How to use Remove video background
- Drop an MP4 or MOV of a person talking to the camera, up to 2 minutes on a computer and 1 minute on a phone.
- Choose what goes behind you: white or black for a clean studio look, or green to key out in a video editor and put any scene behind you.
- Click "Replace the background". The first time, the AI (23 MB) downloads once; then every frame is counted as it is done, with the time left.
- Watch the result on the page, then save the MP4. The sound is the original, copied as it was.
Why use Remove video background
- A clean wall, no studio
- A white or black background behind a person filmed in a bedroom or a kitchen, for a message, a lesson or a product clip, with the hair and shoulder edges found by the AI rather than by a key.
- Green screen for your editor
- Chroma green behind you, so CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or iMovie can key it out and put any scene there, with no green sheet to hang and light.
- What you hold stays
- A phone, a cup, a book or a microphone held up to the camera is kept with you, not cut away.
- Nothing uploaded
- The video is read, matted and written in your browser; the AI downloads once and stays on the device. The sound is copied byte for byte.
About this tool
To change a video's background used to need a green sheet, even lighting and a chroma key in an editor. Here a small matting model (PP-MattingV2) finds the person on your device on every second frame, the frames between are blended and the matte is steadied over time, and the room is replaced by the colour you chose. The result is an ordinary MP4: a plain white or black background plays everywhere as it is, and a green one is a ready-made green screen for any editor's chroma key.
It works on a video of a person facing the camera, indoors or out, from a phone or a webcam, within the device's limits (2 minutes and 1080p on a computer, 1 minute and 720p on a phone). It does not find a hand and an object alone with no face in the frame, and a second person in the shot is kept as well. Soft edges such as loose hair get a slight fringe of the old room against a plain colour; the Blur video background page, which keeps the room softened rather than gone, hides that better and is the better choice for a call-style look. The browser needs WebCodecs: Chrome, Edge or Safari 16.4 and later, Firefox on a computer.
Frequently asked questions
Does my video get uploaded?
No. Everything, from reading the file to writing the new MP4, happens in your browser; the AI model is downloaded once to the device. Nothing goes to a server.
Can I put my own picture or video behind me?
Not on this page yet: choose Green screen, then key it out in a video editor (CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, iMovie) and put any scene behind you.
How long does it take?
About a minute for a 10-second 1080p clip on a computer; a phone takes a few times longer, so phones are limited to 1-minute clips. The page counts the frames and shows the time left.
Will the edges of my hair look cut out?
Against a plain colour, loose hair can show a thin fringe of the old room; the AI keeps the edges soft, but a plain wall shows them more than a blur does. If that matters, the Blur video background page gives the cleaner look.
Which browsers and phones work?
Chrome and Edge on computers and Android, Safari 16.4 and later on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and Firefox on a computer. Firefox for Android and older browsers cannot encode video on the device; the page says so.
Is the sound kept?
Yes, copied byte for byte into the new file. Only the picture is re-encoded, as H.264 that plays everywhere.
Built and maintained by Saad Naeem
AI engineer, Doha · Updated