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A magic eraser that runs in your browser
Brush over whatever is spoiling the photo and it goes, with the background rebuilt behind it. No app to install, no phone to own, no account, and the file you download is the size you started with.
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Also called magic eraser, photo eraser, object eraser, AI eraser, unwanted object remover or photo cleaner. It is one tool either way — the editor at the top of this page.
What people mean by “magic eraser”
The phrase came from phone cameras — a button that removes a distraction and quietly repaints what was behind it. The name stuck and became the generic term for the whole category, which is why people search for a magic eraser when what they want is AI inpainting. It is the same technique: you mark a region, a model reconstructs it from the surrounding pixels, and the result is new detail rather than copied detail. What differs between tools is not the idea, it is what they charge you and what they hand back.
The three things that actually differ between erasers
First, resolution: several free erasers will let you brush as much as you like and then cap the download at 720 pixels wide, which is unusable for anything but a social post. Second, watermarks: some remove yours and add theirs. Third, the gate — an account, an app install, or a credit counter that runs out mid-edit. Cleanup has none of the three. You get the full-resolution PNG, unbranded, without signing in, in the browser you are already using.
Phone erasers, desktop erasers, and this one
The eraser built into a Pixel or a recent iPhone is excellent and completely unavailable everywhere else — it needs that phone, and it only works on photos already in that phone’s library. A desktop editor’s generative fill is more powerful still and costs a subscription. A browser eraser sits in the gap: nothing to install, works on the phone you have and the laptop you have, and handles the photo wherever it currently is — a download, a screenshot, a file someone sent you.
Where an eraser stops being magic
Every tool in this category struggles with the same three cases, and no amount of brushing changes that. A subject that fills most of the frame leaves too little context to infer from. A repeating structure — brickwork, railings, tiled floors — has to line up on both sides of the erased region, and a break in the rhythm is instantly visible. And anything with a reflection or a shadow needs both removed, or the edit announces itself. Knowing those three is most of the skill.
Nothing to install
It is a web page. No app store, no extension, no desktop download.
Full resolution out
The export is the resolution you put in — not a 720-pixel preview of it.
No watermark of ours
We do not stamp a logo onto an image you came here to take a logo off.
Any device
Same brush on a laptop trackpad, a tablet and a phone screen.
What people use it on
If the thing you want gone is on this list, it works. If it isn’t, it probably still does — these are the ones people ask about.
People and animals
- Photobombers
- Background tourists
- Strangers walking through the shot
- An ex
- A dog off in the corner
Street and travel clutter
- Bins and bollards
- Parked cars
- Road signs
- Power lines and cables
- Scaffolding
- Traffic cones
Text and marks
- Date stamps
- Burned-in captions and subtitles
- Price stickers
- Logos on your own images
- Watermarks you own the rights to
Indoors
- Clutter on worktops
- Laundry and cables
- Wall sockets and light switches
- Reflections in a window
- Furniture you are trying to sell around
Retouch images in seconds with incredible quality
Drag & drop an image above to get started for free
Frequently asked questions
Is there a magic eraser that is actually free online?
Yes. Cleanup is free at cleanup.photo with no account, no credit counter and no watermark on the result. The thing to check with any free eraser is the export: several are free to use but cap the download at 720 pixels wide. Cleanup exports at the resolution you uploaded.
Do I need a Pixel or a new iPhone to use a magic eraser?
No. The erasers built into those phones only run on that hardware and only on photos in that phone’s own library. Cleanup runs in the browser, so it works on any phone, tablet or computer, and on any image file — including screenshots and photos someone sent you.
How is a magic eraser different from a background remover?
A background remover deletes everything behind your subject and leaves a cut-out. A magic eraser removes only the specific things you brush over and rebuilds the scene behind them, so the photo still looks like it was taken where it was taken.
Does the eraser add a watermark to my photo?
No. The download is a clean full-resolution PNG with nothing added. Cleanup claims no rights over anything you edit.
How many photos can I erase things from?
There is no account, so there is no per-account quota and no daily credit allowance to run out of. Extremely heavy automated use may be rate limited so the service stays up for everyone.
Does a magic eraser work on video?
Not here. Cleanup works on still images. You can export a frame from a video and clean that, but there is no per-frame video pipeline.
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Try it on a photo you gave up on
The one with the bin in the corner, or the stranger in the background. It takes about ten seconds and costs nothing.
Cleanup is built by DEA Innovations.
