Remove Unwanted People with Camera Raw’s People Removal
Photoshop’s Camera Raw includes a People Removal option that intelligently removes background people while keeping your main subject. You’ll enable Technology Previews, run the tool, view detected areas, and regenerate pins to fix artifacts.
Step-by-step instructions
Open Camera Raw
In Photoshop, go to Filter → Camera Raw Filter to open the Camera Raw workspace.
Enable Technology Previews
Click the gear icon (Preferences) in Camera Raw.
Open Technology Previews and enable the new features (including Reflection and People removal).
Click OK.
Choose the Remove tool and enable AI
Select the Remove Tool (eraser icon) in the toolbar.
In the panel, turn on Use Generative AI.
Preview detected people
In the Remove Tool section, expand People by clicking its arrow.
Enable Show Overlay to see detected areas; change the overlay color if needed for visibility.
Remove background people
Click Remove to let Camera Raw remove distracting people while preserving the subject.
Fix problem areas with pins
Turn on Show Overlay to display the individual pins for removed areas.
Select a problematic pin and click Generate to reprocess just that area.
To keep an area, select its pin and press Delete to exclude it from removal.
Apply changes
Click OK to apply the edits and return to Photoshop with people removed.
