Guides, page 8
How to cut out a picture in the app you already use, what a transparent PNG really is, and which background each place wants. Every method is tested, and every tool is named with whether it uploads your photo.
How to reduce a PNG's file size without losing transparency
Reduce PNG file size by resizing, cutting colours and lossless optimising, with free PNG optimizer tools that keep transparency and run on your own device.
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How to remove a background in any app
How to remove a background in any app you already use: which have a remover built in, which charge for it, and which send your photo to a server.
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How to remove a background in Canva, on any plan
How to remove a background in Canva: BG Remover and transparent downloads need a paid plan. What the free plan can do, and how to bring in a transparent PNG.
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How to remove a background in Figma
Figma's Remove background needs a paid plan and uploads to AI providers. The free mask method, the plugins, and exporting a PNG that stays transparent.
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How to remove a background in GIMP
How to remove a background in GIMP 3: Foreground Select for photos, Fuzzy Select for plain backdrops, the alpha channel, and a PNG export that stays clear.
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How to remove a background in Google Slides
How to remove a background in Google Slides: the Remove background button needs a paid Gemini plan, Opacity is not a cutout, and the free way that works.
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How to remove a background in Illustrator
How to remove a background in Illustrator: the Remove Background button, a clipping mask, or Image Trace for logos, and exporting a transparent PNG.
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How to remove a background in Photopea
Photopea remove background, step by step: one-click Remove BG, Magic Cut, Refine Edge for hair, a PNG export, and which of these send your photo elsewhere.
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How to remove a background in Photoshop
Remove a background in Photoshop with the Remove Background quick action or Select Subject, refine hair in Select and Mask, and export a transparent PNG.
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How to remove a background in PowerPoint
How to remove a background in PowerPoint: Remove Background, marking areas to keep, saving the cutout as a transparent PNG, and what to do when it fails.
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How to remove a background in Procreate
Procreate remove background, four ways on iPad: Automatic selection, Freehand and Invert, a layer mask, or Lift subject. Then export a PNG that stays clear.
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How to remove a background in Word, or make a picture transparent
How to remove the background from a picture in Word, make one colour clear with Set Transparent Color, or fade the whole picture. Checked September 2026.
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Drop a photo and get a transparent PNG at full resolution. Free, no account, nothing uploaded.