How to use the background remover
- 1 Drop a photo on the box, or click browse to choose it from your device.
- 2 Choose Plain background for logos and products, or Person for portraits and selfies.
- 3 Adjust the colour tolerance and edge softness while watching the result on the checkered preview.
- 4 Choose a transparent background or a new colour, then press Download.
Getting clean cut-outs
Good lighting and contrast matter more than anything else: a subject that stands out from the background cuts out cleanly. For official photos on a plain colour, finish in the Passport Size Photo Maker. To frame the cut-out in a colour, use Add Border to Image.
- Shoot products on a plain white or grey sheet.
- Lower the tolerance if parts of the subject disappear.
- Save as PNG to keep the transparent background.
Features
Two removal modes
Plain backgrounds for objects, and person detection for portraits.
Fine control
Tolerance and edge softness sliders for clean edges.
Transparent or coloured
Save a transparent PNG or place the subject on any colour.
When to use it
Product photos
Remove a white or grey backdrop so items sit cleanly on a shop page. To brighten the product first, use Photo Editor.
Logos and signatures
Make a logo or scanned signature transparent to place on documents and slides.
Profile and ID photos
Put a portrait on a plain white or blue background. For official photo sizes, use Passport Size Photo Maker.
Presentations and designs
Cut out people or objects to place them on slides, posters and thumbnails.
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Frequently asked questions
Which mode should I use?
Use Plain background when the subject sits on a fairly even colour, such as a product on white or a logo on a coloured box. Use Person for photos of people against any background.
Why are parts of my product removed too?
If the product has areas close to the background colour, lower the tolerance. Plain background mode only removes colours connected to the edges of the picture, so enclosed areas of the same colour are usually kept.
Does person mode work on pets or objects?
It is trained to find people, so pets and objects are often missed or only partly kept. For objects, photograph them on a plain background and use Plain background mode.
Why are the edges a bit rough?
Hair and fine detail are hard for any automatic tool. Increase edge softness for a smoother outline, and use a photo where the subject stands out clearly from the background.
Does person mode need an internet connection?
Yes, the first time. It downloads a small open model from Google's MediaPipe service. Your photo is not uploaded; only the model file is fetched.
What file format do I get?
A PNG with a transparent background, or a JPG when you choose a solid colour background, which is better for forms and documents.
Can I add a new background picture?
This tool offers transparent or solid colours. To place the cut-out on another photo, open the transparent PNG in a design or slide app and put it on top.
Is my photo uploaded to remove the background?
No. Both modes process the photo inside your browser on your own device, so your picture is never sent to a server.
How this tool works. These image tools run entirely in your browser using the Canvas API built into every modern browser, the open-source libheif decoder for iPhone HEIC photos and Tesseract, a widely used open-source OCR engine, for reading text. Each tool is tested with real phone photos, screenshots and scans before it goes live, and nothing you open is sent to a server.
Built and reviewed by Hamza Farooq, founder and lead developer
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