Free background remover โ turn product shots, logos and screenshots into transparent PNGs with one click
How to remove a background
Load a photo and click the background. Every pixel within the tolerance of that color becomes transparent. Scrub leftovers with the eraser, hit Auto-trim to fit the canvas to the subject, then Save PNG. No account, no watermark, and the image is processed entirely in your browser โ nothing is uploaded.
Step by step on the screen
- Choose a photo on the first screen or drag it in; a copied image can be pasted with Ctrl+V. The tool works on one image at a time, and Another photo swaps it out while you work.
- In the tool panel on the left (top on mobile) the magic wand is selected by default. Click the background you want gone: every similar pixel turns transparent, the status line reports how many pixels were erased, and transparent areas show as a checkerboard.
- Click again on whatever is left, or raise the tolerance a little and click once more. If part of the subject disappeared, Undo steps back one action.
- Switch to the eraser to scrub away leftovers, then use crop to drag over the part to keep, or press Auto-trim margins to cut away the transparent border automatically.
- Save PNG downloads the result as "name_cutout.png"; on a phone the Share button sends it straight to another app. Reset takes you back to the untouched image.
Which photos work best
It works like Photoshop's Magic Wand: it selects the pixels that fall within the tolerance of the color you clicked. Product photos on white, logos on a flat color, captured icons and green-screen shots come out clean. If the background has a gradient or shadows, raise the tolerance to 30โ50 or click a few times in different spots. For hair and fur, an AI cutout service will do a better job.
Options
- Tolerance โ 0 matches only the exact color; higher values include similar shades. JPEGs have compression noise, so 15โ30 is usually right.
- Connected area only โ erases only pixels connected to where you clicked, so the same color inside the subject stays. Every pixel of that color removes it across the whole image (handy for logo backgrounds).
- Eraser โ scrub anything the wand missed. Undo if you slip.
- Crop โ drag over the part to keep, or auto-trim the transparent margins.
The options in numbers
| Tolerance | 0โ100, default 25. The color difference between a pixel and the one you clicked is measured as a distance in RGB space and compared with the largest possible distance; at 25, anything within 25% of that maximum is erased. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Connected area only (default) follows pixels that touch each other up, down, left and right from the click point. Every pixel of that color checks the whole image in one pass. |
| Eraser size | 10โ150, default 40, measured in screen pixels โ so the brush feels the same whether the photo is displayed large or small. A ring follows the pointer to show the brush. |
| Undo | Remembers the last 12 steps. One wand click, one eraser stroke or one crop counts as a step. |
| Auto-trim | Treats almost fully transparent pixels as margin and crops to the smallest rectangle that contains everything else. The new dimensions appear in the status line. |
| Crop | The area outside your drag is dimmed; release to keep only the inside. Very small drags (3 px or less) are ignored. |
Saving
Transparency only survives in PNG, so the download is always a PNG (JPEG would fill the background with white). Everything runs on the HTML canvas in your browser โ the photo is never sent anywhere โ and the long side is limited to 2400 px. Need to blur faces instead? Try the photo blur tool, or shrink the file with the image compressor.
Frequently asked questions
I clicked and it says the spot is already transparent.
You clicked an area that has already been erased. The wand skips transparent pixels, so click a part of the background that is still visible.
Part of the subject got erased too.
That happens when the subject and background are similar in color, or the tolerance is too high. Undo, lower the tolerance by about 10 and click again; if the scope is set to Every pixel of that color, switch to Connected area only. If that still fails, click the background in several places at a lower tolerance and clean up the rest with the eraser.
The edges look jagged.
The wand makes a hard erase-or-keep decision for each pixel, so edges are not feathered, and JPEG compression noise makes this more noticeable. Raise the tolerance slightly so the edge pixels are included, or run the eraser once around the outline.
The saved image is smaller than my original.
To keep editing responsive, the image is scaled to 2400 px on the long side when it is loaded. That is enough for product listings, social media and documents, and smaller originals are left at their own size.
Can I save as JPG instead?
JPG cannot store transparency โ the background would come out white โ so saving is fixed to PNG. If you really need a JPG, open the saved PNG in the image compressor and convert it there; the transparent areas become white.
Related tools
- Image Compressor & Converter โ resize the cutout or convert it to WebP if the PNG is too large.
- Photo Blur & Pixelate โ keep the background but hide faces or plates.
- Pixel Art Converter โ turn the cutout into retro pixel art.
- Color Picker & Converter โ pick colors from the photo to choose a new background or palette.