Make the white of an image transparent and download a PNG with no background
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A white background gets in the way when you place a logo on a color or on another picture. This tool makes everything very light in the image transparent and gives you back a PNG with no background. There are no settings: the threshold is fixed, so it is quick on logos and illustrations with a plain white background, and less suited to photos.
Pick an image on a white background (JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF or GIF). Drag it into the tool or choose it on your device.
Every very light pixel becomes transparent, automatically.
Get a PNG with a transparent background, ready to place on any color.
Your original image is not changed. The transparent PNG is a separate file.
No tracing by hand: the white disappears on its own.
Place it on any color or photo.
Everything runs in your browser, with no software or extension to add.
Computer, tablet or phone: a web browser is all you need.
Processed over HTTPS and automatically deleted from our servers within 30 minutes.
No watermark. A daily limit applies to free use.
The tool looks at every pixel. If its red, green and blue values are all above 200 out of 255, the pixel becomes fully transparent. That covers pure white, but also very light grays and pale tints.
There is no tolerance setting, no choice of color to erase and no edge smoothing. A white area inside the subject, such as a shirt collar or a highlight, disappears too, and a light fringe may remain on the outline. For an image with shadows, or a background that is not white, the Background Remover is a better fit.
A transparent background lets you place an image in another design.
It makes the white background of an image transparent and saves the result as a PNG. It treats as white any pixel whose red, green and blue values are all above 200 out of 255.
No. The threshold is fixed, and the tool does not let you pick another color to erase.
Because the tool erases everything very light, not only the background. A white shirt collar, a highlight or white text inside the subject becomes transparent as well.
The edges of an image are often slightly softened, with very light grays that the threshold does not all erase. There is no edge smoothing.
Logos, illustrations and products photographed on a plain white background. Photos with shadows, gradients or a background that is not white work less well.
No. It is a simple color threshold. To cut out a subject from any background, use the Background Remover.
Always a PNG with transparency, whatever the original format.
Often only nearly white because of compression. The wide threshold (above 200 out of 255) covers those variations.
Yes, it depends on your plan: no account, a free account, or a paid plan. The current limits are listed on the Pricing page.
No. The tool runs in your browser, with no software to download.
Yes. Your file is processed over HTTPS and automatically deleted from our servers within 30 minutes.
File Tools Online offers free tools in your browser for video, audio, image and PDF files. This tool is part of its image tools.
Erasing a white background with a magic wand needs a drawing program. A fixed threshold handles the simple case in seconds.