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Remove the Shot on stamp
Erase the camera's "Shot on" line from the corner of photos you took, then switch it off so new photos come out clean.
Drop a photo to clean up
or paste it with ⌘V — anywhere on this page
From your gallery or camera
JPG · PNG · WebP · HEIC — up to 25 MP
- Never stored
- No watermark
- No sign-up
Works well on
- Date stampsOld camera dates in a corner
- App badgesOn photos and exports you made
- Text overlaysCaptions you no longer want
- PeopleStrangers behind you
How to do it
- 1Drop a photo you tookThe stamp is burned into the picture, so start with the full-size file from your camera roll, not a shared copy.
- 2Box the stampPress X and draw a box around the whole stamp, including any logo and small second line of text.
- 3Erase and check the cornerThe fill takes a few seconds. Erase again on the result if a trace remains, then download at full size.
What the "Shot on" stamp is
Many Android phones can add a small line of text to every photo, usually in a bottom corner, naming the phone model and sometimes the camera settings or a custom line you type in. XDA Developers names Huawei as an early adopter, and OnePlus and Vivo among the brands that offer it today. Because it is written into the image itself, it stays in every copy you share.
It is your photo and your phone's label, so removing it is just tidying up. There are two parts to the job: clean the photos you already have, and stop it appearing on new ones.
Switch it off for new photos
The toggle is in the camera app, not in the phone's main settings, which is why people often miss it. XDA Developers' guide shows the path on OnePlus, where you open the camera, tap the menu at the top right and open its settings, and on Vivo, where the camera's settings include watermark options for time, model or custom text. Other brands follow a similar pattern: open the camera, open its settings, and look for Watermark or Device watermark. Menus change between software versions, so if you cannot find it, search your phone's help pages for the exact model.
Some special camera modes or third-party camera apps may handle the watermark differently, so take a test photo after switching it off.
Erase it from photos you already took
The stamp is a short line of text in a corner, which is a good job for the eraser. It is small, and it usually sits on sky, ground, water or a wall.
WipeMark sends only the area around your mark, at most 1024 pixels, to its server, where LaMa, an inpainting model, fills it from the surroundings. The patch goes back into your full-size photo in the browser.
Use the box tool. Press X and draw a rectangle around the whole stamp. Include the small logo many phones put before the text, and the second line with camera settings if there is one. Leave a small margin. Press Enter to erase.
Start from the original. Use the full-size photo from your camera roll. Copies that went through a chat app are smaller and more compressed, which leaves less detail around the stamp for the fill to use.
When to crop instead
Some phones offer a frame style that puts the model name in a separate white strip below or around the photo rather than on top of it. In that case there is nothing to fill: crop the strip off in your phone's photo editor. Cropping is also simpler when the stamp sits in a corner of plain sky or floor you do not need.
Erase when cropping would cut into your subject or change the shape you want, such as a square photo you need to keep square.
Problems and fixes
Faint letter outlines remain. The stamp text often has a thin shadow. Erase again with a slightly larger box.
The stamp crosses something detailed. A stamp over a patterned floor, text on a sign or a person's feet is harder to fill convincingly. Erase in two smaller boxes, or crop a few pixels off the corner.
Which format to download
Download JPG for phone photos to keep the file size close to the original. Use PNG if you plan to keep editing. The download is the same size as your photo.
Questions people ask
How do I remove the "Shot on" watermark from my photos?
For photos you already took, drop the photo into the eraser above, draw a box around the stamp and press Erase. For new photos, turn off the watermark option in your camera app's settings so it is never added.
Where do I turn off the "Shot on" watermark?
It lives in the camera app's own settings, not the phone's system settings. On many Android phones you open the camera, go to its settings and look for an option called watermark or device watermark. The exact path differs by brand and software version.
Does turning off the watermark remove it from old photos?
No. The stamp is part of the image pixels in every photo taken while it was on. Switching it off only affects new photos, so older ones need to be erased or cropped.
Should I crop or erase the stamp?
Crop if the stamp sits in a strip of empty space you do not need, or in a separate white border below the picture. Erase if cropping would cut into your subject or change the shape of the photo.
Can I use this on photos other people took?
WipeMark is meant for your own photos. A "Shot on" stamp is a device label rather than a credit, but if the photo is someone else's, ask them for an unstamped copy instead.