Remove facial blemishes from images

Last updated on Nov 10, 2026

Learn how to remove facial blemishes, such as acne and freckles, from images using Adobe Firefly.

The Skin Cleanup feature in Retouch and Remove lets you remove temporary blemishes like acne, as well as permanent marks such as moles, freckles, and scars.

Select Image > Edit image from the Firefly home screen. Then, upload the image from your computer, or add it from Adobe cloud storage.

Select Retouch and remove   from the toolbar on the left. Then, on the canvas, select Skin Cleanup.

Do one of the following:

  • To remove only acne, select Acne   .
  • To remove all blemishes, such as acne, moles, and freckles, select All blemishes   .
A person's face with acne and other blemishes.
Choose to remove acne alone or all blemishes.

To adjust the intensity of removal, in the Acne or All blemishes pop-up menu, move the Fade slider. The slider removes blemishes more intensely when you move it toward the right.

A person's face with acne removed with Fade slider set to maximum.
Control how intensely you want to remove acne or blemishes.

To view the original image for comparison, select   . To view the edited image again, select   .

Select Apply to commit the edits.