How to turn on the Samsung camera watermark on Galaxy phones

On a Samsung Galaxy phone, open the Camera app, tap the gear icon for Settings, select Watermark and switch it on. You can edit the text and turn on Date and time. It applies to new photos only; existing photos and logos need a browser tool.

Published October 30, 2026. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against the sources linked on this page. How we write our guides.

Samsung camera watermark settings

Watermark is a setting in the Camera app. Samsung's US page lists it among the picture settings: "Place a watermark on your photos", with a choice of the information included (Samsung's camera settings page). That page also says available settings vary by model and that some options are not on every phone or tablet.

In the Camera app on a Samsung Galaxy phone (Samsung's Saudi Arabia page, last updated October 22, 2026; it names no One UI version; steps checked October 2026):

1. Open the Camera app.
2. Tap the Settings icon (gear icon).
3. Select Watermark and toggle it on.
4. Edit the watermark text if needed, such as your name or a custom message.
5. Enable Date and time to show the capture timestamp on your photos.
6. Preview the changes using the sample image in the settings menu.

Samsung's pages disagree on where the gear sits, and the US page also offers the Quick controls icon below the viewfinder. The sequence is Camera, Settings, Watermark. The exact menu path can differ by country and phone, so look for the gear and the word Watermark. Samsung's watermark page for Pakistan adds a last step: return to the Camera screen and start taking photos.

What the watermark shows: text, date, font and alignment

Samsung describes the watermark as showing the model name, date and time. Its pages let you edit that text or add custom text, and turn Date and time on or off. An older Samsung page, last updated January 13, 2023, adds that you can tap Font to change the font and tap the left, centre or right alignment icons. The Australian page says the watermark appears at the bottom of a new photo. Samsung's pages give no size, opacity or other position choice.

Samsung camera watermark logo

The steps above show custom text, not a logo. None of Samsung's step lists shows a logo or picture option. To put a logo on a photo, use Fix Watermark's logo tool afterwards; choose the photo, choose your logo file, and download the copy.

Which phones have it

Samsung's Australian page (linked above) says the Watermark setting is available on Galaxy devices running One UI 5.0, and it is written for Australian variant devices. Samsung's Saudi Arabia page lists the Galaxy S24, S25, S26, Z Fold, Z Flip and A series among the phones that have it. No page we link gives a complete model list.

Samsung camera watermark not working

Samsung's Saudi Arabia page gives these reasons and checks:

• The feature may not be supported on older Galaxy models or specific camera modes. Samsung does not name the modes.
• The watermark and date and time apply only to new photos taken after you turn the feature on; existing photos stay unchanged.
• Software glitches can stop the watermark appearing; restart the Camera app or the phone.
• Keep the phone's software up to date, and take a test photo after turning the feature on.

Samsung's Pakistan page also says to check that the settings were saved after you customized them.

Photos you already took, or many at once

The camera setting marks new photos only. For photos already on the phone, open Fix Watermark in Chrome on the phone (Chrome 69 or later), choose the photos, type your text and download the copies. Nothing is uploaded. Free: up to 50 photos per run, and runs are unlimited. No watermark of ours on your photos, ever. Original pixel size; JPEG and WebP are re-encoded at the quality you choose.

We suggest you turn the Samsung setting off before you shoot photos you do not want marked; the 2023 Samsung page linked above says to tap the switch button to turn the watermark on or off. The steps for Chrome are in our guide to watermarking photos on Android, and ideas for the wording are in what to put in a watermark. Open Fix Watermark.

Sources

Checked October 30, 2026.

• www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10001353
• www.samsung.com/sa_en/support/mobile-devices/how-to-display-the-watermark-and-the-date-and-time-on-the-picture-captured-by-galaxy-camera
• www.samsung.com/pk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-display-the-watermark-and-the-date-and-time-on-the-picture-captured-by-galaxy-camera
• www.samsung.com/pk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-use-your-galaxy-camera-to-add-and-edit-a-watermark-for-your-photos
• www.samsung.com/au/support/mobile-devices/using-watermark-setting