Gemini images without the watermark

Google states it maintains the visible Gemini sparkle on images generated by free and Google AI Pro tier users, and that Google AI Ultra subscribers and Google AI Studio outputs do not receive it.

On consumer tiers, yes — Nano Banana, Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2 all place the same four-pointed sparkle in the bottom-right corner. The mark is identical across model versions; only its size changes with image resolution.

No. The overlay is applied after generation, so no prompt wording affects it. Reports from users trying this consistently show the mark added regardless of the prompt.

Yes, if the file is an unmodified Gemini output. Drop it into the tool on this page — the overlay is reversed locally in your browser and the original pixels are restored.

No. SynthID is embedded during generation on every tier and is not removed by taking off the visible sparkle. The image remains identifiable as AI-generated by tools that check for it.

No. Whether a Gemini image without watermark is possible depends entirely on the tier you generate on. Free and AI Pro output carries the visible sparkle; Ultra, AI Studio and API output generally does not. The model is the same — the difference is the surface you used.

Generate on a tier that does not apply the mark, or clean what you already have. There is no prompt that suppresses it: the sparkle is composited after generation finishes, so nothing you write in the prompt can reach it. Asking the model for 'no watermark' changes the picture, not the overlay.

Not necessarily — the split is by surface rather than by price. AI Studio and the API generally return output without the visible mark and both have free usage, while a paid AI Pro subscription still carries it. Paying more is not what removes the sparkle; generating somewhere else is.

Text responses carry no visible mark — the sparkle is an image-only overlay, so there is nothing to see or remove in text output. Google does apply provenance signalling across several output types, but that is invisible by design and separate from the corner star this page is about.

Look at the bottom-right corner at 100% zoom: the mark is a white four-pointed star, 48×48 px on smaller renders and 96×96 px on 2k and 4k output. You can also drop the file into our tool — if no Gemini watermark is detected it says so and hands the file back unchanged rather than re-saving it.

Editing an image through a consumer tier produces a new generation, and new output gets the mark applied again. Cleaning a file is the last step, not the first — if you plan to keep editing in Gemini, expect to clean the final export rather than an intermediate one.

Yes, but only by choosing where you generate. A Gemini image without watermark comes from Ultra, AI Studio or the API; free and AI Pro output carries the sparkle. No prompt wording changes this, because the overlay is applied after the picture is finished.