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Choose Portrait for people or General for products, drop your photo, and the background disappears in seconds — entirely inside your browser. No upload, no account, no watermark. Process as many photos as you need, free.
Choose Portrait for people and selfies, or General for products, objects, and animals. Drop your photo and the background disappears in seconds — entirely inside your browser. No account. No upload. No limit.
Portrait
People, faces & selfies
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General
Objects, products & animals
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Your image stays on your device
Tips for a cleaner cutout
Background Remover works entirely inside your browser — your photo never leaves your device. There is no upload step, no server processing, and no account required. The AI runs locally using WebAssembly, which means the result is as private as editing a photo on your own computer. Nothing is sent anywhere.
The tool gives you two modes to pick from before you upload: Portrait for people, selfies, and headshots, and General for products, animals, logos, and any non-person subject. Choosing the right mode upfront gives a noticeably better result — Portrait AI is trained specifically for hair, skin, and clothing edges, while General mode is trained to isolate any prominent subject regardless of what it is.
Once the background is removed, a comparison slider lets you drag back and forth to see the original next to the cutout. The Matte button lets you choose a preview background — white, black, gray, soft blue, cream, or any custom colour. The selected colour is baked directly into the downloaded PNG, so you get the exact output you see: a ready-to-use white-background photo for a passport form, or a transparent cutout for design work — no extra editing step needed.
Portrait mode has three edge quality settings inside the Adjust panel: Soft for feathered edges that work well for hair and loose clothing, Sharp for a clean binary cutout, and Smooth+ for maximum softness when the result will be placed over a very different background. The Cutoff and Softness sliders let you fine-tune where the AI draws the line between subject and background — helpful when the default keeps a little fringe or cuts slightly too close.
This tool is particularly useful for Indian passport photo preparation, government form uploads that require a white background, and e-commerce product photography for platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, and Meesho. For passport photos, switch the Matte preview to white to confirm clean edges, then download and resize to the required 35×45 mm. For product listings, you can process an entire catalogue in one session — the AI model stays loaded between images, so each photo after the first is near-instant.
Unlike remove.bg, Canva, and similar tools, there are no credits, no free-tier limits, and no watermarks. The AI model caches in your browser after the first use, so return visits load faster too. For selfies turned into WhatsApp stickers, transparent-background profile photos, or product cutouts for social media, the transparent PNG output works directly in most apps and design tools.
Most background removers upload your photo to their servers, cap free use, and require an account. Here is how this tool works differently:
Yes — no account, no credits, no watermarks, no daily cap. The AI runs inside your browser so there are no server costs to limit your use. You can process as many photos as you need in a single session without restriction.
No. Your photo never leaves your device. The AI model runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly — the same way a desktop app processes images locally. This makes it safe to use for Aadhaar card photos, PAN card scans, passport images, and any sensitive personal documents.
Portrait mode is trained specifically on people — it understands hair, face, skin, and clothing, and produces clean edges around fine hair and loose fabric. Use it for selfies, headshots, and passport photos. General mode identifies the most visually prominent subject in any image — a product, animal, logo, or food item — regardless of what that subject is. Use General for anything that is not a person.
When Portrait mode does not detect a person in your photo (fewer than 5% of pixels are classified as a human subject), the tool silently switches to General mode and re-processes — because General mode will give a better result for non-portrait images. A message appears after the switch explaining what happened. You can switch back to Portrait using the mode tabs at the top of the result at any time.
These three options appear in the Adjust panel in Portrait mode. Soft uses feathered edges based on the AI's confidence — best for hair, fur, and loose clothing. Sharp applies a hard binary cutout — clean and precise, good for subjects with well-defined edges. Smooth+ adds a blur pass on top of Soft edges — useful when placing the cutout over a very different background and you want seamless blending. Soft is the default and works for most photos.
Yes — this is one of the most common uses. Drop your photo on Portrait, let the AI run, then tap Matte → White to preview on a white background. If the edges look clean, download the PNG. Indian passport photo size is 35×45 mm at 300 dpi — use the Image Resizer to crop to exact dimensions. For portals that require JPEG (not PNG), use the Image Compressor tool to convert the output. Resize to exact passport photo dimensions →
Input: JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WebP. Output: PNG — always. If Matte is set to Transparent, the output is a transparent PNG (alpha channel preserved). If you have selected a background colour, that colour is baked into the PNG at download time — the file you get is a flat image on that background, ready to use directly. JPEG does not support transparency. If a platform requires JPEG, convert the downloaded PNG using any photo viewer or the Image Compressor tool.
Yes — tested on Android Chrome and iOS Safari. Tap either panel to pick a photo from your camera roll or gallery. Portrait mode completes in 2–5 seconds on mid-range Android phones. General mode takes 10–30 seconds on mobile on first use while the model loads, and is much faster on subsequent photos in the same session once the model is cached.
The clearest results come from photos where the subject is well-lit and visually distinct from the background. A solid or softly blurred background, good lighting, and clear contrast between subject and background all help. Portrait mode handles even busy backgrounds well for people. General mode works best when the subject clearly stands out from its surroundings.
The AI struggles in a few specific situations: (1) Very fine or wispy hair in backlit or windy conditions — some fringe strands may remain. (2) Transparent or semi-transparent subjects like glass, water, or sheer fabric. (3) Subjects that closely match the background colour — for example, a white product on a white wall. (4) Very small subjects in a large frame — try cropping tighter before removing the background. In these cases, use the Adjust sliders to improve the result, or try the other mode for comparison. A well-lit photo with clear separation from the background always gives the cleanest result.
Yes — use General mode for product photos. Drop your image on the General panel, wait for the result, and download the transparent PNG. Meesho, Amazon India, and Flipkart require product images on a white background — set Matte → White to preview, confirm the edges are clean, then download. You can process an entire catalogue in one session without any upload limits or account.
Many background removal tools process images on remote servers and may require an account, internet upload, or paid plans for higher-resolution exports and bulk editing.This tool works directly in your browser - your image stays on your device, no upload, no account, no limits. For everyday use cases like selfies, product photos, profile pictures, and passport photos, the results are often comparable to cloud-based tools. Extremely complex images (fine hair, transparent objects, crowded backgrounds, motion blur, etc.) may still perform better on high-compute server-side AI systems.
Yes. The output is your own photo with the background removed — there are no restrictions on how you use it. The AI models used are Apache 2.0 licensed, which permits commercial use. Use the results for e-commerce listings, client deliverables, social media, or print — no attribution required.
