P: Generative Remove Feedback (Lr Classic & Lr Eco)

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

This post applies to Lightroom Classic and the Lightroom Ecosystem products.

Camera Raw feedback can be found here.

Generative Remove makes it easier to remove unwanted objects and distractions with a simple gesture, even on complex backgrounds. For more accurate results, be sure to include the object's shadow in your selection and/or expand its size. 

Detect Objects uses AI to find the objects underneath a brushed area. The masked areas will now appear larger than the Early Access version of this feature. You can also circle objects for quicker selection now. 

We have also updated the spot selection experience to make it easier to manage variations, switch the fill type, refine the selection area, or re-generate as needed. 

Batch updating is also now supported for Generative Remove spots. 

Try out the latest updates and share your feedback with us here. Please also include the following details in your post: 

• App version
• System details
• Example image(s) if you wish to share

Our team continually monitors this thread to track issues for future improvement. Thanks!

Lisa Ngo: Lightroom Product Manager

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[tyePhoto Kimberly]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. But all of the sudden when I use the remove or generative fill option, it just replafcces the selected areas with black. It was doing fine and just switched all of the sudden. I'm not sure if I accidentally changed something or ?

[tyePhoto Kimberly]

Sorry I didn't provide more information. I am in LR Classic on my destop. I have attached the screenshots showing the item on the wall, what I highlighted, and the black it replaced it with. I hope that provides more information.

[johnrellis]

@tyePhoto Kimberly, please add your details to this existing bug report for AI Remove adding black patches:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-bugs/p-distraction-removal-gt-people-replaces-people-with-...

It would be best, along with the screenshots, if you could attach the original photo as well. If the forum won't let you attach the file, upload it to Wetransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive or similar free service and post the sharing link. Adobe is more likely to prioritize bug fixes if they have lots of examples making it easy for them to reproduce the problem.

[crazyphcat]

Hello

I am using LR classic 15.0.1, on a ARM processor (Snapdragon). 
The tool Distraction Removal is not present!
Is there any option to activate it?
Thank you for any possible help.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

@crazyphcat  Distraction Removal is not currently available on Windows ARM. 

[Roi Rodriguez]

I'm removing an antenna from a roof top and Gnerative Remove is creating a green shadow of the antenna. This never happened before using this tool

[johnrellis]

@Roi Rodriguez: "Generative Remove is creating a green shadow of the antenna."

See here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic...

[fernandoa41455608]

Trying to remove a small tree leave with a sky background from the edge of an image results in the leave colored light blue, it is not removed using AI, clone tool or erase tool, same result.

[johnrellis]

@fernandoa41455608: "Trying to remove a small tree leave with a sky background from the edge of an image results in the leave colored light blue, it is not removed using AI, clone tool or erase tool, same result."

If you're applying Remove on top of an AI mask, e.g. Sky, see here for how to get Remove to work:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-generative-remove-feedback-lr-classic...

[Arizona Bev]

Release 15.0.1, Camera Raw 18.0

Windows 10

The mask outline (where you paint over the area or object to remove) stays in place, making it very hard to see if a variation is suitable or not.  It used to be that when you moved the mouse cursor away, the outline would disappear allowing you to see the variation results without the outline.

[johnrellis]

@Arizona Bev: "The mask outline (where you paint over the area or object to remove) stays in place, making it very hard to see if a variation is suitable or not.  It used to be that when you moved the mouse cursor away, the outline would disappear allowing you to see the variation results without the outline."             

At the bottom of the Remove panel, set Tool Overlay to Auto.

[Arizona Bev]

Thank you!

[ticklemerick]

The lightroom spot removal is almost worthless now.  I highlight something to remove and it modifies everything around it outside of my mask.  

[johnrellis]

@ticklemerick: "The lightroom spot removal is almost worthless now.  I highlight something to remove and it modifies everything around it outside of my mask."

Adobe has acknowledged this bug, and Adobe employee Sameer K posted this on 10/29/25:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-gen-remove-now-changes-elements-outside-the-...

"The team has identified the issue, but the fix wasn't included in the Lightroom Classic v15 release. It'll arrive soon, as this issue goes beyond Lightroom Classic and also requires broader fixes in Camera Raw. We appreciate your continued patience in this."

If you follow that thread, you'll be notified when the issue is fixed.

[Anthony R_]

Anyone else having this issue? When I try to generative remove really contrasted items, it doesn't completely remove them... the item stays there but in a clear outline. The picture below is when I tried to remove a dead leaf stuck to the bride's boot. The opacity is set to 100, so that shouldn't be an issue. Am I just doing something wrong? This has happened mulitple times. 

[johnrellis]

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@Anthony R_: "When I try to generative remove really contrasted items, it doesn't completely remove them... the item stays there but in a clear outline."

It looks like you've applied Remove on top of an AI mask (e.g. Sky). Click the yellow AI Edit Status button and then Update:

[Anthony R_]

Thanks so much! I'll try that!

[lacey32526331zmeq]

I was playing around on my friends android, and the removal of people capability is so good. It automatically selects the people and fills in background. In lightroom the generative remove is embarassing. I am finding myself wishing I could mass edit thousands of photos with an android because the generative remove is so bad in lightroom. I am trying to generate a background for a photoshoot and the technology can not idenitfy what I'm trying to do which is simply trying to remove a person or floor boards. The images generated are unable to communicate complex backgrounds to fill in the object that I have selected to remove or clean up.

[jessien11091988]

Ever since updating my LR classic in December 2025, the generative remove tool is worse. It is now changing things outside the selected area. How do I get it to stop doing that?

[Jonathan_Seattle]

Many users have reverted to version Lrc 14.4, which handles generative remove properly. Make sure to use Creative Cloud to do this.

[KSNelson]

That is, if Creative Cloud works. If you have an ARM based processor,
Adobe will not let Creative Cloud even launch.

[hydrogenjoule]

One big issue: it doesn't match the grain. In an image with visible grain, the result will always have chunky, low-res grain that gives away the borders of the patch.

So to use the generative remove, you have to degrain the image, do the generative remove, and then add the grain back in Photoshop. Which is a pain and a lot of extra work.

Ideally, it would either do the grain management for you (ie. degrain the image, do the generative fill on the clean frame, then add back the original grain outside the patch and matching synthetic grain generated from the grain plate for the patched area), or learn to create matching grain in the generative model itself.

[evikne71]

I haven't read all the posts, so I apologize if this has been mentioned before. I am generally very satisfied. But one task I often use is to remove an object that is half hidden behind another. To select the rear object, it is almost impossible not to touch the front object in some places. I have noticed that the AI then fabricates new elements on the front object where I have made my selection. I wish the AI were smart enough to leave the front object unchanged. It should avoid wasting unnecessary energy on this.

I use LR Classic 15.1 on a MacBook Pro M5.

[johnrellis]

@evikne71: "the AI then fabricates new elements on the front object where I have made my selection."

The first version of Generative AI Remove didn't do this, but then the new version in LR 14.5 broke Remove and often changed the photo outside of the selected area. Adobe claimed to have fixed this in LR 15.1, but no one has noticed any difference:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-gen-remove-now-changes-elements-outside-the-...

You might add your constructive feedback and upvote to that bug report, helping to persuade Adobe to revisit the issue.

[Rootin Tootin]

This generative remove is amazing.    Borders on being magic.