ClothOff, frequently searched as Clothoff, is a controversial AI nudification service that creates fabricated nude or sexually explicit images from ordinary photographs.
Our verdict is straightforward: do not upload a photograph of yourself or another identifiable person to ClothOff.
The service presents its output as synthetic, but the resulting image can still depict a recognizable person in an intimate situation they never entered and never consented to. That creates serious risks involving image-based sexual abuse, harassment, blackmail, humiliation, privacy violations, child exploitation, and criminal liability.
ClothOff is currently connected to:
- A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a New Jersey teenager
- An emergency data-processing restriction imposed by Italy’s privacy regulator
- Investigations into ownership and payment transparency
- Allegations that its safeguards failed to prevent images of minors
- Broader enforcement under the U.S. TAKE IT DOWN Act
- Continuing concerns about its domain network, age checks, consent verification, and data handling
The October 2025 federal complaint alleges that the platform was used to create and distribute a sexually explicit deepfake of a minor from a photograph posted on Instagram. The complaint names AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd., trading as ClothOff, and several alleged operators. These remain allegations in an active civil case rather than final judicial findings.
Italy’s Data Protection Authority reached its own regulatory conclusion in October 2025. It ordered an immediate temporary restriction on ClothOff’s processing of Italian users’ personal data, citing the service’s risks to dignity, privacy, data protection, and minors. The regulator said the platform lacked an effective mechanism for verifying the depicted person’s consent. (Garante Privacy)
Current pricing, active domains, and product availability are difficult to verify reliably because ClothOff has operated through multiple addresses. The Italian regulator identified app.clothoff.info and related .net domains, while Bellingcat reported that the former main .io domain went offline in December 2024 and that the operation continued through other similar domains. The unrelated clothoff.com domain currently hosts a merchandise store called Flappr, not the nudification service. (Garante Privacy)
This article does not provide instructions for generating explicit deepfakes or link directly to the generator.
What Is ClothOff?
ClothOff is an AI image-manipulation service designed to create the illusion that clothing has been removed from a person in a photograph.
The service does not reveal the person’s real body beneath their clothes. It synthesizes a new body and combines it with identifying elements from the source photograph, especially the face.
The result is fabricated, but that distinction does not make it harmless.
Viewers may:
- Believe the image is genuine
- Recognize the depicted person
- Share it without context
- Use it for harassment
- Threaten the person with publication
- Attach the person’s name, school, workplace, or account
- Preserve the image long after the original upload is deleted
The Italian regulator described ClothOff as a “deep nude” service that allows users to upload photographs of clothed people and download altered versions depicting the same recognizable subjects without clothing or in additional poses and styles. (Garante Privacy)
Researchers use terms such as synthetic non-consensual intimate imagery, AI-generated NCII, deepfake pornography, and nudification for this wider category of abuse.
ClothOff or Clothoff: Which Name Is Correct?
The brand commonly styles its name as ClothOff, combining the words “cloth” and “off.”
Users frequently search for:
- Clothoff
- Cloth Off
- ClothOff AI
- Clothoff AI
- Clothoff app
- Clothoff net
- Clothoff io
These variations do not always lead to the same operator.
The domain situation is unusually confusing:
| Domain or Name | What We Could Verify |
|---|---|
app.clothoff.info |
Identified by Italy’s privacy regulator as part of the service |
.net ClothOff domains |
Identified by the regulator and federal complaint |
clothoff.io |
Reported by Bellingcat as offline from December 2024 |
clothoff.com |
Currently an unrelated Flappr merchandise store |
| Telegram bots | Previously used to provide access; Telegram reportedly removed a named bot |
| Similar “ClothOff” sites | May be mirrors, copies, affiliates, impersonators, or unrelated operators |
Bellingcat reported that ClothOff continued operating through a network of similarly named sites after its .io domain went offline. (bellingcat)
This creates practical security risks. A person searching for the service may reach:
- A clone collecting payment information
- An affiliate redirect
- An unrelated website
- A fake login page
- A malware or phishing page
- A site with a different privacy policy
- A mirror operated by an unknown third party
The lack of one stable, transparent domain is itself a reason not to upload sensitive photographs.
How ClothOff Works at a High Level
At a high level, nudification services follow three steps:
- A user supplies a photograph of a recognizable person.
- An AI model estimates body shape, skin, pose, lighting, and anatomy.
- The system creates a fictional explicit image while attempting to preserve the person’s face and visual identity.
The output does not document reality.
It is a generated visual prediction based on the source image and model training. The invented body may have no relationship to the depicted person’s actual body.
This can make the image both fake and abusive at the same time.
A federal lawsuit filed in October 2025 alleges that ClothOff made this process deliberately easy and marketed the service around modifying images of other identifiable people. Again, those claims are allegations presented by the plaintiffs and have not yet been established through a final court ruling.
What Features Has ClothOff Advertised?
Historical service pages and regulatory records describe features involving:
- Image nudification
- Fabricated nude output
- Pose modification
- Face swapping
- Body-shape customization
- Style selection
- Anime-style transformations
- Saved galleries
- Paid “premium” generations
- Website access
- Mobile web access
- Telegram bots
- Developer or API access
Italy’s privacy authority recorded labels such as Nude, Costume, Pose, Swap Face, Collection, and Anime Undress in its regulatory decision. (Garante Privacy)
The federal complaint alleges that ClothOff also marketed premium poses, galleries, referral rewards, social-promotion incentives, and an API. Those details describe the plaintiffs’ evidence and allegations, not independently verified current functionality.
We do not recommend evaluating the service according to how realistic or customizable those features may be. Greater realism increases the likelihood that viewers will mistake the output for genuine intimate media.
Is ClothOff Still Available?
Some ClothOff-branded services and related domains remained discoverable during 2025 and 2026, but availability varies by:
- Country
- Domain
- internet provider
- Regulatory blocking
- Payment method
- Social platform
- Telegram enforcement
- Mirror or affiliate operation
The Italian Data Protection Authority imposed an immediate restriction affecting Italian users in October 2025 and continued referring to ClothOff as a blocked platform in later regulatory communications. (Garante Privacy)
The former .io site was reported offline in December 2024, but related domains continued operating. (bellingcat)
A person finding an apparently active site should not assume that it is:
- The same legal company
- An authorized mirror
- Safe
- Lawful in their country
- Using the same privacy rules
- Honoring previous purchases
- Protected by the same account credentials
ClothOff Pricing
We could not verify one authoritative live pricing table for August 2026.
Historical reporting and legal filings provide earlier snapshots.
CBS reported in December 2024 that the first generation was offered free and later use cost between $2 and $40. The report also documented several payment methods and alleged redirect sites that disguised the nature of transactions. (CBS News)
The October 2025 federal complaint included a screenshot it said came from ClothOff in April 2025. It showed one-time coin purchases between $2 and $40, with credit-card and cryptocurrency payments alleged to be available.
Those figures should not be treated as current prices.
The service’s changing domain network and reported use of payment redirects create additional risks:
- Unexpected merchant names
- Difficulty requesting refunds
- Unclear billing entities
- Payment-data exposure
- Cryptocurrency payments with limited recovery options
- Purchases that do not transfer to another domain
- Weak consumer protection
Do not enter payment information into an unverified ClothOff mirror.
Does ClothOff Require Users to Be 18?
ClothOff has historically displayed an adult-content warning and asked visitors to confirm they were of legal age.
That is not the same as effective age verification.
Italy’s privacy regulator said the service displayed a pop-up requiring the visitor to accept age and consent-related statements. The regulator nevertheless found insufficient proactive protections and said the service could be accessed by minors and used with images depicting minors. (Garante Privacy)
CBS similarly reported that a visitor could pass the age screen by clicking accept without identity or age verification. (CBS News)
The federal complaint alleges that ClothOff’s safeguards did not prevent the processing of a minor’s photograph. That claim is central to the pending lawsuit.
A statement saying “minors are prohibited” is not meaningful when the system cannot reliably determine:
- The user’s age
- The depicted person’s age
- Whether the image was taken when the person was a minor
- Whether the photograph belongs to the uploader
- Whether the depicted person agreed
Does ClothOff Verify Consent?
Italy’s privacy regulator concluded that ClothOff lacked a system capable of verifying the consent of the depicted person. (Garante Privacy)
A user checking a box cannot prove that someone else consented.
Real consent verification would require stronger evidence, potentially including:
- Identity verification
- A live confirmation from the depicted person
- Clear authorization for intimate manipulation
- Confirmation that every depicted subject is an adult
- Revocation and deletion controls
- Records linking permission to a specific use
Even those controls would create privacy and security concerns because they would require the platform to collect more sensitive identity data.
This is the fundamental problem with nudification services. Their main appeal depends on letting one person upload another person’s image with minimal friction.
Privacy: Does ClothOff Save Uploaded Images?
ClothOff has reportedly claimed that it does not save user data or uploaded images.
That claim is disputed.
The Wall Street Journal reported that ClothOff said it did not save data. The federal complaint, by contrast, alleges that the platform retained original and generated images and could use them for model training. Those remain disputed allegations rather than proven findings. (The Wall Street Journal)
The Italian regulator found enough uncertainty and risk around personal-data processing to impose an emergency restriction after its information request reportedly went unanswered. (Garante Privacy)
No user should upload a sensitive photograph based solely on a short “we delete your files” statement.
A trustworthy policy would need to explain:
- Exact deletion time
- Temporary storage
- Backups
- Generated-image galleries
- Model-training use
- Human moderation
- Security review
- Third-party processors
- Regional storage
- Account deletion
- Law-enforcement retention
- Payment-data retention
- Whether source and output images are treated differently
We could not verify a stable, current privacy policy that resolves these questions across ClothOff’s full domain network.
Can ClothOff Use Images for AI Training?
The pending federal complaint alleges that images were retained and could contribute to model training. ClothOff has publicly claimed that it does not save data.
Without an independently audited policy and technical architecture, outsiders cannot confidently determine:
- Whether uploads are used directly for training
- Whether generated images are used for fine-tuning
- Whether moderation samples are retained
- Whether anonymous usage data affects models
- Whether API partners keep files
- Whether separate mirrors follow different policies
The safest assumption is that any photograph uploaded to an opaque online service may leave the uploader’s control.
Who Operates ClothOff?
Italy’s regulator identified the controller as AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd., based in the British Virgin Islands. (Garante Privacy)
The October 2025 federal complaint names the same company, along with Alaiksandr Babichau and Dasha Babicheva as defendants. These names appear in allegations filed by the plaintiffs and should not be treated as final findings of ownership or liability.
Previous investigations reported a wider network of individuals, developers, payment redirects, and questionable company addresses.
CBS documented an address displayed by ClothOff that allegedly belonged to an unrelated organization in Buenos Aires. The broadcaster also reported concerns about a supposed executive identity. (CBS News)
Bellingcat reported that another company’s name and address appeared on ClothOff pages despite that company denying any relationship with the platform. (bellingcat)
This opacity makes several things harder:
- Knowing which company has your data
- Enforcing deletion rights
- Disputing charges
- Serving legal documents
- Identifying the correct privacy jurisdiction
- Determining which terms apply
- Holding an operator accountable
The New Jersey ClothOff Lawsuit
On October 16, 2025, a teenager and her parents filed a federal lawsuit in the District of New Jersey against AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd., alleged operators of ClothOff, and nominal defendants connected to Telegram.
Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic and Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic are involved in the case. (Yale Law School)
The complaint alleges that:
- A photograph of the plaintiff was obtained from Instagram
- ClothOff was used to create a fabricated explicit image
- The image was shared among students
- The plaintiff was a minor
- The experience caused lasting emotional and educational harm
- The platform lacked effective age and consent safeguards
- The defendants promoted and profited from harmful uses
The complaint asks the court for injunctive relief, deletion of images, damages, and restrictions on continued operation.
These are allegations.
As of the sources available for this review, we did not identify a final judgment resolving the claims against ClothOff’s defendants.
Italian Privacy Regulator Blocks ClothOff
Italy’s Data Protection Authority took emergency action against ClothOff on October 3, 2025.
The authority said the app:
- Processed images of real people
- Produced fabricated nude or sexually explicit depictions
- Was available through free and paid functions
- Could be accessed by minors
- Could process images depicting minors
- Did not verify the depicted person’s consent
- Did not adequately label artificial output
- Created serious risks to dignity and privacy
The regulator ordered the immediate temporary restriction of personal-data processing involving Italian users. (Garante Privacy)
The detailed order also criticized the visibility of a “Fake” watermark, finding it inadequate for minimizing the risks of manipulated media. (Garante Privacy)
This is an important distinction.
A faint watermark does not neutralize harm when it can be:
- Cropped
- Blurred
- Covered
- Removed
- Missed by viewers
- Lost during reposting
Is Using ClothOff Legal?
The answer depends on the country, state, subject age, consent, intended use, publication, and surrounding conduct.
Creating or sharing explicit synthetic media of a minor can trigger severe child-exploitation laws. Do not create, download, possess, forward, or store such material.
For adults, laws may cover:
- Non-consensual intimate imagery
- Deepfake pornography
- Cyberstalking
- Harassment
- Extortion
- Defamation
- Privacy
- Impersonation
- Publicity rights
- Data protection
- Copyright
- Intentional infliction of emotional distress
In the United States, the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act was signed into law on May 19, 2025. It creates a criminal prohibition involving intentional disclosure of certain non-consensual intimate depictions, including AI-generated digital forgeries. (The White House)
The law does not make every private act of image editing automatically a federal offense. Its criminal provision focuses on intentional publication or disclosure, while other federal and state laws may apply to creation, possession, harassment, stalking, or material involving minors.
Enforcement is no longer theoretical.
The Department of Justice announced the first conviction under the TAKE IT DOWN Act in April 2026 in a case involving cyberstalking and AI-generated explicit material. It announced additional arrests in May 2026 involving alleged publication of thousands of deepfake images and videos. (Department of Justice)
This section provides general information, not legal advice.
Why “It Is Fake” Is Not a Defense
A person depicted in a synthetic intimate image can still suffer:
- Fear
- Shame
- Workplace consequences
- School bullying
- Relationship damage
- Stalking
- Blackmail
- Search-result contamination
- Reputational harm
- Repeated resurfacing of the image
The false nature of the body does not erase the use of the person’s real face and identity.
AI nudification can be understood as a form of image-based sexual abuse because it places a recognizable person into intimate content without their participation or permission.
Academic research has documented a wider nudification ecosystem built around real-world non-consensual use. A 2024 study of 20 popular nudification websites found that the services frequently targeted women, offered sexualized features, and relied on varied payment and privacy arrangements. (arXiv)
A 2026 study of face-swap applications found that 70% of tested apps with face-swapping capabilities lacked technical safeguards preventing nude-image generation. (arXiv)
Another 2026 study examining AI nudification communities found that non-celebrity targets represented a growing share of observed material, suggesting that the problem increasingly affects people within users’ own schools, workplaces, relationships, and social circles. (arXiv)
Is ClothOff Safe?
No online nudification service should be considered safe for real-person photographs.
The risks involve more than computer security.
Risk to the Depicted Person
The uploader may be violating the person’s sexual autonomy, dignity, privacy, and legal rights.
Risk to the Uploader
The uploader may face:
- Account bans
- Civil claims
- Criminal investigation
- School discipline
- Employment consequences
- Payment disputes
- Blackmail
- Exposure through leaked databases
- Malware or phishing
Risk to the Image
A private photograph may be:
- Retained
- Reviewed
- Included in a gallery
- Shared with a processor
- Reused for moderation
- Exposed through a breach
- Connected to payment or device information
Risk From Domain Clones
A clone may collect:
- Email addresses
- Passwords
- Credit-card details
- Cryptocurrency
- Uploaded photographs
- Device data
Uploading a photograph to a service like ClothOff means trusting an opaque operator with both identifiable personal data and highly sensitive intent.
ClothOff User Claims vs Regulatory Findings
| ClothOff-Related Claim | What External Sources Found |
|---|---|
| Users must be adults | Researchers and regulators found no effective age verification |
| Images of minors cannot be processed | Lawsuit and regulator alleged or found that minor images remained possible |
| Users must have consent | Italy’s regulator found no consent-verification mechanism |
| Data is not saved | Federal complaint alleges retention; no independent audit resolves the conflict |
| Output is labeled fake | Italian regulator found the watermark inadequate |
| Use is safe and consensual | Documented cases involve alleged non-consensual abuse |
| Ownership is transparent | Investigations reported unclear or misleading entity information |
| Payments are ordinary | Investigators reported redirects and disguised merchants |
This comparison does not establish that every claim in a lawsuit or investigation is ultimately true.
It shows that ClothOff’s self-reported safeguards should not be accepted without independent evidence.
What to Do if ClothOff Was Used on Your Photograph
Do not blame yourself. The person who created or distributed the image is responsible for the abuse.
Preserve Non-Explicit Evidence
Record:
- Page URL
- Username
- Account name
- Date and time
- Message text
- Threats
- Search-result title
- Platform report number
- Names of people who received it
Avoid repeatedly forwarding the image.
When a minor is depicted, do not download or redistribute explicit material to “collect evidence.” Contact the platform, law enforcement, or an authorized child-safety organization for guidance.
Ask the Platform to Remove It
Under the U.S. TAKE IT DOWN Act, covered platforms must provide a process for requesting removal of non-consensual intimate images. They must remove validly reported content and known identical copies within 48 hours. The rule includes real images, digitally altered media, and AI deepfakes. (Federal Trade Commission)
A platform that lacks a working reporting process or fails to act within the required period can be reported to the FTC. (Consumer Advice)
Use StopNCII for Adult Images
StopNCII creates a digital fingerprint of an intimate image on the victim’s own device. The image itself is not uploaded to StopNCII. Participating platforms can use the fingerprint to detect and block matching copies. The service includes qualifying synthetic or deepfake imagery. (Stop NCII)
Use NCMEC’s Take It Down for Images Involving Minors
NCMEC’s Take It Down service is designed for nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images created when the depicted person was under 18.
It creates a hash on the device, meaning the image does not need to be sent to NCMEC. The service can be used internationally and includes participating public or unencrypted platforms. (Take It Down)
Report Threats and Extortion
Threatening to share a fabricated nude image can be part of:
- Sextortion
- Cyberstalking
- Harassment
- Coercive control
- Blackmail
Preserve the threat and contact the appropriate law-enforcement or victim-support service in your location.
Safer Alternatives for Legitimate Creative Work
There is no responsible reason to use a stranger, classmate, celebrity, former partner, coworker, or customer as the subject of an AI nudification tool.
Legitimate creative goals can be achieved without fabricating intimate imagery of real people.
Create a Fictional Adult Character
A standard image generator can produce an original adult character without using anyone’s photograph.
Our AI image generator comparison covers established platforms for fictional visual creation.
Use Virtual Try-On
Virtual try-on tools replace one outfit with another. They are designed for:
- E-commerce
- Fashion concepts
- Wardrobe previews
- Product visualization
A trustworthy virtual try-on platform should preserve clothing rather than create explicit output.
Use Licensed Stock Models
Commercial creators can work with properly licensed adult models and source media.
The license must cover the planned modification and distribution.
Use Non-Identifiable Adult Fiction
Writers seeking adult storytelling without manipulating a real person’s image can review our AI Smut Writer article. Text-based fictional creation avoids many of the identity and deepfake risks associated with nudification, although consent, age, privacy, and platform rules still matter.
Use Fictional AI Companions
Our OurDream AI review covers an adult-only platform centered on fictional AI characters rather than converting a private person’s photograph into an explicit deepfake.
Use General Creative Video Tools
For non-intimate animation, stylization, or image-to-video work, GoEnhance AI provides legitimate creative tools without requiring a real person to be depicted nude.
ClothOff Strengths
This review does not recommend ClothOff, but a complete evaluation should explain why it became popular.
Its appeal has historically come from:
- Low technical difficulty
- Browser access
- A free initial result
- Mobile access
- Fast processing claims
- Customization
- Multiple payment options
- Social-media promotion
- API or automated access
- Minimal identity checks
The same characteristics that reduce friction for ordinary users also reduce friction for abuse.
ClothOff Limitations and Risks
- Designed around fabricated intimate images
- No reliable proof of depicted-person consent
- Weak or disputed age safeguards
- Documented allegations involving minors
- Federal lawsuit
- Italian privacy restriction
- Unclear current domain
- Clone and phishing risk
- Opaque ownership
- Disputed data-retention claims
- Potential model-training concerns
- Inadequate artificial-content labeling
- Historical payment-transparency concerns
- No reliable current pricing source
- No independent security audit
- No trustworthy commercial-use case
- Serious criminal and civil exposure
- High risk of harassment and image-based sexual abuse
- No output-quality benefit can outweigh the consent problem
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ClothOff AI?
ClothOff is an AI nudification service that fabricates nude or sexually explicit images from ordinary photographs of recognizable people.
Is it spelled Clothoff or ClothOff?
The brand is commonly styled ClothOff. “Clothoff” is a frequent search variation.
Is Clothoff.com the AI tool?
No. The current clothoff.com website is an unrelated merchandise store named Flappr. Regulatory documents identify other domains, including app.clothoff.info and .net addresses, as part of the AI service. (Flappr)
Is ClothOff free?
Historical versions offered an initial free result and charged for later or premium generations. We could not verify one authoritative current pricing structure for August 2026. (CBS News)
Does ClothOff create a person’s real body?
No. The body is generated. The image can still use the person’s recognizable face and falsely depict them in an intimate situation.
Does ClothOff require consent?
Its historical rules reportedly told users not to upload another person without permission. Italy’s privacy regulator found that the service did not have a mechanism capable of verifying the depicted person’s consent. (Garante Privacy)
Can ClothOff process minors?
ClothOff has claimed that processing minors is prohibited or impossible. Regulators and plaintiffs have alleged that its safeguards failed to prevent images involving minors. (CBS News)
Does ClothOff save photos?
The service has reportedly claimed that it does not save data. A federal complaint alleges that source and generated images were retained. No independent audit identified for this review resolves the conflict. (The Wall Street Journal)
Is ClothOff legal?
Laws vary. Publishing AI-generated intimate depictions without consent can violate the U.S. TAKE IT DOWN Act, and additional criminal, privacy, harassment, child-exploitation, and civil laws may apply. (Federal Trade Commission)
Has ClothOff been banned?
Italy’s Data Protection Authority imposed an immediate temporary restriction on processing Italian users’ personal data in October 2025. Availability elsewhere varies. (Garante Privacy)
Is ClothOff being sued?
Yes. A federal lawsuit was filed in New Jersey in October 2025 on behalf of a teenager. Its allegations have not yet been resolved through a final judgment in the sources reviewed. (Justia Dockets & Filings)
What should I do if someone created a deepfake nude of me?
Report it to the platform, document non-explicit evidence, and seek legal or law-enforcement assistance where appropriate. U.S. platforms covered by the TAKE IT DOWN Act must remove validly reported images and identical copies within 48 hours. Adults can use StopNCII, while people whose images were created when they were under 18 can use NCMEC’s Take It Down service. (Consumer Advice)
Final Verdict
ClothOff is not a normal AI photo editor.
Its central purpose is creating fabricated intimate images of recognizable people, and the design of the product makes consent difficult or impossible to verify reliably.
The risks are no longer hypothetical.
A teenager’s pending federal lawsuit alleges that ClothOff was used to generate and circulate a fabricated explicit image from her social-media photograph. Italy’s privacy regulator found serious deficiencies involving consent, age protection, disclosure, and personal-data processing. U.S. authorities are now actively enforcing federal laws against publishing non-consensual AI-generated intimate images. (Yale Law School)
ClothOff’s own reported rules do not resolve the problem.
A user declaration that everyone is an adult does not verify age. A checkbox does not prove consent. A faint watermark does not stop an image from being cropped and redistributed. A promise that files are deleted does not replace an independent privacy audit.
The domain and ownership structure adds another layer of concern. The former .io address went offline, related domains remained active, and the obvious .com address now belongs to an unrelated merchandise store. Searchers face a real possibility of encountering clones, redirects, or sites whose operator cannot be identified confidently. (bellingcat)
Do not upload a real person’s photograph to ClothOff.
For legitimate creative projects, use fictional adult characters, licensed models, virtual try-on tools, or mainstream image and video generators that prohibit non-consensual sexual imagery.
