Guide

Remove a white background

This cuts a flat color: studio white, a solid backdrop, a screenshot on one color. It is not a person-segmentation model. Hair on a busy wall will look rough, and the page does not claim portraits.

Raise tolerance if you still see a halo. Lower it if it eats the subject.

Tolerance is the lever

Raise it to eat a gray halo around the subject. Lower it if the cut starts eating the object. Start near the default and move once.

The file has to be PNG or WebP

JPG cannot hold transparency. The download is a PNG so the checkerboard stays empty where the white was.

What fails honestly

A subject that touches the frame edge, a shadow that is not the backdrop color, or a photo of a person. Use a real cutout tool for those.

After the cut

If the PNG is too large for the form, compress it or export WebP. A photo-sized PNG often misses a 200 KB cap.

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FAQ

Does this remove the background from a portrait?

No. Flat color only.

Why is the edge fringed?

Raise the tolerance a little. If the subject is close to white, a high tolerance will bite it.

Can I download a JPG?

A JPG would paint the transparent pixels a color. Keep PNG or WebP.