Windows File Explorer AI Photo Features Explained

Name: Windows File Explorer AI Photo Features Explained
Uploaded: 2026-10-12T13:34:19-04:00
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: Unlock the full potential of Windows Explorer with these game-changing photo hacks. In this video, we'll dive into the top Windows Explorer photo hacks you need to know to boost your productivity and streamline your photo management. From quick editin...

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I'm so ready for this. Okay. It definitely doesn't involve you in any way, shape or form. Oh, wait. Yes, it does. Of course it does. Great. Okay. We were supposed to find pro tips. And so I immediately tried to involve Josh in some way. Just actually was totally a mistake by happenstance. So File Explorer has some new enhancements. I don't know if you guys know about it. Here they are. So if you go to File Explorer and you right click on any picture, look at this. AI actions. So there's a couple of things I'm going to show you. You can do... Oh, I know, Josh. I know. You can do blur background now, which doesn't really do a whole lot. But what you can do is you can remove it. Oh, now Josh has checkered background. Isn't that cute? You can replace it. You can make Josh's background red now. Look at you. It highlights you. Isn't that fun? This is so great. I know. It's not that exciting. But let me show you when it gets exciting. This is like catching up to Apple like 10 years ago. But here's a fun thing you can actually do. Sorry, I should have said OK there. I'll show you what is actually kind of fun. So here's some pictures from my trip. You can do visual search with Bing. So I was like doing this on my iPhone. I'm surprised that it opened in Chrome and not Edge, to be honest. This actually does work. It actually tells you where it goes. This does work. OK, that was actually kind of cool. I know. This part's cool. And then we're going to close this and I'll show you one more thing that it does that I did not know this works. So right click again. We're going to go AI actions. Did you know that this works? You can actually edit your photos now. So watch these people. They're ruining my photo. Get out of my photo. Hey, get out of here. You can edit it and it works. Did you know this? So it's like what Apple released? I know. That's what I said. Yeah, it's like it actually does what I did like 10 years ago. Yeah, it works. So that's awesome. You can edit your phones kind of cumbersomely and then send it to your iPhone that could do it in six seconds. But hey, whatever. You know, it works. Don't judge. Don't judge. Better late than never. Better late than never. So I can clean up my photo on my computer should I want to. So, yeah, it does that. Let's rename this one. This isn't a pro tip. This is a play tip. This isn't, you know, there you go. But yeah, that's that's the file explorer. It's supposed to do some other things, but those those are my highlights. We were trying to make you into an eagle. Oh, that's where that came from. I was like, yeah, you can do some more things with the background. I guess. Yeah. Those are my favorite. I guess there has been quite a lot added to Windows the last like 18 months. Yeah. I'd say. And a lot of it like I just they don't make a big fuss about it. Just kind of sneaks in there. So there are some more things, but those are the fun things I wanted to show you. Pretty cool. But I think Brock and Andrew actually do have some more useful things that are serious. Thanks for watching this segment from PDQ Live. If you like this, you'll love the full show. Check it out every Thursday at 10 a.m. Mountain. Oh, and like and subscribe, please.

TL;DR

Windows File Explorer now includes an AI actions menu accessible by right-clicking any image, offering background blur, removal, and color replacement directly in the file manager.
Bing Visual Search is integrated into the right-click menu, enabling reverse image lookup to identify locations or objects without leaving File Explorer.
An object removal tool lets users erase unwanted people or elements from photos natively in Windows, a feature previously associated with Apple's mobile photo editing tools.

Summary

This short clip from PDQ Live highlights a handful of AI-powered photo features that have quietly arrived in Windows File Explorer. The presenter walks through the right-click context menu on image files, where a new "AI actions" submenu now surfaces tools for background blurring, background removal, and background replacement — demonstrated live by swapping a colleague's office backdrop for a solid red fill. The segment also covers Bing Visual Search integration, which lets users right-click any photo and immediately open a reverse image search to identify locations or objects. Perhaps the most practically useful feature shown is in-place object removal: unwanted people or elements can be erased directly from a photo without leaving File Explorer or opening a dedicated editing application. The presenter frames these additions with good-natured humor, noting that Apple offered comparable capabilities years earlier, but acknowledges that the features genuinely work and represent a meaningful, if understated, upgrade to Windows. The clip closes with a reminder that more substantive tips are covered in the full PDQ Live show, which airs weekly on Thursdays.

Chapters

0:00 - Introduction & Setup
0:21 - AI Actions in File Explorer
1:13 - Bing Visual Search Demo
1:30 - Object Removal Feature
2:40 - Wrap-Up & PDQ Live Plug

Key Quotes

0:33 "AI actions. So there's a couple of things I'm going to show you."
0:59 "This is like catching up to Apple like 10 years ago."
1:42 "They're ruining my photo. Get out of my photo. Hey, get out of here. You can edit it and it works."
2:46 "A lot of it like I just they don't make a big fuss about it. Just kind of sneaks in there."

FAQ

Where do I find these AI photo features in Windows File Explorer?

Right-click any image file in File Explorer and look for the "AI actions" option in the context menu. From there you can access background blur, removal, replacement, visual search, and object removal tools.

Do these features require a separate app or subscription?

Based on the demonstration, the features appear built directly into File Explorer with no additional application required, though Bing Visual Search does open results in a web browser.

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