Background Remover PNG is an independent website for removing photo backgrounds and preparing image files. Its main tool removes what is behind the subject and gives you a transparent PNG. Editing and Preview downloads up to 0.25 megapixels are free without an account. One image credit unlocks larger Max exports within device limits. There is no watermark or daily limit on previews.
Why it exists
The main task is straightforward: separate the subject, inspect the edges and save a usable file. Free previews let you check the result before spending a credit. The same editor handles a new background, a product crop and brush corrections, so those changes do not require another processing job.
Free cutouts usually take a few seconds. Max exports are re-cut at full size by our pinned high-resolution BiRefNet_HR model for finer edges, for one credit; that takes longer than the free cutout.
How the cutout works
The paid Max model is BiRefNet_HR, published under the MIT license by Peng Zheng and colleagues. It examines a 2048 × 2048 copy and estimates which pixels belong to the subject. Free cutouts use general-purpose BiRefNet models at a lower resolution. That estimate becomes a mask: opaque where it keeps the subject, transparent where it removes the background, and partly transparent along soft edges.
The editor combines the mask with your source pixels. Preview downloads are free up to 0.25 megapixels. Eligible Max re-cuts your image with the high-resolution model, then applies your captured edits at the available source dimensions. The outline may change from the free cutout; inspect and correct it before using it. A mask’s dimensions are not the dimensions of the exported photo. Neither a larger file nor a paid model can recover focus or detail missing from the original.
The high-resolution re-cut accepts images up to 16 megapixels and 25 MiB. Larger images keep the free cutout for both Preview and Max; they are not silently reduced to fit. The editor itself limits very large decoded images to roughly 36 megapixels on computers and 16 on phones, with a notice when reduced.
Hair, fur, glass, motion blur and overlapping subjects can still need correction. In our limited photo checks, the Max model improved some cap, hand and hair boundaries and kept separate fur strands that the free cutouts softened. It did not reliably remove the background visible through clear glass. Inspect the preview, use a contrasting inspection backdrop and correct mistakes before downloading.
What else you can do before downloading
The cutout is the starting point, not the end. You can:
- keep the background transparent, or place the subject on white, black, any color, a two-color gradient, a blurred copy of the original photo, or an image of your own;
- zoom and position your own background image with sliders or dragging, while the cutout stays in place;
- adjust the cutout’s brightness, contrast and saturation under Effects, with a separate reset that keeps your edge corrections;
- add a drop shadow or a floor shadow, with adjustable color, opacity, softness and position;
- erase leftover background or restore parts of the subject with a brush, with undo and redo for recent brush edits;
- remove a flat color everywhere in the image with the remove-a-color tool, which helps with logos and the white inside letters;
- trim the empty space around the subject, add padding, choose an aspect ratio such as square for a marketplace listing, and resize to a specific width;
- download PNG, or JPG and WebP when you have chosen a background.
Special presets handle a few common jobs with less fiddling: removing a white background, cleaning up a logo and turning a photographed signature into ink on a transparent background.
Undo brush and Redo brush keep recent corrections. A long stroke may use several undo steps; background, color and size settings stay as selected. Keyboard shortcuts are Ctrl/Cmd+Z to undo and Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z or Ctrl/Cmd+Y to redo.
Batch image preparation
The image resizer changes a batch's width, height or percentage while preserving each picture's proportions. The image compressor adjusts quality, reports actual file-size changes and can try a per-image KB target for JPG or WebP. Format conversion supports PNG, JPG, WebP and GIF downloads. Animated GIFs have their own tools: the GIF background remover clears a background color from every frame, and the GIF maker turns several images into one animation. These tools run locally without loading the AI model; you can preview the finished files, download them individually or get a ZIP. Any target the compressor cannot reach is clearly marked.
Passport print preparation
The free U.S. passport print tool crops an original photo for a paper application and creates a two-photo PDF with a print-scale ruler. It has no AI, background replacement or acceptance assessment. Photos stay on your device. Online-renewal users are directed to the issuing authority’s own upload process.
What it does not do
Being clear about limits saves you time. The main background editor handles one image at a time; batch conversion, resizing and compression are available separately. A separate bulk background remover removes backgrounds from up to 50 images, several at a time, with optional one-credit Max exports, saved export recipes and individual edge corrections. Its processing and exports are limited to 4 megapixels, with free previews up to 0.25 megapixels and larger Max exports for one credit per image.
Optional accounts hold your credits and purchase history. The site has no account photo library. Developers can use the remove.bg-compatible API with the same credits. The editor can draw a generated scene around a cutout, but it does not relight subjects, add 3D shadows or remove objects from photos. Its optional drop and floor shadows follow the cutout's outline. Video is limited to short clips: the video background remover handles up to 10 seconds at a time, without sound. If you need those extra features, our comparison pages explain when another product suits the job better.
In Download options, File name lets you name this image before saving. Leave it empty to use the original name with a description of the edit. The file extension follows the actual output format, and the name preview shows what will be saved. A new image clears your custom name.
On browsers that support image copying, Download options also includes Copy PNG. Paste the edited image into another app without saving a file first. It keeps the chosen crop and transparency; the app you paste into decides whether it supports transparent images.
Privacy in one paragraph
Free cutouts and Max re-cuts are processed online by our providers from copies without file names or camera/location data; free copies aren't stored, Max copies are deleted after processing, and if online processing isn't available your browser may finish a free cutout on your device. The GIF and video tools work entirely in your browser. Page and tool analytics receive no photos or filenames. The privacy policy explains processing records, local tools, retention and statistics.
Contact
Questions, bug reports and suggestions are welcome at hello@backgroundremoverpng.com. If something went wrong with an image, tell us which browser and device you used; please do not email private images unless you choose to share them for a support request.