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Microsoft Designer

Microsoft's free design app for social posts, cards and invitations. Describe a picture to create it, or edit your own photo: remove backgrounds, erase objects, restyle or upscale. Licensed for personal, non-commercial use.

Go to Microsoft Designer’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
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Licence: Microsoft Services Agreement (The maker's own terms)
No Designer-specific terms found; AI services covered by s.14 of the Services Agreement.
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Can I sell what I make?: No
FAQ: 'Designer is licensed for personal, non-commercial use with your Microsoft account.' Services Agreement: Microsoft claims no ownership of AI outputs.
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Cost: Free option: Free with a Microsoft account; AI use limited by monthly AI credits.
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Phone app, Inside another tool
Web at designer.microsoft.com; iOS and Android apps; built into Word and PowerPoint (Copilot), Teams, Outlook and OneNote. Not for enterprise accounts.
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Skill needed: No setup
Inferred: templates and prompts in the browser or phone.
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Made by: Microsoft Corporation (US)
Microsoft Services Agreement s.10: contracting party Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, U.S.A. (for US users).
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Status: Available
The legacy visual editor was retired from 20 Oct 2025 (brand kits and stock videos removed); the app itself continues.
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What you can make with it

A picture, from a description (main use)
A picture, by changing a photo I have
A picture, remove a background
A picture, make a photo sharper or bigger
A picture, a logo, icon or graphic

text to imageimage to image

Graphic designs (posts, cards, banners) from templates; generative erase, background removal and blur, restyle, upscaling up to 4K (FAQ).

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

FAQ: free, but 'a subscription may be required for those who want to create more frequently'. Microsoft's AI credits page gives usage tiers, not numbers.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: The terms don't say clearly
Prompts and outputs are stored and monitored for abuse and used 'to improve the Designer service'; AI training not stated either way.
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Watermark: Content credentials (C2PA)
All AI-generated images carry metadata (C2PA content credentials) identifying their source; no visible watermark mentioned.
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Limits: note: Upscaling up to 4K. Only one brand kit at a time; no recycle bin for deleted projects.
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Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

DALL-E

Other options for “A picture, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Akool, Artbreeder, Bria, Canva AI (Magic Studio), ChatGPT Images, Civitai, Clipdrop, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DiffusionBee, DomoAI, Draw Things, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, FLUX.1 [dev], FLUX.1 [schnell], FLUX.1 Kontext

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.