--- title: "Remove text from video: scan, pick and erase burned-in captions" canonical: "https://blitzreels.com/changelog/remove-text-baked-into-video" --- # Remove text from video: scan, pick and erase burned-in captions Milestone: 2026-07-17 Article published: 2026-09-26 Status: Product update Erase burned-in captions, titles and text watermarks from a video: scan it, review each text BlitzReels finds, choose what goes, and get a clean copy beside it. ![A landscape frame with “A beautiful view” burned into the picture, next to the three steps: scan the video for text, review what was found, remove what you chose.](https://blitzreels.com/images/changelog/remove-text-baked-into-video.jpg) ## When the words are part of the picture Subtitles on YouTube can be switched off. Captions burned into a video can’t: they’re pixels, like everything else in the frame. That gets in the way as soon as you want to reuse footage. You re-edit an old clip in your new caption style, translate a video, or cut a short from a recording that already carries a title card. Since July 2026, BlitzReels can find that text and paint it out, so you don’t have to crop it away or hide it under a box. ## Scan, review, remove The tool works in three steps. A scan goes through the video and lists the text overlays it finds: titles, captions, watermarks. It also tries to tell them apart from text that belongs to the scene, like a shop sign or a book cover. Each detection shows up with the seconds where it’s on screen. Then you choose what goes. Nothing is removed without your say, so you can erase the old subtitles and keep a lower third you still like. BlitzReels fills in the background behind the selected text and saves the result as a new video, named after the original with “(Text Removed)”, right next to it in your library. Your original stays untouched. ## How to remove burned-in captions from a video From the media library or the editor: 1. Upload the video to your media library, or select its clip in the editor. 2. Open the video’s actions and choose Remove text overlays. 3. Click Scan video. The scan takes a few minutes. 4. Review the list. Detected overlays start selected; uncheck anything that should stay. 5. Check the estimated cost in credits, then click Remove. 6. Watch the clean copy when it appears next to the original. Since October 26, Text removal under Generate does the same job on its own page: upload or pick a video, scan for text, select the regions (nothing is selected for you there), then compare the original with the result and download it. Our pages on how to [remove captions from a video](https://blitzreels.com/tools/remove-captions-from-video) and [remove a text logo from a video](https://blitzreels.com/tools/remove-logo-from-video) cover those two jobs. ## What it handles, and where it struggles Results depend on the size of the text, how much the camera moves and what sits behind the words. Large captions over faces or detailed scenes can leave visible smudges, so keep the original and watch the processed copy before you publish. The tool only removes text it detects. Some written logos count, but graphic-only logos, icons and other objects are out of scope. If the scan doesn’t list the text you want gone, don’t start a removal for it. And only clean up footage you own or have permission to edit. ## Access, credits and limits Text removal started with a small group of accounts and opened to every account in mid-July. Scanning doesn’t use credits. Removal does: the price depends on how long the selected text stays on screen, counted in 10-second steps, and you see the estimate before you start. Today, removal needs an active paid plan (Starter, Growth or Agency) or the no-card trial, and the Text removal page under Generate follows the same rule. A scan handles videos up to 30 minutes (less at very high resolutions or frame rates), there’s a cap on scans per hour and per day, and you need permission to upload media in the workspace. ## What to do with the clean frame Once the old text is gone, the frame is ready for new words. If you removed old captions to put your own on top, run the [AI caption generator](https://blitzreels.com/ai-caption-generator) and pick one of our [caption styles](https://blitzreels.com/features/caption-styles). If the source looks soft, [upscale the video to 4K](https://blitzreels.com/tools/upscale-video-to-4k) as well. Text removal and upscaling also sit side by side under Generate, as described in [the October 26 AI tools release](https://blitzreels.com/changelog/every-ai-tool-in-one-place). ## Questions ### How do I remove burned-in subtitles from a video? Open the video in your BlitzReels media library, choose Remove text overlays and scan it. Select the detected captions you want gone and start the removal; a clean copy is saved next to the original. ### Can it remove any logo or watermark? No. It removes text it detects, including some written logos and text watermarks. Graphic-only logos, icons and other objects aren’t supported. ### Does it change my original video? No. The result is saved as a new video next to the original, so you can compare both and keep the one that works. ### Which plans include text removal? Scanning doesn’t use credits. Removal uses AI credits and needs an active paid plan (Starter, Growth or Agency) or the no-card trial. ### Will the background look perfect after removal? Not always. Large text over faces, detailed scenes or a moving camera can leave visible artifacts, so check the processed copy before you publish. ## Clean up a video before you re-edit it See how caption removal works, then scan a video from your media library. Removal uses credits on a paid plan or the no-card trial. [Remove captions from a video](https://blitzreels.com/tools/remove-captions-from-video) We wrote this story later, looking back at our product history. The date at the top marks the work described here; features and access may have changed since then.