Remove backgrounds from photos automatically using on-device AI. Free, no signup, no watermarks. Outputs transparent PNG.
Drop your images here
Supports HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF · 50MB max
How it works:
First use may take longer as the AI model downloads (~50MB).
Cut backgrounds out of photos automatically using a WebAssembly build of an open-source segmentation model that runs entirely on your device — your photos never reach a server. The model identifies the foreground subject (people, products, pets, objects) and outputs a transparent PNG with the background fully removed. Manual refinement brushes let you correct the few pixels the model misses, particularly on hair, fur, glass, or transparent objects. Useful for product-photography cutouts, profile pictures, marketplace listings, presentation graphics, removing busy backgrounds before adding a custom one with the Background Color tool, and creating sticker-style cutouts for social media.
Use this tool whenever you need a transparent-background version of a subject — product photos for an e-commerce listing, headshots for a website, isolated objects for a collage, or graphics for slides and thumbnails. Automated removal handles around 90% of typical photos cleanly. Tricky edges (loose hair, fine fabric, semi-transparent glass, motion blur) are still visibly imperfect on every consumer-grade tool, including this one — for those, expect to spend a minute with the refinement brush. For very polished commercial work where every hair strand matters, a professional editor in Photoshop or Affinity Photo will still beat any one-click tool.
Upload a photo
Drop a single photo with a clear subject. Photos with high contrast between subject and background give the cleanest automated result.
Wait for the model to run
The segmentation model loads (~30 MB on first use, then cached) and processes the photo on your device. Typical processing takes 1-5 seconds on a recent laptop, longer on phones.
Review the result
The cutout previews against a transparent checkerboard. Spot-check edges, especially around hair, fur, and any thin elements.
Refine and download
Use Add and Erase brushes to fix any missed pixels, then download as PNG with full transparency. The original is untouched.
Your images are processed entirely in your browser. They are never uploaded to any server. Once you close the tab, all data is gone. No tracking, no storage, no cookies for your files.
Yes. theimgapp is 100% free with no daily limits. The AI model runs in your browser; you don't need a paid API key, signup, or watermark removal credits.
Yes, but expect imperfect edges on fine hair, fur, and translucent fabric. Use the refinement brush to clean up the worst spots; for hyper-precise work, a desktop photo editor is still ahead of any in-browser AI tool.
No. The segmentation model runs entirely in your browser via WebAssembly. Photos never leave your device.
Transparent PNG is the default and only format that preserves the cutout properly. JPEG cannot represent transparency.
The current version processes one photo at a time to allow refinement. For large batches without manual cleanup, the same model is on our roadmap as a batch endpoint.
AI segmentation struggles when subject and background are similar in color, when subjects are very small in frame, or when there are multiple equally-prominent subjects. Cropping closer or using a clearer background almost always improves results.