How to Remove Mark-up from Pictures on an iPhone

The mark-up feature is a great iPhone feature that allows you to edit and add things to images on your phone directly from the camera app. It’s great for times when you want to highlight a part of an image or if you want to add some text to an image before sending it on to someone. However, what about times when you want to remove the mark-up edits from a picture on your iPhone?

Unfortunately, it’s not possible to remove mark-ups from an image on an iPhone if it has already been saved that way. However, if you are still in the mark-up edit mode, you can revert your edits one by one, or you can revert the image back to its original state.

In this article, we will explore a little bit more about the iPhone mark-up feature. We will also go into some detail about what the mark-up feature can do, why you may want to use it, and some specifics on how to remove mark-ups from images on your iPhone. We will also provide some tips on using the mark-up feature for iPhone and the best ways to keep on top of your edits without losing all of your hard work.

What is Mark-up on iPhone Pictures?

Mark-up is a feature on iPhones that allows you to edit pictures and screenshots. You can add things such as lines, shapes and text and you can even draw things onto an image. Not only that, but you can also use the mark-up feature to edit your image in other ways such as cropping it to size, cutting parts out, or rotating it to your desired view.

It’s incredibly simple to use and can be done straight from the iPhone camera app. Simply go to photos and select the picture that you want to mark-up. Then, tap edit and hit the three dots button to bring up your editing options. Click on the mark-up option and then tap the plus button to add shapes, text, and even draw on the image. It’s really as simple as that!

Why Do People Use the Mark-up Feature on iPhone Pictures?

There are many different options on what you can do to a picture using the mark-up feature. Below is a list of the main things that you can use the mark-up feature for:

Sketch – You can sketch a shape onto the image using a single stroke. If the drawing you have made is recognised as a standard shape, it will be replaced by that shape. You can revert back to using your drawing instead if you would prefer, too!
Highlight – You can click on the shapes button and then click the highlight button. This allows you to drag the highlight in any area you want. You can also resize it using the blue handles that show up.
Shapes – You can choose a shape, line, or arrow and then drag it to where you want. You can also resize the shape using the blue handles that appear.
Draw – You can draw any shape using a single stroke. I
Text – If you click on the text button, you can type out any text you like and then drag the box to position the text wherever you want it to appear on the image.
Rotate – You can rotate your image any way you like.
Annotate – You can annotate an item by drawing or sketching on it.
Highlight Selection – You can highlight a selection of text.
Crop – You can crop your image by dragging the corners until the area you want remains in the frame.

(Source: Apple Support)

As you can see, there are many different mark-up options available on an iPhone. With this in mind, there are unlimited reasons why you may want to use the mark-up feature to edit or adjust your images.

How Do You Remove the Mark-up from iPhone Pictures?

So now that you know the basics of using the mark-up feature, and you’re aware of some reasons why someone may want to add mark-ups to images, you may be wondering how to remove mark-ups from an image.

There are many reasons why you may want to remove the mark-ups from an iPhone image, and while not all mark-ups can be removed, there are still some options available if you haven’t left the editing extension.

Why Would You Want to Remove Mark-ups from an Image?

There are a number of reasons as to why you may want to remove the mark-ups from an image on an iPhone.

In some cases, you may have edited an image with mark-up and then changed your mind about those edits. This may result in you wanting to remove your mark-ups from the image.

If someone has sent you an image with mark-ups on it, you may want to remove the mark-ups to see the full image or to see the original image.

Is it Possible to Remove Mark-ups from an iPhone image?

Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to remove mark-ups from a picture that has been saved with mark-ups on it. So, if someone has sent you an image with mark-ups on it, you won’t be able to remove these.

You can, however, remove mark-ups from a picture that you are currently editing.

What are my Options for Removing Mark-ups from an iPhone Image?

Mark-ups can be removed individually while you are still within the mark-up editing extension. To do this, all you need to do is simply select the mark-up that you want to remove (this can be text, drawings, shapes, or any other mark-up you have added to the image), then, once you have selected the piece of mark-up that you want to remove, simply hit the ‘delete’ button to remove them.

If you have added mark-ups to an image, saved them, and then left the editing extension, these edits will then be burned into the image and cannot be removed. There is one thing you can do though if you are desperate to get rid of one of those mark-ups.

If you go into the editing extension, you can select the ‘revert to original’ option. This then reverts the image back to its original state where it will have none of the edits on it. You can then go ahead and add the edits back on to it in whatever way you want without adding that one mark-up that you wanted to remove originally.

A Quick Tip When Using the Mark-up Feature on iPhone

A good tip when using the mark-up feature is to create a duplicate after each major edit. This creates a new version of the image with the edits on that you can add to.

If you then want to remove an edit without having to revert back to the original image, you can simply go back to the previous version of your image which will still have all of the previous edits on it.