About Add Text to Photos
Add Text to Photos is a photo text editor that runs entirely inside your browser. You mark the region of an image you want to change, the tool rebuilds the background underneath the letters, and then it draws your replacement text on top.
Why it runs in your browser
Most tools that erase lettering want you to send the file to a server first. That is a poor fit for a photo of your own paperwork, a screenshot with a customer name in it, or a sign you photographed in a shop. This page has no server side: your browser decodes the image, edits it on a canvas element, and saves the result back to your disk. The image is never transmitted anywhere.
How the replacement works
To edit text in image files, the tool looks only at the pixels inside the box you draw. It takes a sample of the surface from the pixels around your selection, decides which of the pixels in the box are glyph and which are background, and then fills the glyph pixels by spreading the surrounding colour inward. That is why the patch follows the gradient of the original surface instead of becoming a flat block of colour. Your new text is drawn over the patch with the font family, size, weight and colour you pick.
What people use it for
The usual reason people arrive here is to change text in image material they already own: a price board that needs a new figure, a poster with a typo, a menu with an outdated phone number, a screenshot that has an internal codename in it. The tool is also handy for clearing a label so you can lay out your own wording on top of the clean patch.
What it cannot do
- It does not recover the original font file. You choose a font that looks close.
- It does not rebuild a layered design file. It changes visible pixels only.
- It is not a general photo retouching editor, and it handles one image at a time.
- It does not hunt for watermarks or logos. It erases what you select, and nothing else.
- It will not produce a perfect result on strongly patterned backgrounds, hard edges, reflections, or text shot at a steep angle. The page lists those cases before you start.
Common questions
Can I add text to photo files without installing an app? Yes. There is nothing to install. The page runs in a normal desktop or mobile browser. The only download is the optional text-recognition engine, about 11 MB, which the browser caches after the first use.
Do I need an account? No. There is no sign-in, no quota, no dashboard and no paid tier.
Does it work on a phone? The layout collapses to a single column and the buttons stay reachable, but drawing a precise box with a finger is harder than with a mouse. A tablet or a desktop is more comfortable.
Is there a limit on image size? Yes. Images up to 20 MB are accepted, and anything larger than 4000 px on its long edge is scaled down to 4000 px before editing, so the export may be smaller than the file you imported.