How to remove your ex from group and wedding photos

To remove your ex from a group or wedding photo, describe exactly who should go, like “the man third from the left in the grey suit”, and let Remove Your Ex do the rest. You edit your own copy, so nobody else’s photos change. You can upload up to 10 photos at a time, which helps when your ex turns up across a whole event.

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Why group photos are harder

In a couple photo, there are two people and one of them goes. In a group photo, your ex is standing among people you want to keep. That changes things:

• People overlap. Shoulders, arms around each other, someone leaning in. Taking one person out means rebuilding the edges of the people beside them, not just the background.
• Free erasers need precise brushing. iPhone Clean Up, Google Photos Magic Eraser, and Samsung Object Eraser all ask you to tap, brush, or circle the person yourself. In a tight row of people, it’s easy to catch a friend’s arm or leave part of your ex behind.
• It’s easy to name the wrong person. In a tight row of six men in suits, “the man in the suit” could be anyone, so describe exactly who you mean.

The free tools are still worth a try for someone small at the edge of the group. Steps for each are in how to remove your ex from a photo.

How to describe one person in a group

In Remove Your Ex, you describe your ex in your own words. Describe them the way you’d point them out to someone looking at the same photo:

• Count from an edge: “the man third from the left”, “the second woman from the right in the back row”.
• Add what they’re wearing: “in the grey suit”, “in the blue dress with the white flower”.
• Use something nearby: “the person holding the champagne glass”, “the man standing behind the bride”.

Two details together are clearest: “the man third from the left in the grey suit”. If the first edit takes the wrong person or leaves something behind, the second edit is free. Try again with a more specific description.

Group selfies and tight crops

Group selfies squeeze everyone into a small frame. Faces overlap, someone’s chin is on someone else’s shoulder, and the person holding the phone has an arm across the front. If your ex is in the middle of that, a clean edit is harder for any tool.

• Look for another shot from the same moment. There’s often one where people are spread out a little more.
• If your ex is holding the phone, say so: “the man on the right holding the camera, with his arm across the front”.
• If the first edit leaves an extra arm or shoulder behind, use the free second edit with a sharper description.

Wedding photos you don’t own

Wedding photos are often taken by a professional photographer and shared through a gallery or an album. When you remove your ex, you’re editing your own downloaded copy. The photographer’s originals, the couple’s album, and anything already shared online stay exactly as they were.

That’s usually what you want: a version for your own camera roll or wall, without asking anyone to change theirs. If you’re thinking of posting the edit, it’s kind to check with the couple first. It’s their day too.

Your originals and edits are stored privately for 90 days, then deleted.

Your sibling’s or friend’s ex in your wedding photos

Sometimes it’s the other way around: the photos are from your own wedding, and the person you’d like gone is your sibling’s or best friend’s ex. It’s your album, so you can keep a version without them. They’re usually standing among family or the wedding party, so describe them by position and clothing, like “the woman second from the right in the green dress”.

Before you share the edit or put it in the family album, it’s kind to check with your sibling or friend. They may feel differently about that day than you expect.

If it’s your own wedding and your ex-husband or ex-wife you want to remove, see how to remove your ex-husband or ex-wife from photos.

Batch a whole event

A wedding, a reunion, or a holiday party rarely means one photo. You can upload up to 10 photos per batch, in JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, or HEIC, up to 20 MB each. One description covers the whole batch, so it helps to sort first:

1. Pick the photos from the event that you actually want to keep.
2. Put together the ones where your ex is in a similar spot or easy to describe the same way.
3. Upload up to 10 of them and describe your ex once.
4. Download the edits, and use the free second edit on any that need another try.

Each photo costs 1 credit, including its free second edit. If an edit fails, the credit goes back to your account automatically.

Keeping the good parts

A wedding photo is about more than one person. It’s your friends dressed up, your family on the dance floor, and you having a good night. Taking your ex out of the frame lets you keep all of that.