Remove Person from Photo

How it works

1. 1

   Upload the photo containing the person or shadow

   Drop your image into EditThisPic — JPG, PNG, or WebP up to 7MB. Works for removing people, photobombers, bystanders, and cast shadows. Photos where the background is visible around the subject give the AI the best fill reference.

   Expect: Person at photo edge with simple background: 15–20 seconds. Person in a crowd or overlapping main subjects: 30–45 seconds and may need one refinement with a marker.
2. 2

   Describe the person and the replacement background

   Use position, clothing, or another visible cue: 'remove the person in the red jacket on the far right and extend the beach behind them.' If they cast a visible shadow, include 'and remove their shadow' in the same instruction.

   Expect: A focused prompt reduces the chance of removing the wrong person. For crowded scenes, remove one person or small group per pass.

   Copy one of these to get started:

   Stranger at the edge of a photo remove the person on the far right edge and fill with the beach background so it looks like they were never there

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   Stranger in the background remove the stranger in the background and fill the space with the scene behind them, keep the main people exactly as they are

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   Two people walking behind you remove the two people walking behind us and fill with the street and storefronts behind them, keep us unchanged

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   Remove all people and leave just the location remove all people from this photo and fill each area with the background — street, sky, building — visible around them

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   3 more prompts

   Remove person from wedding or event photo remove the person in the bright yellow outfit at the far right end of the group and fill with the hedge background behind them

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   Remove cast shadow from photographer remove the photographer's shadow that falls from the bottom edge into the center of the image and fill with the floor texture

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   Remove partially overlapping person remove the person visible behind and to the right of the main subject and reconstruct the background — sky and trees — where they were standing

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3. 3

   Check the fill area for natural reconstruction

   Zoom to 100% where the person was. Check that the background continues smoothly and that no shadow or repeated texture remains. If needed, use a second prompt that names the exact artifact and the texture that should replace it.