How to use Background Remover
Remove a background and download a full-resolution transparent PNG, free and unlimited, without your photograph ever leaving your computer.
A short guide to getting good results, plus answers to the questions people ask most.
How to use it
- 1
Start with a clear subject
A subject that stands out from its background cuts out best. Busy scenery with no obvious subject is the hardest case for every tool of this kind.
- 2
Pick the edge that suits the picture
Soft keeps fine detail like hair. Crisp gives a hard outline and solidifies faint patches inside the subject — the better choice for products and objects.
- 3
Leave gap filling on
Dark areas inside an object are sometimes mistaken for background. Filling gaps puts them back, which matters on anything shiny or deeply shadowed.
- 4
Switch the subject mode when Auto picks wrong
People is tuned for portraits, Click lets you point at the thing you mean, Flat keys a plain sweep instantly, and Fine detail — on a graphics card — follows hair, fur and glass. Your download stays full resolution either way.
About this tool
The Background Remover cuts your subject out of its background and gives you a transparent PNG at the original size of your photograph. Choose a transparent, white, black or custom background, tune how soft or crisp the edge is, and download.
Other background removers send your photograph to a server and hand back a small preview unless you pay. This one runs the whole thing on your own computer, so the picture never leaves it, the download is always full resolution, and there is no limit on how many you do.
Features
Full resolution, free
Your cutout comes back at the size you put in, not a shrunken preview.
Nothing is uploaded
The cutout is computed in your browser. Your photograph never reaches a server.
Backgrounds in one click
Transparent, white, black, or any color you pick.
No account, no watermark
No sign-up, no credits, no limit on how many images you do.
Frequently asked questions
Is my photograph uploaded anywhere?
No. The cutout is computed inside your browser, so the image stays on your device unless you choose to save a project to your optional account.
Is the download full resolution?
Yes, always, and free. Many background removers give you a small preview unless you pay for the full-size file.
Why does the first cutout take longer?
The cutout engine downloads once the first time you use the tool, then your browser keeps it for next time.
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