Remove the background from an image
Add a photo and the AI separates the subject from everything behind it. Keep the cut-out transparent for a shop listing or a slide, or put a flat color, a blur or another picture in its place.
Add one or more photos (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and more).
or drop files here
Works best when the subject stands out clearly. Hair, fur and see-through objects may need a touch-up with the Refine brush.
The image fills the whole background; its edges are trimmed if its shape is different.
A transparent background is saved as PNG.
Photo details such as EXIF data and location are not copied into the new image.
Your files are processed on your own device and never uploaded.
How to use it
- Add photos with ‘Choose files’, drop them on the page, or paste a copied image with Ctrl+V (Command+V on a Mac). JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, HEIC and AVIF files open.
- Click ‘Remove background’. The first time, a 45 MB model file has to be downloaded. It starts as soon as you add a photo, so it is often finished already; if it is still arriving when you click, a progress bar shows how far it has come. Your browser keeps the file for next time.
- Check the preview, then open ‘Background’ and pick ‘Transparent’, ‘Color’, ‘Blur’ or ‘Image’. ‘Color’ offers eight swatches plus ‘Pick any color’; ‘Image’ asks for a picture through ‘Choose a background image’.
- Is an edge still rough? Click ‘Refine’, paint with ‘Erase’ to clear leftovers and with ‘Restore’ to bring parts back, then press ‘Apply’. Press and hold ‘Hold to compare’ for a quick look at the original.
- Pick PNG, JPG or WebP under ‘Save as’. ‘Download’ saves the photo on screen; ‘Download all (ZIP)’ bundles a whole batch.
What it does
No outlining needed
You never trace anything. The ISNet model decides what counts as the subject, so people, pets, products and everyday objects all work. Its answer is a soft mask with 256 levels of transparency per pixel, which lets edge pixels be partly see-through instead of cut with a hard stencil.
Four ways to finish
Leave the background transparent, fill it with one of eight swatches or any shade from the picker, blur the original scene by an amount you set, or put a second photo behind the subject. A background photo fills the frame; one with a different shape is trimmed at the edges, never stretched.
A brush for stubborn edges
‘Refine’ opens a large editor. ‘Erase’ and ‘Restore’ paint on the cut-out, with sliders for brush size and edge softness, zoom buttons, and a ‘Move’ tool for panning. ‘Undo’, ‘Redo’ and ‘Reset to AI result’ make experiments safe.
A batch of product shots
Add as many photos as you like. They are cut out one after another, each shows up as a thumbnail you can click to preview, and whatever background you choose is used for all of them. The ZIP holds one file per photo, named after the original with -no-bg added.
Three file types
A see-through background has to be a PNG. Once you choose a color, a blur or an image, JPG and WebP become available, with a quality slider that starts at 90. Take one of those when the file has to stay small.
Nothing leaves the device
The model comes from this site once and then runs inside your browser, so the photo is never uploaded. The saved file is a fresh image: location tags and other camera data from the original are not carried over.
Good to know
A clean cut-out starts with a clear subject: someone standing against a plain wall, a mug on a table, sneakers on white paper. Hair, fur, glass and smoke are the hard cases, because their edges are partly solid and partly see-through. When the AI misjudges one, open ‘Refine’, zoom in, restore what was lost and erase what was left behind.
Where the picture ends up decides the setting. On a slide, a banner or a layout, a transparent PNG sits on any background without a box around it. A shop listing that wants plain white needs ‘Color’, the ‘White’ swatch and a JPG. ‘Blur’ keeps the room but softens it, and ‘Image’ moves the subject into a different scene.
Under the hood the AI reads a 1024 × 1024 copy of your photo and stretches its mask back to full size, so ‘Refine’ is the place for final polish on a big picture. Photos above about 16.7 megapixels, which is 4096 × 4096, are scaled down first, and the result line names the new size. On a device that runs low on memory, a lighter 768 × 768 mode starts by itself and edges come out slightly less precise. The model needs WebAssembly SIMD, which current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari have; iPhone and iPad need iOS 16.4 or later.
Questions and answers
How do I get a transparent background?
Add the photo and click ‘Remove background’. While ‘Transparent’ is chosen under ‘Background’, the cut-out is saved as a PNG, so the see-through areas stay see-through.
Can I put plain white behind a product?
Yes. Choose ‘Color’, tap the ‘White’ swatch, and pick JPG or WebP under ‘Save as’ for a smaller file. Any other swatch, or a shade from ‘Pick any color’, works the same way.
Does my photo go to a server?
No. Only the model file travels, and it travels to you. The cut-out is calculated in your browser, so the photo stays on your device.
Why was the first photo slow to start?
Your browser had to fetch the 45 MB model and set it up. It keeps the model afterward, so later photos begin sooner, and a computer usually finishes faster than a phone.
Hair looks jagged at the edge. How do I clean it up?
Open ‘Refine’, zoom in, and run ‘Restore’ along missing strands or ‘Erase’ over leftover background. The ‘Edge softness’ slider sets how feathered each stroke is.
Is the original resolution kept?
Yes, up to about 16.7 megapixels. A bigger photo is scaled down to that limit, and the result line gives the new size.