Select a photo that has unwanted people, and open it in the Develop mode.
Last updated on
Jul 1, 2025
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Learn how to remove distracting people in a photo with the AI-powered Distracting People Removal tool.
Turn any photo into a perfect picture with the AI-powered Distraction Removal tool that eliminates distracting people in a photo.
Try it in the app
Follow along with any project to learn how to remove people in a photo.
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Select Remove .
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In the Distraction Removal panel, select People .
Note:Lightroom Classic will automatically detect distracting people in the photo and create a mask overlay (red by default) with individual pins over them.
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To exclude someone from the removal, select the pin over them and then select Delete .
Keyboard shortcuts to delete a selection:- Select the Option/Alt key + click on a pin to delete the selection.
- Delete multiple pins by drawing a bounding rectangle using the Option/Alt key.
A red overlay is created over all the distracting people. Select individual pins to remove them from the selection.
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Select Remove.
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Select the arrows to cycle through the variations generated by Lightroom Classic using Adobe Firefly. You can also select the Generate button to develop three new variations.
Tip:Select Edit options beside the variations to Delete Variation or Report Variation.
Alert:
The Distraction Removal - People tool is currently not available on WinARM machines.
Copy-Paste People Removal edit settings
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Once you have applied the desired edits to a photo in the People Removal tool, right-click on the image and select Settings > Copy settings.
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In the Copy Settings menu, choose People under Remove.
Choose the desired settings you want to copy.
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Select or de-select all the other edit settings, then select Copy.
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Open the photo where you want to paste these edit settings, right-click, and navigate to Settings > Paste Settings.
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You can also select multiple photos and apply the copied edit settings together.
Note:People Removal also supports Sync and Auto-sync workflows. You can also create a preset of your edit settings to apply the same settings to a batch of images quickly.
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