Pick one or more images and click Remove background - everything runs locally in your browser, and your pictures never leave your device. Choose the AI engine (a one-time download of about 26 MB, tuned for people and portraits) or the Instant engine, which needs no download at all and cuts out subjects photographed on a solid, even background.
Three output styles: a transparent PNG, the same photo with the background blurred, or the subject on a solid color you pick. An optional edge-soften pass smooths the cut line, and you can process up to 12 images in one batch.
AI Background Remover
Remove the background from an image in your browser - your image never leaves your device. The AI model runs entirely client-side using your browser's GPU when available, or the WASM CPU backend as a fallback.
Pick the output you need: a transparent PNG ready to place on any new background, the same photo with its background blurred, or the subject on a solid color of your choice. For further image editing or format conversion, see the related image tools.
Key features
- Renders and edits the image on an HTML5 canvas right in the browser - no upload and no server round-trip.
- Opens the local file you pick without sending it anywhere.
- Exports the cut-out as a downloadable transparent PNG, built entirely client-side - or composites it over a blurred or solid-color background instead.
- Keeps working with your network off once the model has cached, so there is no upload step to wait on.
- Processes up to 12 images in one batch, each with its own download link.
- Offers a no-download Instant engine for photos taken on a solid, even background - a deterministic color-key that never fetches a model at all.
Common uses
- Product photos and e-commerce listings.
- Profile pictures.
- Social media content.
- Any image where you want to swap or remove the background without installing an app or uploading to a server.
What to expect
- There is no manual brush or eraser on this page - the optional Soften edges pass smooths the cut line slightly, but rough spots around hair, fur, or glass otherwise stay as the engine produced them.
- The AI engine is tuned for people and portraits - pets, products, and busy scenes can come out patchy. For objects photographed on a plain backdrop, the Instant engine is usually the better pick.
- The download is always a PNG - there is no JPG or WebP export option here.
Privacy and data handling
Because the file you pick is opened straight in the browser and the cut-out is built as a downloadable blob without a server round-trip, sensitive images - a passport photo, an unreleased product shot, a client's headshot - stay on your own machine from start to finish. That local-only path is also why the tool keeps working with your network off once the model has cached: there is no upload step to wait on.
How the model loads
The Instant engine needs no download at all. The AI engine downloads its model once (about 26 MB) from the Hugging Face model hub; the browser then keeps it cached, so every later run works without refetching - and without a network connection.
Which model does the cutting
The AI cut-out comes from MODNet, an openly licensed (Apache-2.0) portrait-matting model, run in-page through Transformers.js on top of ONNX Runtime Web - the same open in-browser AI stack behind a growing number of client-side tools, not a proprietary in-house model. Naming the actual model matters if you want to check its license or compare results against the same model running elsewhere. MODNet is trained on people, which is why this page states plainly that portraits are its strength and that pets, products, and cluttered scenes can come out patchy - for a subject shot on a plain backdrop, the deterministic Instant engine sidesteps the model entirely. Whichever engine you use, the mask is applied at your image's exact original width and height, so the PNG you download matches your upload's resolution rather than a downscaled preview.
For a complete walkthrough of the background removal process - including tips on edge cases and fine details - see the AI Background Remover step-by-step guide.
← Back to Image Tools - this page removes a photo background in the browser; the neighbours on the hub crop, resize, watermark, blur faces, extract EXIF, and build favicons or memes from an image you already have.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does AI Background Remover do?
Remove the background from an image in your browser - your image never leaves your device.
When should I reach for ai background remover?
Reach for it when you need a subject cut cleanly out of a photo - profile pictures, portraits, or anything shot on a plain backdrop - and you would rather the picture stay on your device instead of being uploaded anywhere. Everything runs in your browser on a canvas. The AI engine fetches its model once (about 26 MB) on your first cut-out and reuses it after that; the Instant engine for solid backgrounds downloads nothing.
What can I do with the cut-out after removing the background?
The transparent PNG this page produces is your starting point for whatever comes next. Because the cut-out is exported as a downloadable blob with no server round-trip and keeps its alpha channel, you can drop it straight onto a fresh photo or a slide in whatever image editor or deck you open afterward. Two compositing choices already happen right here: the output selector can blur the original background behind the subject or place the subject on a solid color you pick - only placing it on a different photo is a step you do elsewhere.
Can I swap in a new background color or photo on this page?
A solid color, yes: set the output selector to "Solid color background", pick the color, and the subject is composited over it before the PNG downloads. Blurring the original background is a third option. A new background PHOTO is the one thing this page does not composite - export the transparent PNG and place it over the new photo in whatever editor or slide deck you use.
Can I remove the background from several images at once?
Yes - pick up to 12 images in the file dialog and they are processed one after another, entirely on your device, each with its own download button under the result grid. The engine and output style you selected apply to the whole batch, and the AI model only downloads once no matter how many images you queue.
Does this tool need an account or send my photo anywhere for tracking?
No. There is no signup and no analytics tied to your image. The only network request the page makes is the one-time download of the AI model's weights from the Hugging Face model hub the first time you use the AI engine in a given browser - after that, the model is cached offline and no further requests go out. The Instant engine makes no network request at all.