How to remove a person from a photo on iPhone 12

The iPhone 12 can't use Apple's Clean Up tool — but you can still remove people from your photos easily. Here's how.

Clean Up not available

The iPhone 12 can't use Apple's Clean Up tool.

Its A14 chip doesn't support Apple Intelligence, so Clean Up never appears in Photos. No iOS update adds it, because the feature depends on the chip.

Remove a person on iPhone 12 with Removex

Removex works on the iPhone 12 as long as it's on iOS 17.6 or later. Tap the person you want removed; Removex detects the full subject, erases them, and rebuilds the background at full resolution — including large, close-up subjects and group photos where you keep some people and remove others.

Remove people on your iPhone 12 — free

No Apple Intelligence needed. iPhone, iOS 17.6 or later.

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