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Try Going Manual

You can manually scrub out something or someone from a photo by pinching to zoom in and pan around.
You can manually scrub out something or someone from a photo by pinching to zoom in and pan around. Image: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

If you decide not to accept Photos’ automatic suggestion for your Magic Eraser edit, you can tap to exit out of the suggestion prompt. Then, start circling the area or person you want to have amended, sort of scribbling around and inside the area to let the system know what to tackle. Note that you can use the two-finger pan gesture to zoom in and get a more accurate outline.