# Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/google-will-now-allow-users-to-remove-visible-watermark-from-its-ai-generations/
- Published: 2026-08-14T16:13:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-14T16:33:23+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/google-will-now-allow-users-to-remove-visible-watermark-from-its-ai-generations/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- Google makes visible AI watermarks optional.
- Invisible provenance markers will remain.
- The setting arrives in Gemini and Flow.

## Summary

Google will let users remove the visible watermark from AI-generated images, videos and songs made with certain Google models. The change aims to give creators more control over material used professionally or creatively, while retaining mechanisms intended to identify AI-generated media.

The optional setting will apply to Nano Banana, Omni and Lyria outputs in Gemini and Google’s Flow video editor, with Search support planned later. Invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata will remain, and the feature is due to roll out in coming days through Settings > Media Watermark; Google is also open-sourcing a validation library called Credentio.

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