potted fiddle-leaf fig in a sunlit room](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-2-input.webp) |
| ![The rain-soaked street with the taxi removed](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-3-output.png) | ![A yellow taxi on a rain-soaked city street](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-3-input.webp) |
| ![The gallery with the sculpture removed](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-4-output.png) | ![A chrome sculpture in a gallery](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-4-input.webp) |
| ![The lake with the boat removed](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-5-output.png) | ![A rowboat on a mountain lake](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-5-input.webp) |
| ![The neon city rooftop with the figure removed](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-6-output.png) | ![A chrome-armored figure leaping over a neon city](https://storage.googleapis.com/ideogram-static/mini-apps/object-remover/app/examples/example-6-input.jpg) |

## Remove objects from photos via the API

Send a photo and a mask to our remove-object endpoint and receive an edited image with the selected area filled in. This supports marketplaces, creative tools, and other products that need programmatic object removal.

Get an API key at [https://ideogram.ai/api/api-keys/](https://ideogram.ai/api/api-keys/).

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.ideogram.ai/v1/remove-object \
  -H 'Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -F 'image=@photo.jpg' \
  -F 'mask=@mask.png'
```

## Frequently asked questions

### What does the object remover do?

It removes a masked object or person from a photo and fills the gap with a plausible, scene-matched background, without manual cloning or patching.

### What kinds of objects can I remove?

Anything you can brush over, including people, signage, cables, photobombers, watermarks, and foreground or background clutter.

### Does it change the rest of my image?

It can. We may update pixels outside the mask to remove shadows and reflections associated with the selected object, while keeping unrelated areas as close to the original as possible.

### Is there an API for this?

Yes. POST an image and a mask to `/v1/remove-object` to receive the edited image.

[Open Object Remover](https://ideogram.ai/tools/object-remover/)

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