Remove the background from an image

How to remove the background from a photo

Drop a PNG, JPG or WebP photo above and press Convert all. The background removal model from IMG.LY runs in your browser with ONNX, finds the main subject and separates it from everything behind it. The background is made transparent and you download a PNG with a clean alpha channel that you can place on any design, slide or product page.

Your photos stay on your device

The model runs in your browser on your own hardware. Product shots, ID photos and personal pictures never leave your computer. Most online background removers upload them to a server.

First-run download

The model is a few tens of megabytes and downloads the first time you use the tool. After that it is cached, so later cut-outs start much faster. A progress bar shows how far along it is. Processing a photo takes a few seconds on a laptop and longer on phones and older computers.

Getting clean edges

Hair, fur, glass and motion blur are the hardest parts for any background remover. Shoot the subject against a plain background that contrasts with it, and keep the subject in focus. If an edge is not perfect, touch it up in an image editor with the transparent PNG as a starting point. To use the cut-out as a white-background product photo, place it on white in your editor or convert the PNG to JPG, which fills transparency with white.

Before you start

Input: PNG, JPG, JPEG, and WEBP. Output: Transparent PNG. The settings appear before anything runs, so you can check them first. Your original file is never changed.

Local AI tools may download a model before the first run and can use a lot of memory. The output can contain mistakes or gaps, so review it before you rely on it.

Keep the original until you have opened and checked the result. The work happens in this browser tab, so the size you can handle depends on your device's memory, your browser and the file itself.

How to remove the background from an image

1. Drop a photo with a clear subject into the box above.
2. Wait while the model downloads on the first run and processes the image.
3. Check the transparent result.
4. Download the cut-out as a PNG.