Remove Background from Any Photo
Want just the person or the product, without the messy room behind it? Convertavo's free background remover cuts out the subject and hands you a clean transparent PNG. No brushes and no tracing by hand. It usually takes 8 to 20 seconds.
- ✓ No signup
- ✓ Full resolution
- ✓ Deleted after 1 hour
Your files stay private
Uploads are deleted from our servers one hour after processing. Nothing is read or reused, and nothing is kept unless you save it to your account.
No account required
20 free credits a day, with no email address and no watermarks on the output.
Runs on any device
Works in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
How to remove the background from a photo
Or try one of the four sample photos under the upload box first. They cost nothing.
- STEP 01
Upload your photo
One JPG, PNG or WebP up to 25 MB. A link or a pasted image works too.
- STEP 02
Pick the output and the edges
Transparent PNG, white or a colour of your own. Choose Soft edges if there is hair or fur.
- STEP 03
Remove and download
Click Remove background, and the cut-out is ready to download a few seconds later.
The cut-out comes back the same size as your photo, not a small preview.
What the Remove Background tool does
Hair and fur
Soft edges keep loose strands instead of chopping them off in a hard line.
Swap the background free
Colours, a blur of the original or a photo of your own, tried on the result screen without another credit.
Full size
The cut-out is the size of your photo, so it holds up in print and on big product pages.
How do I make a product photo with a white background?
Amazon, eBay and Daraz all ask for products on plain white. We didn't use a studio for ours, just the headphones sample, which was shot on a bright yellow table.
With Output on White background, Edge refinement on Sharp (products), and both Add a soft shadow under the subject and Crop tightly to the subject switched on, it took 7 seconds. The 1200 × 800 photo came back as a 587 × 665 picture of just the headphones, sitting on a faint shadow.
Up close, a little of the yellow table still showed in the shiny plastic. A photo taken on a pale surface comes out cleaner.
Daraz listings look best square, so we run the result through Crop Image at 1:1 before uploading.
Does the background remover work on hair?
Yes, and hair is where most cut-outs go wrong. Loose strands and fur are thin, so a rough tool chops them off in a hard line. Edge refinement is there for that.
Standard is a good balance for most photos, and it is the quickest: 5.4 seconds on our 1200 × 1800 portrait. Soft (hair and fur) works harder on the outline to keep fine strands, so it took 14.1 seconds on the same photo. Sharp (products) gives clean edges on bottles, boxes and electronics, and took 11.4.
Can I change the photo background to another colour?
Yes. Under the finished cut-out there is a row of backdrops: white, black and a few soft colours, plus a picker for any colour you like, such as your brand colour. Blur original puts a soft blur of the photo you uploaded behind the subject, a bit like a phone's portrait mode, and Your photo lets you drop the subject onto a picture of your own.
All of that happens in your browser on the cut-out you already have, so trying backdrops costs nothing. Download this version saves exactly what is on screen at full size. Before / after lays the original over the result with a line you can drag.
If you would rather the colour came baked into the file from the start, set Output to Custom colour and type it in, for example #F5E6CC.
How do I get the cleanest cut-out?
Start with a photo where the subject is sharp and fully in the frame. Cut-off feet or a blurry face make the edges harder to find.
Contrast helps more than anything else. A dark coat against a pale wall is easy, and so is the reverse. A beige jumper in front of a beige sofa is where it struggles.
Keep the original resolution is on by default, and we leave it that way for print and large product images. Switched off, the picture is capped at 1500 pixels on its longest side, which makes a lighter file.
Is Convertavo's background remover free?
Yes. There's no email to give and no watermark on the cut-out. Each photo uses 10 credits, and you get 20 free credits a day, so that's two photos daily. A free account raises that to 50 credits, which is five photos a day. Standard plans and above also get priority processing.
Is it safe to upload my photos?
Your photo goes over a secure HTTPS connection and is deleted from our servers one hour after processing. We don't keep it, look at it or reuse it.
Can I remove a background on my phone?
Yes. It runs in any modern browser on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux, and there's no app to install.
What to do with your cut-out next
Removing the background is often step one. For a shop listing, Crop Image makes it square and Resize Image sets exact pixels. A transparent PNG is heavier than a JPG, so for a website we put the subject on white and run it through Compress Image or PNG to JPG.
A logo on a clean background drops straight into a QR code with your logo. And iPhone photos in HEIC format are not accepted here, so change them with HEIC to JPG first.
Got a photo with a messy background? Drop it into Convertavo above and have a clean cut-out in under a minute.
Remove backgroundCommon questions about removing backgrounds
What people ask us before their first cut-out.
How do I remove or erase the background from a photo?
Upload the photo and click Remove background. The transparent PNG is ready a few seconds later, and nothing has to be traced by hand.
How do I make a product photo with a white background?
With Output on White background and Edge refinement on Sharp. We also switch on the soft shadow, so the product does not look like it is floating.
Does it work on hair?
Yes, with Edge refinement on Soft (hair and fur). It keeps fine strands instead of cutting them off in a hard line, and takes a little longer, about 14 seconds on our test portrait.
What format is the result?
A transparent PNG by default. White or a colour of your own can be chosen before you start, and the result screen can also save a JPG with any backdrop you try there.
Is the background remover free?
Yes. There are 20 free credits a day and a photo uses 10, with no signup and no watermark.
Can I remove the background from an iPhone photo?
Yes, once it is a JPG. HEIC files are not accepted here, so they go through our HEIC to JPG tool first.
Can I cut out or delete a background without Photoshop?
Yes. This is a free online background remover, often called a remove bg tool, so there is nothing to install. It finds the subject on its own, and you download the cut-out as a PNG.
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