What Is the Gemini Watermark? The ✦ Sparkle Explained
Last updated 2026-10-21
The Gemini watermark is the small, semi-transparent four-pointed sparkle (✦) Google places near the bottom-right corner of images and videos created in the Gemini app. It is Gemini’s logo, and it tells viewers at a glance that the picture was made with Google AI.
Which files get it
- Gemini images, including those from Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro.
- Veo videos generated in the Gemini app, where the sparkle sits in the same corner on every frame.
- Only files made while the Media watermark setting is On. Since August 2026 most accounts can turn it off; in some countries it stays mandatory.
What it looks like up close
The sparkle is white, softly glowing and partly transparent, so the picture shows through it. It is small: usually 48 or 96 pixels wide, sitting 32 or 64 pixels in from the right and bottom edges. The exact numbers depend on the model and the image size; the size and position guide lists them.
Three different “watermarks”
People use the word for three separate things, and only one of them is visible:
- The visible sparkle. The logo in the corner. It can be removed, and our Gemini watermark remover does it automatically.
- SynthID. An invisible signal woven through the whole image or video. Removing the sparkle doesn’t affect it. More on SynthID.
- Content credentials (C2PA). Metadata in the file that records it was made with AI. Our tool copies it into the cleaned image.
Why the sparkle can be removed exactly
The sparkle isn’t drawn on top of the picture with solid paint. Each pixel is a mix of the original colour and white, in a fixed proportion that is the same in every Gemini image of that size. Because the proportion is known, the mix can be reversed with simple arithmetic, which brings back the exact colours that were underneath. That makes it different from most watermarks, which have to be painted over with guessed pixels. The full explanation is here.
Is it legal to remove it?
Removing the visible logo from images and videos you created yourself, for example to use them in a presentation or a design, is what our tool is for. It is not for other people’s work, and it doesn’t change rules about disclosure: many platforms and some laws ask you to label realistic AI content, sparkle or not. This is general information, not legal advice.
How to get rid of it
For new images, switch off Media watermark in Gemini. For files you already have, follow how to remove the Gemini watermark; it takes under a minute.