# AI Text Removal

The Image Editing API allows you to automatically remove any unwanted text from your images.

To remove text from the input image, set the argument `textRemoval.mode` with one of the following values:

* `ai.artificial`: artificial text will be automatically removed. Artificial text includes all text added on an image through post-precessing, such as company name, watermarks, discounts, etc.
* `ai.natural`: natural text will be automatically removed. Natural text includes text that naturally occurs in an image such as writing on buildings or clothings, road signs, etc.
* `ai.all`: all text (natural and artificial) will be automatically removed.

If we take the example of this image:

<figure><img src="/files/tId6DiraSiEBeK6hKVCs" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Here are the results you will get for each possible value of `textRemoval.mode`:

<table data-header-hidden data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="225" align="center"></th><th align="center"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><em>(original image)</em></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/0Lo65uVSeBVEcOsFaib1" alt=""></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><code>ai.artificial</code></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/Ol6F33JzW0VPBDlx2PnM" alt=""></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><code>ai.natural</code></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/BekLFaSfK0IfSoljGZaA" alt=""></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><code>ai.all</code></td><td align="center"><img src="/files/UzruNksowS7lwdxkW9EN" alt=""></td></tr></tbody></table>

If you want to give it a try, here's the code to reproduce the examples above:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --form imageFile=@/path/to/your/image.jpg \
  --form removeBackground=false \
  --form referenceBox=originalImage \
  --form textRemoval.mode=ai.all \
  --output result-with-text-removed.png
```

{% endcode %}

<a href="https://try-api.photoroom.com/?removeBackground=false&#x26;referenceBox=originalImage&#x26;textRemoval.mode=ai.all" class="button primary">Try it now!</a>


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