# You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/you-can-now-turn-off-google-geminis-visible-watermarks/
- Published: 2026-08-14T16:39:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-14T17:14:34+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal
- Topics: AI, Entertainment, Music, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Google now lets users hide Gemini’s visible AI watermark.
- Invisible SynthID and C2PA markers will remain embedded.
- The feature will not launch where visible labels are legally required.

## Summary

Google has made its visible “sparkle” watermark optional for AI-generated images, videos and music created through Gemini and its Flow video tool. The change may make AI content harder to identify at a glance, although Google says underlying provenance markers will remain available for verification.

Users can disable the new “Media watermark” setting in Gemini, removing the bottom-right symbol from output made with Google’s Nano Banana and Omni models. Content will still carry invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata, which Gemini or Google Search can help detect; Google plans to extend the option to Search, except in countries that require visible watermarking.

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