CutoutBG

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Remove Background from Image

CutoutBG AI is a free online background remover. Upload a photo and the AI will cut out the background around your subject, so you can download a transparent PNG or drop the subject onto a new one.

Remove Background

  • Full resolution
  • No watermark
  • Commercial use
Background

PNG with a see-through background

Image type

Transparent and color backgrounds download as PNG, blur and image backgrounds as JPG.

No account needed

How to remove the background from an image

  1. Upload your photo

    Drag a JPG, PNG or WebP into the box above, click to browse, or paste an image straight from your clipboard with Ctrl+V. The same three steps remove background from photo shoots, screenshots and scans, up to 25 MB on the free allowance.

  2. Let the AI cut out the subject

    The model finds the subject and separates it from everything behind it, keeping soft edges like hair and fur as partly transparent pixels instead of a hard outline. Choose Photo for real photographs, or Anime / illustration for drawings.

  3. Download it, or change the background

    Download the cutout as a transparent PNG, or pick a background first: a solid color, the original photo blurred, or another image of your own. Compare the result with the original using the slider, then download at the size you uploaded.

What to do after the background is gone

Removing the background is only the first half of most jobs. The same panel gives you four outputs from one cutout, so you rarely need a second tool:

  • Transparent — a PNG with nothing behind the subject, ready for slides, mockups, stickers and store listings.
  • Color — a solid background in any color. White is one click, and it is the usual request of marketplaces and of school or staff badges.
  • Blur — your original background, blurred behind the subject, so the setting still reads but stops competing for attention.
  • Image — upload a second picture and your subject lands on it; the picture is scaled to fill the frame.

Each run costs one image from your daily allowance, so you can try a white background, then a blurred one, and keep whichever works.

Works on people, products, logos, and signatures

The same image background remover handles most everyday subjects:

  • People — portraits, team photos and full-body shots, including fly-away hair.
  • Products — clothing, bottles, furniture and anything else that needs a clean marketplace photo.
  • Logos and signatures — scans and screenshots where you cut out image elements such as a mark or a name and drop the white behind them.
  • Drawings — anime, illustrations and game art, using the Anime / illustration image type so line work and hair stay intact.

An AI background remover — a remove bg tool, as it is often written — reads the picture rather than matching colors, which is why it copes with busy rooms and shadows that a manual background eraser struggles with. On a plain studio shot the difference is small; on a cluttered one it is the whole job.

Supported formats and output quality

ItemWhat you get
Input formatsJPG, PNG and WebP
Maximum file size25 MB free, 50 MB with a plan or token pack
Maximum pixels36 megapixels, about 7000 × 5000
Output formatPNG for transparent and solid-color backgrounds, JPG when the background is blurred or replaced
Output sizeThe same pixel size as the file you upload
WatermarkNone, on free and paid alike
UsageYour cutouts are yours, including commercial use

Free results are not shrunk, watered down or stamped: the file you download is the full-size cutout. Processing usually takes a short while per image, and the first image after a quiet spell can take a minute or more while the model starts up.

Free and paid options

Three images a day need no account at all, and signing in with Google raises that to ten. The allowance refills 24 hours after you use the first one, covers every background type rather than only the transparent one, and keeps the background remover free for everyday jobs.

Need more in one day? Plans add 400, 1,200 or 3,000 images a month from $9.99, and one-time token packs of 100, 400 or 1,200 images stay valid for a year. Either one also lifts uploads to 50 MB, runs five images at once, and keeps results in history for 180 days instead of 7.

See plans and token packs

  • Make Image Background Transparent

    Make an image background transparent online. CutoutBG AI removes the background and exports a transparent PNG you can drop onto slides, designs, or stores.

  • Cut Out Image Online

    Cut out an image in your browser: the AI finds the subject and hands back the cutout as a transparent PNG or on a new background. Free, no watermark.

  • Make Photo Background White

    Put a clean white background behind a product shot, a headshot or a school ID photo. CutoutBG AI removes the background and fills it with white in one step.

  • Change Photo Background

    Change the background of a photo online. CutoutBG AI cuts out your subject, then puts a solid colour or your own image behind it, at the size you uploaded.

How to remove background from image

To cut out background from an image, upload it and download the result once the AI has cleared everything around the subject. There is nothing to install and no editing knowledge needed: the AI picks the subject itself, and you only decide what goes behind it. If the subject is a drawing rather than a photograph, switch the image type to Anime / illustration before you start.

What is the free AI tool to remove background?

CutoutBG AI is free for 3 images a day without an account and 10 a day when you sign in. Free results come at full resolution with no watermark, and you may use them commercially. Other free options exist, and their limits differ: Pixlr caps images at 4096 × 4096 pixels, Photoroom's free plan exports at up to 2000 × 2000 pixels, and Clipdrop allows 20 background removals per 24 hours.

How do I remove the background from a PNG?

The same way as any other file: upload the PNG and download the cutout. If the PNG already has transparent areas, they stay transparent. A PNG that has a flat white background behind the subject works too, and you will get back a cutout with that white gone.

How to remove white background from image

Upload the image and pick the Transparent output. The white area disappears and the subject keeps its own light tones, which matters for white shirts, packaging and paper. This is the usual first step when you cut out an image of a logo or a signature for reuse.

Can I use the results commercially?

Yes. Cutouts you make here are yours to use, including in shops, ads and client work, on the free allowance as well as on a paid plan. Some tools restrict this: remove.bg's free tier and Photoroom's free accounts are both for personal use only.

Do you keep my images?

Results stay in your history so you can download them again: 7 days on the free allowance, 180 days on a plan or token pack. You can delete any image from history yourself, and deletion removes both the original and the cutout.

Remove your first background now

Three a day without signing up, at the size you uploaded, with nothing stamped on top.

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