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2026-10-26 · Erasekit

What is an AI object remover? How Erasekit works

An AI object remover lets you brush unwanted people, objects, text, or watermarks out of a photo and inpaint the background. Erasekit: 3 credits per erase, 2 free daily for guests, packs from $9.90.

Short answer: An AI object remover is a photo tool that erases a selected region and rebuilds the background so the rest of the image stays intact. Erasekit is a brush-to-erase object remover: upload a photo, paint over what you want gone, click Remove. Each erase costs 3 credits; guests get 2 free erases per UTC day; one-time packs start at $9.90 / 330 credits. Credits never expire. Results are typically ready in about 1–2 minutes.

What “object removal” means in practice

Classic photo editing uses clone stamps or content-aware fill by hand. An AI object remover takes a mask (the area you mark) plus the original image, then inpaints that region so the surrounding scene continues naturally. Outside the mask, pixels are meant to stay unchanged.

On Erasekit the mask comes from a brush: red strokes mark people, objects, text, logos, or watermarks. You leave everything else untouched. That is the difference from a full-frame “background remover” that cuts the subject out of a transparent canvas.

How Erasekit’s brush flow works

  1. Upload a clear JPG, PNG, or WebP. Very large images are downscaled client-side (max edge 2048) before upload.
  2. Brush in red over the distraction. Adjust brush size; use Undo or Clear if needed.
  3. Remove — guest free quota or 3 credits when signed in.
  4. Download the cleaned photo when the task finishes (often about 1–2 minutes; the task window allows longer jobs).

Failed provider calls refund the credit reservation. Details: How to remove objects from photos.

Credits, free daily quota, and packs

| Option | What you get | | --- | --- | | Guest free | 2 erases per UTC day (cookie quota), no account | | Signed-in erase | 3 credits each | | Starter pack | $9.90 · 330 credits · ~110 erases | | Popular pack | $29.90 · 1200 credits · ~400 erases | | Pro pack | $59.90 · 3000 credits · ~1000 erases |

Packs are one-time USD purchases with no subscription. Purchased credits never expire. Taxes, if any, appear at checkout. See Pricing.

What people commonly remove

Results can still show artifacts on complex edges or large masks. Review before commercial use. Only process images you have rights to.

Erasekit vs “remove background”

| Goal | Better fit | | --- | --- | | Delete one thing and keep the scene | AI object remover (brush + inpaint) | | Cut the subject onto transparency | Background remover / cutout |

Erasekit is built for the first case: keep the photo, lose the distraction.

Next steps