How to Remove the Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) Watermark

Made a Slide Deck you’d happily send to a client, then noticed the watermark? Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) adds a visible watermark to the images and videos it generates, and only Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can switch it off. Here’s which plans can turn the watermark off, what stays behind even when it’s off, and three honest ways to get a clean deck or video on any plan.

Key Takeaways

• Pro and Ultra subscribers can turn off the visible mark with the “Visible watermarking” toggle; free and Plus can’t (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026).
• In India, South Korea and Vietnam, the visible mark stays on every plan.
• The invisible SynthID watermark stays on every plan, toggle or not.
• No Pro? Rebuild the deck from its export, or build your own from the notebook’s text.

Can you remove the Gemini Notebook watermark?

Yes, if you pay for Google AI Pro or Ultra and live outside three countries. Google’s plan table marks watermark removal “No” on the Standard (free) and Plus plans and “Yes” on Pro and both Ultra plans. A footnote adds the catch: “A visible watermark will be applied automatically if you reside in India, South Korea, or Vietnam” (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026). Google doesn’t say why those three are different. Here’s the ladder with US prices:

Plan	US price	Visible watermark removal
Gemini Notebook Standard (free)	$0	No.
Google AI Plus	$4.99/month	No.
Google AI Pro	$19.99/month or $199.99/year	Yes, outside India, South Korea and Vietnam.
Google AI Ultra (20 TB)	$99.99/month	Yes, with the same exception.
Google AI Ultra (30 TB)	$199.99/month	Yes, with the same exception.

Watermark column from Gemini Notebook Help. Prices from Google One (Pro and Ultra 20 TB) and 9to5Google (Plus, Ultra 30 TB). Prices vary by country.

Read the table from the bottom of your wallet and the cheapest watermark-free deck costs $19.99 a month. Plus, at a quarter of that, buys bigger notebooks and more usage but not this switch. In other words, a clean deck is a Pro feature, not a Plus one. Our Plus vs Pro vs Ultra comparison covers everything else each plan adds.

How do you turn the watermark off on Pro or Ultra?

Use the Visible watermarking toggle. Visible watermarking is the account setting that keeps or drops the visible mark on the images and videos you generate. Google’s help page says “Eligible users with Google One AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions can control this with the ‘Visible watermarking’ toggle in the drop-down menu under your profile picture” (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026). That’s the only place Google documents it: your account menu, not the Studio panel. The steps:

1. Open notebook.google.com with the personal Google account that holds the Pro or Ultra plan.
2. Select your profile picture to open the drop-down menu.
3. Switch off Visible watermarking.
4. Generate your Slide Deck, Infographic or Video Overview as usual.

The help page leaves two things out. First, it doesn’t say whether the toggle changes outputs you made before you flipped it, so if an older deck still shows the mark, generate a fresh one. Second, it names Google One subscriptions only. Work and school accounts get Gemini Notebook through their Workspace license, so if the toggle isn’t there, ask your admin.

A fresh deck costs usage, so it pays to get it right in one pass. Co-creation helps here: you can review a deck’s outline notes, or a video’s producer notes, and give feedback before anything renders (Google, 2026). Google’s post says it’s for all Gemini Notebook users. The Slide Deck help page, however, lists it as Ultra-only, so you may not see it on every plan.

Which outputs carry the watermark?

Images and videos. Google’s wording is that “A visible watermark is added to generated images and videos” (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026). In the Studio panel, those are Slide Decks, Infographics and Video Overviews. Slide Decks and Infographics are both drawn by Nano Banana Pro, Google’s Gemini image model (Google, 2025). Cinematic Video Overviews add Veo 3 to the mix (Google, 2026). Text outputs, like reports and chat answers, aren’t images or videos, so the visible-watermark line doesn’t cover them.

Output	How it downloads	Visible mark	Invisible SynthID
Slide Deck	PDF or PowerPoint (.pptx)	Yes; off with the toggle on Pro and Ultra.	Yes.
Infographic	PNG image	Yes; off with the toggle on Pro and Ultra.	Yes.
Video Overview	Video file, from Download	Yes; off with the toggle on Pro and Ultra.	Yes.

Download formats from Gemini Notebook Help: Slide Decks (linked above), Infographics and Video Overviews.

Making slides from scratch? Our guide on how to make slides in Gemini Notebook walks through formats, revisions and the PowerPoint export.

How do you remove the watermark from Video Overviews?

The same way, on the same plans and with the same switch. Google’s wording is that the visible watermark goes on “generated images and videos”, and that Pro and Ultra subscribers control it with the one Visible watermarking toggle (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026). So the setting that clears a Slide Deck or an Infographic also clears a Video Overview.

You may read otherwise elsewhere. Gemini Notebook’s own X account once said removal covered only Infographics and Slide Decks for Ultra users, with Video Overviews “later” (Gemini Notebook on X, 2025). 9to5Google’s coverage lists removal under Ultra only (9to5Google, 2025; 9to5Google, 2026), and Android Authority described the option as something Gemini Notebook was testing for “Slides, Infographics, or other media generated within notebooks” (Android Authority, 2026). We found no separate Google announcement of removal on Pro or on videos, which explains the mismatch. Go by Google’s plan page: it’s Google’s own, and it puts videos under the same switch as slides. Making videos for a channel? Our Video Overviews guide covers the Cinematic, Explainer and Short formats and each plan’s limits.

What does the invisible SynthID watermark do?

It stays, whatever your plan. Google says “All outputs generated in Gemini Notebook using Veo, Omni, or Nano Banana include invisible SynthID watermarks” (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026), and the toggle only covers the visible one. SynthID is Google’s hidden watermark: “a tool that embeds digital watermarks directly into content generated by Google’s AI models” (Gemini Apps Help, 2026). It’s built to survive ordinary edits. Google says it “will usually still exist even if the image, video, or audio is re-scaled”, and the same goes for recoloring and compression, though after many alterations it may no longer be detected. Anyone can check a file: upload it at gemini.google.com and ask “Is this AI-generated?” One file at a time, up to 100 MB, and videos under 90 seconds. It also runs at scale. Google DeepMind’s paper on the image version says SynthID-Image “has been used to watermark over ten billion images and video frames across Google’s services” (Gowal et al., arXiv, 2025).

The Gemini app works the same way. Its own Media Watermark setting removes the visible mark, while “Invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata will always stay embedded in the background” (Android Authority, 2026). So turning off the visible mark changes how a file looks, not what it is. That matters before you promise anyone “no AI traces”.

What are your options without Pro or Ultra?

Three honest ones. None of them strips Google’s mark from Google’s file. Instead, they get you the right to switch it off, or a file that never had it.

Option 1: Move to Google AI Pro for the toggle

Pro is the cheapest plan with the switch, at $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year in the US (Google One, 2026). Plus won’t do, since it has no toggle. The regional rule still applies, so in India, South Korea and Vietnam no plan removes the visible mark. If Pro also solves a source or usage problem for you, this is the simple route.

Option 2: Export the deck and rebuild it in your own template

Download the deck, then use it as a storyboard. The Slide Deck’s three-dot menu offers Download PDF Document (.pdf) and Download PowerPoint (.pptx) (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026). To work in Google Slides, upload the .pptx to Drive and choose Open with Google Slides, which “creates a copy of your original file” in Slides format (Google Workspace Learning Center, 2026).

Google doesn’t say how much of that .pptx is editable text and how much is picture. Searchers have noticed, though. When we analyzed 1,451 Google autocomplete suggestions on October 1, 2026, “notebooklm slides are not editable” and “notebooklm slides into editable powerpoint” were both there. So don’t plan on tweaking the file. Keep its order, headlines and layout ideas, then rebuild each slide in your own template with your own type and images. An Infographic’s PNG works the same way, as a layout sketch for Canva, Figma or Slides. Rebuilt by you, it’s your design, so there’s no mark to remove.

Option 3: Make your own deck or video from the notebook’s text

Start from words, not pictures. Ask the notebook’s chat for the raw material. For example, a deck can start from “Draft a 10-slide outline with a headline and three bullets per slide, citing the sources”. A video can start from “Write a two-minute narration script on this topic”. Save the reply as a note, and notes export to Google Docs (Gemini Notebook Help, 2026). From there, build slides in any tool, or record your own voice-over on top of them for a video.

There’s also a Google-native shortcut. Notebooks sync between Gemini Notebook and the Gemini app (Google, 2026), and Gemini can create Google Slides files straight from a chat (Google, 2026). Open the notebook there and ask for a presentation. You get an ordinary Slides file written from your sources, which is a new deck, not a copy of your Slide Deck.

This is the step where Kortex helps, and we built it, so weigh that accordingly. Kortex exports a notebook’s notes, sources and chats as PDF, Markdown, plain text or a ZIP, with 10 exports a day on the free plan (Kortex pricing, 2026). It doesn’t export to Word or Google Docs. Markdown keeps headings and lists intact, which is most of a slide outline already.

Should you use a NotebookLM watermark remover?

Not for anything that matters. They’re clearly in demand, though. When we pulled Google autocomplete on October 26, 2026, removal came up eight times, from “notebooklm w” completing to “notebooklm watermark remover” to “how to remove gemini notebook watermark” and “gemini notebook video watermark remover”. A web search turns up a long list of remover sites and at least one Chrome extension. We won’t link any of them, for four reasons:

• You hand the file to a stranger. A deck carries what your sources say: client figures, unpublished research, student work. The remover’s privacy terms are all that stands between that file and whoever runs the service.
• Quality is a gamble. A tool that hides a mark has to guess what was underneath it. On a slide, that could be text or the edge of a chart.
• The invisible mark stays. SynthID usually survives resizing, recoloring and compression, so the cleaned file can still check as made with Google AI.
• Terms and disclosure still apply. Google’s Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy bans “Misrepresenting the provenance of generated content by claiming it was created solely by a human, in order to deceive” (Google, 2024). Platforms add their own rules. YouTube, for one, asks creators to disclose “AI-generated or altered content that seems realistic”, while an AI-drafted script, outline or infographic needs no label (YouTube Help, 2026).

That last point cuts both ways. A plain infographic made with AI usually needs no label on YouTube, so hiding its mark buys you little. A realistic Cinematic video, on the other hand, may need a label whatever you do to the mark. Either way, the toggle or a rebuild is the route you can explain out loud to a client, a teacher or a platform.

Can Kortex remove the watermark?

No, and it doesn’t try. Kortex MCP is a bridge between your AI chat and Gemini Notebook. Your AI client calls the Kortex server, and the call is relayed to the Kortex extension in your own Chrome. The extension then works in Gemini Notebook with the Google session you’re already signed into (Kortex MCP docs, 2026). Through it, Claude or ChatGPT can start a Slide Deck or a Video Overview with generate_artifact, revise chosen slides and export the result. Gemini Notebook still makes the output under your Google account, so its plan and its toggle decide the watermark. Kortex can’t switch the mark off, and it doesn’t add one.

What Kortex MCP adds for this job is the text. Its get_formatted_content tool returns notes and Studio outputs as Markdown or plain text in the chat (Kortex MCP tools, 2026). As a result, Claude can turn a notebook’s report into a slide outline or a narration script in the same conversation. Our guide to using Gemini Notebook Studio from Claude or ChatGPT has the prompts.

Plenty of people want exactly that loop. When we analyzed the 776 answers to the Kortex MCP waitlist survey (Sep-Oct 2026), 91 people asked to make audio, slides or quizzes from chat. Separately, 72 asked to get notes and outputs back out of their notebooks. Kortex MCP is included with Kortex Pro and Lifetime. Kortex Pro, not to be confused with Google AI Pro, costs $9.99 a month or $4.92 a month billed yearly, and Lifetime is $200 once (Kortex pricing, 2026).

In short: the toggle on Pro or Ultra is the only real off switch, and the text behind a deck is the next best thing.

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove the NotebookLM watermark?

Switch off the Visible watermarking toggle in the drop-down menu under your profile picture. Google offers it to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers only. Free and Plus plans can’t turn the mark off, and in India, South Korea and Vietnam the visible watermark is applied on every plan.

Can free users remove the Gemini Notebook watermark?

Not inside Gemini Notebook. Google’s plan table marks watermark removal “No” on the free and Plus plans. Your options are upgrading to Google AI Pro, rebuilding the exported deck in your own template, or making your own slides or video from the notebook’s text outputs.

Can you remove the watermark from Video Overviews?

Yes, on Pro and Ultra. Google’s plan page puts the visible watermark on generated images and videos under one toggle, so the switch that clears a Slide Deck also clears a Video Overview. Posts that call removal Ultra-only, or limited to slides and infographics, are out of date.

Does turning off the watermark remove SynthID?

No. The toggle controls only the visible mark. Google says every Gemini Notebook output made with Veo, Omni or Nano Banana carries an invisible SynthID watermark, which usually survives resizing, recoloring and compression. Anyone can check a file by uploading it to the Gemini app.

Why can’t I turn off the watermark on Google AI Pro?

Usually one of three reasons. You live in India, South Korea or Vietnam, where the mark is applied automatically. You’re signed in with a different account from the one that holds the plan. Or you use a work or school account, which Google’s toggle wording doesn’t name, so ask your admin.

Are NotebookLM watermark remover tools safe?

Treat them with caution. You upload your file, and whatever your sources say inside it, to a service you know nothing about. Results vary, the invisible SynthID mark stays, and Google’s policy bans passing AI content off as solely human-made to deceive. The toggle or a rebuild is safer.

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Editorial note: fact-checked against the official help pages and docs linked above on October 26, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Contact us and we will fix it, or read more about Kortex.