Background remover
AI runs locally in your browser. First run downloads the model.
About this tool
Remove the background from any photo in seconds, using an AI model that runs entirely on your device. No subscription, no uploads, no "please verify your email," no premium tier hidden behind the third photo. Great for product photos, profile pictures, transparent stickers, quick mockups, marketplace listings, and the kind of one-off graphic where opening Photoshop would take longer than the job itself.
Background removal is one of the few areas where the gap between server-side tools and in-browser tools has effectively closed. Modern segmentation models small enough to ship to a web page now produce edges that are competitive with the paid online services, including hair, fur, and fine product detail. The model runs through ONNX Runtime Web on top of WebAssembly, so once it's cached, every subsequent image is processed in a few seconds with no network round trip.
Because everything is local, you can use this for confidential product shots, internal team photos, or anything else you would not want sitting in a stranger's cloud queue. The output is a PNG with a transparent background, ready to drop into a design tool, a slide deck, or a website.
Features
- AI-powered subject detection (people, products, animals, objects)
- Outputs PNG with a transparent background
- Runs in your browser via ONNX Runtime Web + WebAssembly
- Model is cached after the first use - subsequent runs are fast
- Original resolution preserved
- No upload, no signup, no watermark
How to use it
- Drop a photo onto the page.
- Wait a few seconds while the model processes locally - the first run downloads the model, later runs are instant.
- Preview the result against a checkerboard background.
- Download the cut-out as a transparent PNG.
Everything happens inside your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your files are never uploaded to a server, never stored, and never seen by us.
Frequently asked questions
The AI model (a few MB) downloads on first use and is then cached by your browser. Subsequent images skip the download and are processed in a few seconds.
Yes. Once the model is cached, the entire pipeline runs offline - useful on planes, in cafés with bad Wi-Fi, or anywhere you don't trust the network.
Very close for typical subjects - people, products, simple shapes. The paid services still have an edge on extreme edge cases (wispy hair against busy backgrounds, transparent objects, complex shadows). For most real-world photos the difference is hard to spot.
Try a higher-resolution input - the model has more information to work with. Subjects against high-contrast backgrounds always cut out more cleanly than those against busy or low-contrast ones.