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Remove background from a photo, free.

Take the background out of a photo of a person in a few seconds, or swap it for white, a colour or a soft blur. Made for profile, passport and ID card photos.

Hair stays naturalThe edge follows hair, not a hard cut-out line.
Any new backgroundSee-through PNG, white, blue, any colour, or blurred.
Stays on your deviceThe AI runs in your browser. The photo isn't uploaded.

How it works

Add a photo
A person, front or side. Several at once is fine.
Pick the new background
None, a colour or blur.
Download
PNG or JPG, full size.

How to remove background from photo free

Remove background cuts a person out of a photo and lets you choose what goes behind them. It takes a few seconds per photo.

Add a photo of a person. You can add up to 10 photos at once.

Choose the new background: None for a see-through PNG, or white, light blue, light grey, black, any colour you pick, or a blurred copy of the same photo.

Choose the edges: Sharp, Natural, or Soft for hair that should look loose rather than cut out.

Press Remove background and download. A see-through result is saved as a PNG; a colour or blur is saved as a JPG.

Very large photos are scaled so the long side is at most 3000 pixels. Smaller photos keep their size.

What this background remover is made for

The AI model behind this tool was trained to find people: face, hair, body and clothes. It works well on portraits, selfies, profile pictures and passport-style photos, from the front or the side. It is not made for products, animals, cars or logos, so results on those can miss parts or leave patches of background.

White background photo, transparent PNG or blur: when to use each

White background: job forms, university portals and many ID cards want a plain white background. Pair it with the passport photo tool for the right crop.

Transparent background PNG: for putting yourself on a poster, a thumbnail, a slide or a CV design without a box around you.

Light blue or grey: some offices and school cards prefer a soft colour instead of pure white.

Blurred photo: keeps the real setting but softens it, which works well for a LinkedIn or WhatsApp profile picture.

Your own colour: match a brand colour for a team page or a shop's social media.

Tips for clean edges

Stand a little away from the wall, so the edge between you and the background is clear.

Use even light. A dark room or strong light from behind makes the outline harder to find.

Keep your whole head inside the photo. Hair that is cut off by the edge can look flat.

If thin strands of hair vanish, try Soft. If the outline looks fuzzy on a short haircut, try Sharp.

If the result will go on a form with a KB limit, run it through Photo to KB afterwards.

Remove bg online privately: first load, and everyday uses

The first time you use this tool, your browser downloads the remover itself: roughly 30 MB for the library and the model together. On mobile data, it is worth doing this on Wi-Fi. After that, the next photos go much faster.

The AI runs on your own device, in your browser. Your photo is not uploaded to our server or to an AI service, which matters for family photos and ID pictures.

Students often have a good photo but a messy room behind it. Swap the background for white, then crop it to size with the passport photo tool or shrink it with Photo to KB for the admission portal. Job seekers can cut themselves out as a see-through PNG and place the picture on a CV design, or keep a soft blur for a professional profile picture. Freelancers and small shops can give a team page a matching colour behind every staff photo, so the pictures look like one set even if they were taken in different places. Because up to 10 photos go through in one batch with the same settings, a whole team can be done in a few minutes.

Questions people ask

How do I make a photo's background white?

Open Remove background, add the photo, then choose white (or transparent, any colour or blur) and download.

Why is the first photo slow?

The background remover downloads into your browser the first time, about 30 MB in total. Later photos skip that step.

Can I remove the background from a product photo?

It is made for photos of people, so products, pets or objects may not be cut out cleanly.

Will the result be smaller than my original photo?

Only if your photo is larger than 3000 pixels on the long side; then it is scaled to 3000. Smaller photos keep their size.

Which file type do I get?

A PNG when you choose no background, so the see-through part is kept. A JPG when you choose a colour or blur.

Can I remove the background from several photos at once?

Yes, up to 10 at a time, all with the same new background.