Background Remover
Take a flat background out of a photo, a logo, or a screenshot and get a transparent PNG. The image is read and cut out in your browser, so the file is never uploaded to a server and there is nothing to queue or wait for. It works by matching one background colour, which is exactly what you want for a product shot or a logo on a solid backdrop, and exactly what you do not want for a busy scene.
1. Choose an image
The image is read and cut out in this tab. Nothing is uploaded.
Choose the image to cut out
You can also paste an image with Ctrl or Command and V
JPG, PNG, or WebP
You can also paste an image with Ctrl or Command and V
JPG, PNG, or WebP
Choose an image to begin. Nothing is uploaded.
2. Preview
Choose an image to begin.
The cut-out will appear here.
Background colour
Check the edges before you use it. A colour key cuts out the background, not the subject. Where a subject and its background are a similar colour the edge will be eaten, and where a background is uneven the corners may survive while the middle does not. Click the image to pick the background by hand if the guess is wrong.
Removing a background
It works best on a flat backdrop
A product shot, a logo, or a screenshot on a single colour. That is the case this tool is built for and it handles it cleanly.
It will not separate a cluttered scene
If there is no single background colour to key against, there is nothing to match. This is a colour key, not a model that understands what a person is.
Pick the colour yourself if it is wrong
Click anywhere on the image to use that pixel as the background. A wrong key colour is the most common reason a result looks broken.
Uneven lighting needs a higher tolerance
A backdrop lit unevenly is not one colour. Raise the match until the whole background clears, then lower the edge softness so the subject keeps its detail.
Check hair and fine detail
Soft edges around hair, fur and lacework are where a colour key struggles. Lower the match and raise the softness, and expect to lose some of it.
Save it as PNG
Transparency only exists in PNG and WebP. A JPG has no alpha channel, so the removed background is filled in with a solid colour instead.
What this tool can and cannot do
Removing a background is easy when the background is one colour, and genuinely hard when it is not. This tool takes the first case: it measures how far each pixel is from a background colour you choose, and makes everything within reach of it transparent. Everything further away is kept.
Why it is a colour key and not an automatic cut-out
An automatic cut-out needs a model trained to recognise subjects, which is tens of megabytes to download and would have to be sent your image to a server. That would change what this site promises: that your images are processed in your browser and never reach us. A colour key needs no download and no server, so the promise stays true and the tool works the moment the image opens.
When to use something else
- For a portrait against a busy background, or anything with hair against a similar colour, this will not give a clean result. A dedicated service that runs a segmentation model will do better, and for a one-off that is the sensible choice.
- For a batch of many images, a desktop tool or a command line utility will be faster than a web page.
Looking after your own images
Check the result before you publish it, especially the edges. A rim of the old background left around a subject is the usual artefact, and the fringe removal here handles most of it, but a picture that will be used commercially deserves a look at full size.