remove date stamp from photo

Remove visible date text from the image pixels

Choose one local photo, paint a mask over a date stamp that is visibly burned into the image, and inspect the reconstruction before downloading. The tool edits selected pixels; it does not locate dates or alter the photo's capture-time metadata.

The repair routine searches the same image for unmasked patches with similar pixel patterns and copies those colors into the painted region. A compact stamp over a plain corner may be easier to reconstruct than digits crossing a face, a horizon, or a textured object. Even in a simple area, the result is an approximation, not the original pixels hidden by the stamp.

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Before painting, distinguish a visible stamp in the picture from a date stored as EXIF metadata. This editor works on what you can see in the flattened image. If the date appears only in the file information panel, use a metadata viewer or editor instead. Work only on an image you own or are authorized to change.

When a date stamp can be repaired more cleanly

Digits placed on a uniform sky, wall, or plain margin may have nearby pixels with a similar color and texture. A date crossing hair, a garment seam, a printed label, or a sharp boundary does not have a simple substitute; the inpainting routine may repeat nearby patterns or soften that edge.

Paint over the full character strokes while keeping the selection close to the text. If the mask is too narrow, colored fringes can remain; if it covers adjacent details, those pixels may also change. Compare the full image and the enlarged crop at the same zoom before deciding whether the PNG is usable.

If the visible date is still an editable text layer in a project file, edit or hide that layer there. This browser page cannot access layers in another application or recover the clean scene beneath a flattened timestamp.

Supported files and editing limits

• The picker accepts JPG/JPEG, PNG, and WebP images; the displayed and enforced file-size limit is 20 MB.
• One image is selected at a time. You paint the visible date-stamp mask manually; there is no automatic text detection or batch uploader.
• The edited result downloads as PNG. There is no separate quality or output-size control.
• The selected image is read and processed in browser memory rather than sent to a processing server. Analytics or advertising scripts may load separately, and the page does not claim that all browser network activity is absent.
• Large dimensions can require substantial browser memory. A 20 MB file-size ceiling is not a promise that every image will fit the memory available on every device.

Large stamps, date digits over detailed backgrounds, hard edges, and unique texture can leave visible artifacts. The tool does not edit metadata and cannot restore details absent from the saved photo.

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