Remove Tool issue on PS 2026 with transparent background

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October 31, 2025
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When using Photoshop 27.0, (on Mac Sequoia 15.6.1) I am having issues with the remove tool. I remove backgrounds for product photos. And, after removing the background, I will often go in and clean up the object. Removing stickers, etc. However, now if I try to use the Remove tool on an object with a transparent background - Photoshop is generating a new background. Is there any way to stop this from occurring?

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D Fosse

Community Expert

Sounds to me like you need to lock transparency in the layers panel.

EDIT: that didn't work out too well...it does prevent bleeding into the transparent area, but then it proceeds to fill the transparency with white. That can't be intentional, or can it?

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mcspartyAuthor

Participant

Locking the layer worked! Thank you! I have to unlock the layer in order to remove the background in the first place and have never needed to relock it in previoous versions. But, this is a fairly easy fix, so I will take it!

Thanks again!

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Tony Pick

Participant

@Aleke I have the same issue, locking transparent background partly resolves the issue: sometimes it works well, sometimes it gives alert that the action is impossible, and sometimes (about every 5th time) it creates the undesired false background on part my transparent layer.

But the tool overall is very good 🙂

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Aleke

Community Manager

Hi @mcsparty, welcome to the community!
Could you try adding a solid white background layer underneath your object before using the Remove tool? Sometimes that helps smooth things out.
If it’s still giving you trouble, feel free to share a screenshot or a quick screen recording so we can take a closer look and help you out. Thanks so much!
Alek

*(If you mention me with an @, like @Aleke, I’ll get a notification and can respond faster.)*

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C24641340rzey

Participant

Using latest Photoshop version 27.0.0.

This is driving me crazy. Remove tool used to work fine. All of sudden, since today whenever I use to remove tool to select an area to change, Photoshop automatically changes all transparent parts of the layer. I can just click once anywhere with the Remove tool and PS will fill every transparent part of the layer with generated content.

What is going on? The tool should just change only the parts of the image that I selected. Did I accidentally change some setting or something? It's making the tool unusable for me.

Btw, Photoshop Beta is not having this issue.

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