Remove Background from Image

What this tool does

The tool finds the main subject in a photo and separates it from the background. The work happens in your browser using a model that runs on your own device. The image is not uploaded to a server, nothing is stored, and the page keeps working if you go offline after it has loaded. There is no sign-up and no watermark on the result.

You can export the cutout as a transparent PNG, place it on a white background, or fill the background with a colour you choose.

Which photos work best

Results depend on the photo, not on the tool alone. The clearest cases are:

• One main subject, roughly centred and not cut off at the edges.
• A background that differs from the subject in tone or colour, so the edge is easy to find.
• Even lighting, with the subject not blending into a wall or shadow of the same shade.
• Reasonable sharpness. A blurry photo gives a soft, uncertain edge.

Hard cases include busy backgrounds with similar colours, glass, mesh, smoke, and subjects that are partly transparent. Expect a rough edge there, and plan to touch up the result in an editor.

Hair and fine edges

Hair, fur, and thin straps are the hardest part of any cutout. The model keeps soft, semi-transparent pixels around these areas rather than a hard line, which is what makes the result look natural on a new background. If you place the cutout on a dark background and the hair looks patchy, try the white background instead, or export the transparent PNG and refine the edge in an image editor with a mask or a refine-edge brush.

A common trick is to shoot the subject against a plain, contrasting wall. A light subject on a dark wall, or the reverse, gives the model a cleaner edge to work with.

First run and later runs

The first time you use the tool, the browser downloads the model file. That takes a moment and depends on your connection. The model is then cached by the browser, so later runs on the same device start quickly and do not need to download it again. If you clear your browser cache, the next run downloads it again.

Browser speed

Recent Chrome and Edge builds are the fastest here because they can use WebGPU, which runs the model on the graphics chip. Firefox and Safari fall back to slower paths and may take noticeably longer on the same photo. If a run feels slow, try a current Chrome or Edge on a desktop or laptop, and close heavy tabs to free memory.

These are general patterns, not measurements. Your device, photo size, and memory matter as much as the browser.

White background for products and ID-style photos

A white background is the usual choice for shop listings and for photos that need a plain, uniform backdrop. Choose the white option and check the result at full size. For product shots, keep the subject centred with a small, even margin on all sides, and avoid a shadow that runs off the edge. For ID-style photos, follow the rules of the body requesting the photo, since some require a specific size, head position, and background shade. This tool removes the background; it does not check those rules for you.

After the cutout: resize and compress

A transparent PNG is often larger than the original JPEG because it stores an alpha channel. Once you have the cutout, resize it to the dimensions you actually need, then compress it. For a web page, 800-1600 px on the long edge is usually enough. A phone photo is often 2-5 MB before editing; a resized cutout for the web is commonly a few hundred kilobytes or less. If the destination accepts JPEG and does not need transparency, flatten the cutout onto white and save as JPEG to cut the size further. Keep the transparent PNG as your master copy.

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