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# Cutout Augmentation

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Cutout Augmentation is an Enhanced Augmentation, a **premium** feature.

For up-to-date information on our plans and their associated features, see our [pricing page](https://roboflow.com/pricing).
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Cutout will randomly replace a portion of your image with black boxes. Add cutout to help your model be more resilient to object occlusion.

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Many modern models apply Cutout as an online augmentation during training; applying it twice can cause undesirable results. We do not recommend using this with Roboflow 3.0 or YOLOv8.
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## Example

<figure><img src="/files/ufNS2MakqYkLUS9g2SLi" alt=""><figcaption><p>Original Image</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/bwAkOckyWugHW8LjAtjK" alt=""><figcaption><p>Cutout set to 10%, 10 Count</p></figcaption></figure>