To remove text from your own video (a caption, a date stamp, a title), the cleanest way is to export it again from your original project without the text layer. If you only have the finished file, the video eraser can erase the text you click: it follows it through the clip and rebuilds the background, for videos of 30 seconds or less. Use it only on videos that belong to you.
Pick the right method
| Your situation | Best method |
|---|---|
| You still have the project or the original | Export again without the text layer: perfect quality |
| The text is only at the start or the end | Cut those seconds with Trim video |
| The text is part of the finished picture | Erase it with the eraser, accepting a result that may not be perfect |
Erase text with the eraser
- Cut the video to 30 seconds or less with Trim video, keeping the part where the text appears.
- Open the eraser, drop the video, then press Play and pause on a frame where the text is clearly visible.
- Tap the text on the picture; if it is large or long, tap several parts of it (8 points at most).
- Press “Erase the object” and wait: usually 1 to 2 minutes for a 30-second video, sometimes 4 to 5 minutes when the server has to wake up.
- Watch the whole result before downloading it, then download the video.
A long line of text needs several taps along it; the selection is limited to 8 points. Text that moves or changes (live captions) is harder than a fixed date stamp or title.
What to expect
| Today | |
|---|---|
| Length | 30 seconds at most (cut longer videos first with Trim video) |
| Size | 95 MB at most |
| Result | 720p video |
| Free tries | 2 a day without giving anything, 3 more with an e-mail address (this may change) |
| Where your video goes | Sent to a GPU computing service (Modal, United States), deleted right after; the result stays available 15 minutes |
| Quality | The picture behind the text is rebuilt by an AI from the other frames; behind fixed text on a still background it is invented and can look blurry. A dedicated text mode is being prepared and is not available yet: today you select the text by tapping it, so check the whole result. |