Drop your image here
Any size · the cutout comes back at exactly the same dimensions
JPG · PNG · WebP · AVIF · HEIC · GIF · BMP · TIFF — nothing is uploaded
Your image comes back at its original resolution with only the background gone. No size limit, no watermark, no upload — the model runs on your device.
Your image, minus the background
Most background removers re-encode your photo, cap it at 500 px on the free tier, or stamp it. This one hands back the same pixels you gave it — identical width, height and colour — with the background turned transparent. The segmentation model is downloaded once and runs on your own CPU, so there is no upload, no queue and nothing to pay for.
No resolution ceiling
The model reads a 1024 px copy to find the subject, then the mask it produces is scaled back up and applied to your untouched original. A 48-megapixel file comes out at 48 megapixels.
Nothing leaves the tab
Your photo is never sent anywhere. The only network request is for the model weights, fetched from a public CDN and then cached by your browser for next time.
Openly licensed models
Both models are Apache 2.0: ormbg for general subjects and MODNet for portraits. No non-commercial weights, so whatever you cut out here is yours to use.
Getting a clean cutout
Other image tools
Background removal questions
What the tool does to your file, which model to pick, and how to clean up an edge.
Does removing the background reduce my image's resolution?
No. The model reads a 1024-pixel copy to locate the subject, then that mask is scaled back up and applied to your untouched original, so a 48-megapixel photo comes back at 48 megapixels. Only the alpha channel changes: the colour of every pixel the tool keeps is identical to your upload.
Is there a watermark, a paywall or a daily limit?
None of the three. The tool is free, needs no account, and there is nothing to unlock. Because the work happens on your own device there is no per-image cost to recover.
Which model should I choose?
Anything handles general subjects — products, food, animals, furniture and people — and takes around six seconds per image once loaded. People is a portrait matting model: much faster and noticeably better on hair, but it only looks for people, so it will not find an object. Both are Apache-2.0 licensed.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. The only thing downloaded is the model itself, from a public CDN, and your browser caches it for next time. The photo never leaves the tab.
Why is the first run slow?
The first run downloads the model — about 42 MB for Anything, 25 MB for People. After that your browser has it cached and only the few seconds of actual processing remain.
What formats can I save the cutout as?
PNG for a lossless cutout with a real alpha channel, which is what most design tools expect. WebP and AVIF also keep transparency at a fraction of PNG's size. JPEG has no alpha channel at all, so choose a solid background colour if you save as JPEG.
Can I put a solid colour behind the subject instead of transparency?
Yes. Switch Background to Solid colour and pick one; it is painted behind the cutout at full resolution. That also makes JPEG a sensible output choice.
The edges are not quite right — can I fix them?
Use the Cutout slider to move the threshold: lower keeps more of the subject's soft edges, higher trims harder. Feather softens the boundary at full resolution. Neither re-runs the model, so both respond instantly.