Flattened files pick up lettering you no longer want: a campaign headline that has gone stale, a price tag on a product shot you took, a date stamp, or a screenshot label. The free text remover on CanvaPro finds that lettering and reconstructs the pixels underneath so the background looks continuous again.
You upload a JPG, PNG, or WEBP up to 5 MB, complete the security check, and click Remove Text. The model scans for character-like shapes and overlay blocks, then returns a preview with those areas filled. Download the file when the background looks consistent. There is no account to create, and the download does not get a new watermark from the page.
What the tool is built to erase
It targets lettering as the main job: titles on a poster you designed, UI chrome on a screenshot of your own app, subtitles baked into a still, captions, price tags, and date stamps. The fill should look like the background continued, not like a blurry rectangle.
High-contrast captions on a simple sky or studio backdrop usually disappear more cleanly than thin script over hair, fabric, or foliage. Multi-line paragraphs cover more area, so expect a larger reconstructed patch. For a poster you designed, a headline is often easier to lift than small legal type in a busy footer.
How to remove text, step by step
- Confirm you have the right to edit the image. This should be a file you created, a flattened export of your own design, or a photo you were licensed to change. Erasing a photographer’s credit or a stock mark does not make the picture yours.
- Upload a sharp JPG, PNG, or WEBP under 5 MB. A flattened export of your own work usually cleans better than a tiny chat screenshot.
- Complete the security check and click Remove Text once. The model looks for lettering across the frame in one pass. Most images finish in seconds.
- Check the preview. If a faint ghost of type remains, crop closer around the leftover letters and run a second pass so the network can spend its capacity on what is left.
- Download the cleaned file and keep the original as your master. Add any new words later in a design app. This tool erases type; it does not typeset a replacement headline for you.
Banners, product shots, and screenshots
Campaign graphics go out of date fast. If you still have the layered source, edit the type there. When you only have a flattened export, this page is a practical way to lift the old line so you can place new copy in your layout tool. Product photos with stickers or shelf labels you applied yourself are another common case. Screenshots of software you built can lose debug watermarks or version strings before a deck goes to a client.
Educators sometimes clean annotated slides and worksheets they created. Creators sometimes remove meme captions or story stickers from their own stills. In every case, process only images you own or have permission to edit.
An orange camera date in the corner is a common special case; see how to remove a date stamp from a photo.
Rights and a clear line
If the lettering is a legal copyright notice on a third-party file, do not strip it. License or recreate the asset instead. The same applies to someone else’s branded type or a stock agency mark.
A mark that is a logo or a tiled proof, not typography, belongs in the article on how to remove a watermark from your own photo.
If a ghost of the letters remains
Use the sharpest export you have, and crop so the unwanted type fills a reasonable portion of the frame. Avoid already-tiny JPEGs from chat apps. Dense paragraphs or peak traffic can add a short wait. If the mark is a logo or stamp rather than readable text, the watermark remover is the closer match, especially when you are lifting a draft stamp or a logo you placed on a photo you own.
Uploads travel over HTTPS. Files are processed to complete your request and are not sold or kept longer than needed to finish the job.
A leftover box or badge can be painted out with the object remover after the typography is gone.
After the text is gone
Save the cleaned file with a new name and keep the flattened original, in case you need the old caption later. Inspect the patch at full size, especially along edges of letters that sat on hair, fabric, or a busy pattern. A sky or a plain wall often fills invisibly; a textured surface may need a tighter second crop if a faint outline remains.
When you add new words, do that in a design app so the type stays editable. Do not try to force this tool to write a replacement headline. If you later print or post the image, make sure any new copy is yours to use, and that removing the old line has not created a misleading picture of a product, a price, or someone else’s work.
Check the surface that sat under the words, keep the original file, and only reuse the text removal tool on a small remaining patch if you still see a ghost.
A short checklist
- Only upload images you have the right to edit.
- Use a JPG, PNG, or WEBP under 5 MB, then click Remove Text once.
- If a caption remains, crop closer and run a second pass.
- Download the cleaned copy and add any new words in a design app, not in this tool.
When you are ready, start with a sharp flattened file, remove the old line, and save the result before you place new type. One clean background is easier to reuse than a half-erased export.