How to use Remove Background
- Choose a photo (JPG, PNG, WebP or an iPhone HEIC), take one with your camera, or tap the example to see it work. One clear subject, such as a person, a product or a pet, works best.
- Tap "Remove background". The first time, the AI (about 55 MB) downloads once and stays on your device; then it finds the subject in a few seconds on a laptop.
- Pick the background: transparent, white, a colour, another picture or a WhatsApp sticker. Touch up works like a background eraser brush: paint back what the AI missed, or erase what it kept.
- Save it as a PNG or WebP that keeps the transparency, or as a JPG on its new background, at the photo's full size.
Why use Remove Background
- People, products and pets
- BiRefNet, an open AI model made for cutting objects out of photos, finds the main subject in the whole picture: a portrait, a shoe on a table, a dog on the grass.
- Any background
- Keep it transparent, put it on white or a colour you pick, drop in another photo behind it, or turn it into a WhatsApp sticker with a white outline.
- Logos and signatures too
- For a logo, signature or drawing on plain paper, exact colour removal clears the background straight away, inside the letters as well, with nothing to download.
- Private, one download
- The AI runs on your device. Your photo is never uploaded, and once the AI has downloaded, the background remover keeps working if the connection drops.
About this tool
A background remover has to decide, pixel by pixel, what belongs to the subject. This one uses BiRefNet_
It is not perfect on everything. See-through things (glass, nets, veils), very thin parts (wires, strings, fine leaves) and busy photos with no one main subject are the hard cases. Touch up fixes them: paint over what should stay (Restore) or go (Erase), and undo a stroke if you slip. For a logo, a signature or a scanned drawing, choose "Logo, signature or drawing", which removes the paper's exact colour and keeps thin lines sharp. To change the background of a photo for a passport or visa, the Passport Photo Maker also sizes it to the official rules.
Frequently asked questions
Is this background remover (BG remover) free?
Yes. Remove the background from as many photos as you like, at full size, with no sign-up and no watermark.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The AI runs in your browser on your own device, so the photo never leaves it. After the first download it also works without a connection while the page is open.
Does it keep my photo in HD?
Yes. The cut-out is saved at the photo's own size up to 16 megapixels, so a 12-megapixel product photo comes back at 12 megapixels. Bigger photos are made smaller to 16 megapixels, which phones can handle.
Why is the first photo slower?
The first time, the AI (about 55 MB) downloads once and is kept on your device, and it warms up on the first photo. After that a photo takes a few seconds on a laptop and longer on a phone; the page shows how long it usually takes on your device.
Can it remove the background from a logo or signature?
Yes. Choose "Logo, signature or drawing": it removes the paper's exact colour, inside the letters too, without the AI. The Tolerance slider decides how pale a shade still counts as paper. Save as PNG to keep the transparency.
What can it get wrong?
Glass, nets, veils and other see-through things, thin wires and strings, and busy photos without one clear subject. Use Touch up to restore or erase by hand; on a phone a finger works as the brush.
Can it remove the background from a video?
No, it works on photos only. To use a frame from a video, save that frame as a picture first.
Can I photograph a product and remove its background right away?
Yes. Tap "Take a photo" on a phone; on a computer, use the webcam, or scan the code under "Use your phone's camera" and shoot with the phone. The photo opens here, and "Remove background" cuts the product out. A plain wall or table behind it and even light give the cleanest edge.
Photo ka background kaise change kare? (How do I change or remove a photo's background?)
Photo ka background change karne ka tarika aasan hai, mobile se bhi: photo chunein aur "Remove background" dabayein; sirf background remove karna hai to Transparent chunein. Choose the photo on your phone and tap "Remove background". Pick Transparent to remove the background, or White, a colour or another picture to change it, then save. It is free online, works in Chrome and Safari, and the photo stays on your phone.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Yes, in Safari or Chrome with no app: remove the background from an image on an iPhone, or from a photo on Android, right in the browser. Pick a photo from your gallery: the AI (about 55 MB) downloads the first time, stays on the phone for the next visit and runs there, which takes longer than on a laptop. Fix an edge with Touch up using your finger as the brush, then save the PNG.
Built and maintained by Saad Naeem
AI engineer, Doha · Updated