AI Background Remover

How to use the AI Background Remover

Removing a background by hand takes time and a steady mouse. This tool uses a small machine-learning model, Google’s open-source MediaPipe Selfie Segmenter, to find the person in a photo automatically. Unlike most online background removers, the model runs inside your browser, so your photo is never uploaded and there are no credits, watermarks or sign-ups.

Choose a photo and the tool loads the model (about 12 MB the first time; after that your browser caches it) and processes the image in a second or two. The result appears on a checkerboard, which means transparent. Use Edge threshold to include more or less of the person and Edge softness to make the cut-out sharper or smoother around hair. You can also replace the background with a solid colour or a blurred version of the original, like a portrait mode photo.

Download the result as a PNG, which keeps transparency for use in slides, thumbnails, profile pictures or designs.

Be aware of the limits: the model is trained on people, so it works best on portraits, selfies and full-body shots with a clear subject. For products, logos or signatures on a plain background, the colour-key Background Remover usually gives cleaner results. Very fine hair and busy backgrounds may need a little touching up.