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Remove dust spots in a photo

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Learn how to remove dust spots caused by sensor dust or lens dust. 

The AI-powered Dust Removal feature in the Distraction Removal panel automatically detects and removes dust spots in a photo, created by dust on your camera's sensor or lens.

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  1. Open a photo with dust spots and select Remove  .

  2. Under Distraction Removal, select the drop-down beside Dust to expand the panel, then select Apply. Lightroom will automatically detect the dust spots in a photo and remove them.

  3. Select a removed spot on the image to refresh or delete it.

    Image of a cake with knife opened in Lightroom's Remove panel. The Dust feature is applied to remove the sensor dust spots.
    The Dust feature is applied, highlighting the removed dust spot on the image.

  4. Click on the photo to remove additional dust spots. Use the Size slider to adjust the size of areas that will be removed.

  5. Select the Visualize spots checkbox in the Remove panel to view any extra dust spots in the image. Drag the Threshold slider to the right to view the mask in greater detail, and slide it to the left to view with less detail. 

  6. You can select   to switch back to the original photo. 

Batch-apply edit settings in the Dust Removal tool

  1. Select More image settings   once you have applied the desired edits to a photo.

  2. Select Choose Edit Settings to Copy. In the Copy Settings menu, choose Dust from the menu under Remove.

  3. Select or de-select all the other edit settings, then select Copy.

  4. Open the photo where you want to paste these edit settings, navigate to the More image settings   menu and select Paste Edit Settings.

    Note

    When Dust Removal settings are pasted to other photos, detection will run in each photo to account for changes in spot size and/or location.

  5. You can also select multiple photos and apply the copied edit settings together.

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