Cut the subject out of a photo and save it as a PNG with a clear background
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Updated on 24 Oct 2026.Removing a background cuts the subject out and saves a PNG you can drop onto any colour, which is what shop listings and passport forms ask for. The first use downloads a 44.6 MB model once (109 MB for Best on a capable computer), then it works offline. Up to 10 pictures of 30 MB each, never uploaded.
Drop pictures on the page or press Select pictures; the cut is made in this tab and nothing is uploaded.
Leave Model on Detailed for most pictures, or pick Quick for a smaller first download.
Choose a Background of Clear, Colour or Blurred, and move the Edge slider between soft and hard.
Press Remove background, compare the Original with the result, then press Download PNG.
Remove Background separates the subject of a picture from everything behind it and gives you back a PNG. The background can be left fully clear, filled with a colour you choose, or blurred so the original scene is still there but out of focus. Drag the slider on the result to compare it against the picture you started with.
The cut is made by a neural network that reads your picture at 1024 by 1024 pixels. On a computer whose browser can use its graphics chip, the default is Best (BiRefNet-lite, 109 MB): it keeps whole figures, faces and clothing that the other models can leave see-through, and takes about 20 seconds a picture on a laptop's built-in graphics. Everywhere else, including every phone, the default is Detailed (IS-Net, 44.6 MB), a few seconds with a graphics chip and 10 to 40 seconds without one. Quick (U2-Netp, 4.4 MB) is faster and softer. After the model, the edge is rebuilt at your picture's full size from its own outlines, and the old background's colour is taken out of half-transparent edge pixels, so a cut-out from a sunset does not keep an orange rim. Each model is downloaded once and kept on your device.
Nothing is uploaded: no server sees the picture, and the tool keeps working with the network switched off after that first download. That matters for ID photos, pictures of children and product shots you have not launched yet.
Accuracy still depends on the picture. Hair, fur, smoke, glows, glass and motion blur come out approximate, because those pixels are part subject and part background. On drawings, smoke and soft shapes that fade into the scene are often dropped; Best also tends to drop title text and props that Detailed keeps, so try Detailed when you want those. The edge control decides how uncertainty is resolved, and the brush fixes what the model missed.
Pictures up to 30 MB are accepted, ten at a time, in JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP and iPhone HEIC. Anything above roughly 24 megapixels is worked at a smaller size first so a phone does not run out of memory.
Add a picture, wait for the model to download the first time, and press Remove background. The subject is kept and everything else is cleared, then you download a PNG. Nothing costs money, no account is needed, and no watermark is added to the result.
No. The model itself is downloaded to your browser and the photo is processed there, on your own device. No picture, and no part of one, is ever sent anywhere. After the first use the page keeps working with the network switched off, which is the simplest proof that nothing is being uploaded.
Single strands of hair are thinner than the model can resolve, and most pixels along them are genuinely a mix of hair and background. No cut-out can be exactly right about those pixels. Raising the edge setting makes the boundary crisper but loses wispy detail; lowering it keeps the soft blend.
Yes. Choose Colour and pick white, or any other shade, and the subject is composited onto it. Choose Blur to keep the original scene but throw it out of focus, which suits portraits. The file is always saved as a PNG so a clear background stays clear.
Three. Best is BiRefNet-lite (MIT), 109 MB, offered only on computers whose browser can use a capable graphics chip; it keeps whole figures best. Detailed is IS-Net (Apache 2.0), 44.6 MB, the default everywhere else. Quick is U2-Netp, 4.4 MB, faster with softer edges. Each downloads once when first used, then stays on your device.
Wire or bars in front of the subject, a blurred close-up, and anything semi-transparent like glass, smoke or a glow all confuse the models. On drawings, Best keeps the figures but can drop title text and props; Detailed keeps more of those. Switch Model for a second opinion, or fix the cut with the brush.
Ten pictures at a time, each up to 30 MB, in JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP or iPhone HEIC. Very large pictures above about 24 megapixels are worked at a reduced size so a phone does not run out of memory, and the page tells you when that has happened.
Photo ka background hatao: add a picture, wait for the model to download the first time, then press Remove background. You get a PNG with the background cleared, filled with a colour, or blurred. Ten pictures at a time, each up to 30 MB. Hair, glass and smoke come out approximate.
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