Remove the white background from an image
White paper or one plain colour becomes transparent; lines and letters keep their smooth edges.
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Up to 3 files per runUp to 20 MB per file5 runs per dayRemove limits with Pro✓ Works offline
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This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and you can even turn off your internet connection before you start.
Example
Example: a lightbulb graphic exported on white, made transparent for a dark slide
A JPG exported from a drawing app for a presentation: idea.jpg, 1600 × 1200 pixels, a lightbulb outlined in black with orange rays, on white, with a faint grey shadow under it. It has to sit on a navy slide without a white box or a pale fringe. Settings: White or paper, clean-up 5, Keep original colours, Crop to the content, space 40 px, PNG.
- The white is estimated across the picture and becomes transparent, along with the faint grey specks JPEG leaves around the lines.
- At strength 5, marks fainter than 17 % go and marks stronger than 57 % become solid; between the two, edges stay soft.
- An edge pixel that is half orange, half white (#F4B98D) comes back as orange #E9721A at 69 %, so on navy it fades into orange, not into a white halo.
- The inside of the bulb is white too, so it also becomes transparent: on the slide the bulb is filled with navy, which suits a line drawing.
- The bulb and rays measure 820 × 1000 pixels; with a 2 % margin (20 px) and the 40 px of space, idea-transparent.png is 940 × 1120.
| On the JPG | Clean-up 5 | Clean-up 8 |
|---|---|---|
| White #FFFFFF | transparent | transparent |
| JPEG speck #F2F2F2 | transparent | transparent |
| Faint shadow #D0D0D0 | black at 4 % | transparent |
| Orange edge #F4B98D | orange #E9721A at 69 % | orange #E9721A at 47 % |
| Orange #E8731A | orange, solid | orange, solid |
| Black outline #1A1A1A | black, solid | black, solid |
idea-transparent.png sits on the navy slide with clean orange and black edges. At clean-up 5 the shadow is a 4 % veil you will hardly see; 8 removes it, at the cost of thinner, more see-through edges. For a photo of a person or a product, use Remove image background instead.
How it works
- Drop an image with a white background, or a photo of something written, drawn or stamped on paper. Several can be done in one run.
- Choose White or paper for white backgrounds, or One plain colour for a logo on blue, black or any other single colour.
- If paper texture or a shadow remains, raise the clean-up strength; if thin lines disappear, lower it.
- Press Make transparent and download the transparent PNG.
Frequently asked questions
- Can it remove the background behind a person or a product?
- No. This tool turns white paper or one plain colour transparent, with no AI model involved. For a photograph of something — a person, a product on a table, a pet — use Remove image background, which finds the subject with an AI model. This page is the one for whatever sits on plain white: signatures, stamps, logos and scanned drawings.
- Does it work on a phone photo of a page?
- Yes. Light falls off across a photographed page, so the tool estimates the paper colour around the marks and corrects for it, and the darker corners become transparent too. If a strong shadow remains, raise the strength or retake the photo from straight above in even light.
- Why did the white parts inside my logo become transparent?
- White or paper removes every white area, including white letters inside the design. If the background is a colour other than white, choose One plain colour and the white inside the logo is kept.
- Will the edges have a white fringe?
- No. Semi-transparent edge pixels get back the colour they had before the white was mixed in, so the result also looks clean on dark backgrounds.
- Which clean-up strength should I use?
- Start at 5: marks fainter than 17 % disappear and anything stronger than 57 % becomes solid. Each step moves both by 3 points: at 8 they are 26 % and 66 %, enough to clear grey shadows and pencil; at 3 they are 11 % and 51 %, which keeps fine, light lines. The preview shows the result as you move the slider.
- What does Crop to the content do?
- It cuts the picture down to what is left once the white is gone, with a margin of 2 % of the longer side (at least 4 pixels), plus the space you set. An 820 × 1000 drawing with 40 px of space comes out 940 × 1120.
- Is my image uploaded?
- No. It is processed in your browser, and there is no AI model to download. The free plan handles 3 images per run, 20 MB each and 5 runs per day.