How to remove your ex-husband or ex-wife from photos

To remove your ex-husband or ex-wife from a photo, upload it to Remove Your Ex and describe who should go. You edit your own copies, and you can upload up to 10 photos per batch, so years of albums don’t have to be done one by one.

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Wedding photos after a divorce

A wedding album holds more than the marriage. It holds your parents, your friends, the dress, the speech that made everyone cry. When you edit a wedding photo, you edit the copy you downloaded. The photographer’s originals stay exactly as they were.

You’re far from alone in keeping them. In a Rebounce survey of 9,283 divorcees, 7 in 10 said they still have their wedding photos with their ex. Editing isn’t the only option either: here’s what to do with wedding photos after a divorce, from boxing the album up to keeping it for the kids.

What the Rebounce survey found

Rebounce, an Indian matchmaking app for divorced, separated and widowed people, surveyed 9,283 people aged 30 to 40 who had been divorced for at least two years. As reported by India Today on September 25, 2026:

• 7 in 10 still have wedding photos with their ex.
• 36% said familiar places, events and memories from the marriage still hold a soft spot, without affecting their current relationship.
• About 31% still talk to their former spouse now and then, about the children’s school events, legal or property matters, or family ties.
• About 47% of those over 35 said the biggest misconception about boundaries with an ex is that they mean no contact at all.

Keeping the photos doesn’t mean holding on to the marriage. A photo can simply be a record of a life that happened, especially when there are children and years of family history in it. Editing a copy lets you keep that record and still have a version you’re happy to look at.

If the ex in question was a guest at a sibling’s or friend’s wedding, that’s a different album with different etiquette. Here’s how to remove an ex from group and wedding photos.

The solo photo you never took

Some of your biggest days only exist with them standing next to you: a graduation, the keys to a new house, the medal at the finish line. Those are your milestones. Pick who goes, and you get the photo of you that you never thought to take on your own.

Photos your kids still want

Your ex is still your children’s parent, and they may want the family photos just as they are. Keep the originals for them, and edit a copy for your own walls and albums. Uploading a photo doesn’t change the one on your phone or computer. For photos with the kids in them, read how to remove your ex from family photos.

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Framed photos and photos on display

If a photo is going back in a frame or up on a shelf, look at the edit at full size before you print it. Check the edges where your ex used to be: hair, shoulders, hands, and the background behind them. If something looks off, the second edit is free.

Is it petty to edit them out?

No. Keeping your memories isn’t erasing history. The trip happened, the house was yours, the day was real. You’re just choosing which version you want to look at now.

And if editing feels like too much right now, you can simply hide them for a while. Here’s how to hide, delete or edit photos of your ex.

For the basics and your other options, start with how to remove your ex from a photo.