# getPNG

> getPNG is a free background remover that runs in your browser: drop a photo and get a transparent PNG at full resolution, with the edges refined against the original pixels, and nothing uploaded.

Canonical URL: https://getpng.app

## Facts

- **What it does:** Removes the background from a photo or picture and gives back a transparent PNG (or WebP, or a JPG on a colour) at the full resolution of the original.
- **Input formats:** JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP and HEIC (iPhone photos). Drag a file anywhere on the page, choose one, or paste it from the clipboard. HEIC is decoded in the browser by libheif, which is fetched from getpng.app the first time a HEIC photo is dropped (about 2 MB, then cached); only the primary photo of the file is used.
- **Output:** A transparent PNG at the size of the original; WebP with transparency; or a JPG, PNG or WebP on a colour of your choice. No watermark, no size cap: a 24-megapixel photo comes back as 24 megapixels.
- **Where it runs:** Entirely in your browser. The main model runs on your graphics card through WebGPU where the browser has it; a lighter model runs on the processor through WebAssembly otherwise. Nothing is uploaded and there is no server-side processing.
- **The models:** BiRefNet lite (MIT licence) at 1024 x 1024 pixels on the graphics card, where the graphics chip can run it; U-2-Net (Apache-2.0 licence) at 320 x 320 on the processor otherwise, with its weights compressed from 176 MB to 44 MB and its cutouts almost unchanged (97 to 99.8 percent overlap with the uncompressed model on the sample photographs). A small U-2-Netp model (Apache-2.0, 4.6 MB) gives a first result within seconds on a first visit while the main model gets ready. All of them are served by getpng.app itself, fetched once and kept in the browser's cache, so later pictures start at once and the tool keeps working with no connection.
- **Full resolution:** The model answers at 1024 pixels (320 on the processor). getPNG then fits that answer to the real edges of the full-size picture with a guided filter, so the cutout follows the pixels of your photo rather than a blurred, enlarged mask. This is the step other tools sell as an HD tier.
- **Adjusting:** Edge shift grows or shrinks the cutout by up to five pixels; Feather softens the edge; Clean edge colour takes the old background back out of the soft pixels along the edge, which is the coloured rim a cutout from a lawn or a blue wall otherwise keeps. All three apply at full resolution and take a fraction of a second, because the model does not run again.
- **Drop shadow:** An optional soft shadow, built from the cutout's own outline rather than from a second pass of the model: strength, softness, distance and direction are yours to set. It is drawn under the subject and saved into the file, so a product shot reads as placed on the page rather than pasted onto it. Softness and distance are shares of the subject, so the same settings look the same on a small picture and a large one.
- **Sizes:** One cutout can be saved at several sizes at once: the picture's own size, a tight crop around the subject, and fixed canvases for an Instagram post (1080 x 1080) or story (1080 x 1920), a YouTube thumbnail (1280 x 720), a profile picture (512 x 512) or a square product shot (1600 x 1600). Each canvas is previewed in the panel, and the preview is the file: fit the whole subject inside a margin you choose, or fill the canvas and let the rest fall outside it, then drag the subject where you want it. It is never enlarged past its own pixels, so a small subject is placed at its own size rather than blown up. Ask for more than one and they arrive as a single ZIP.
- **Backgrounds:** Transparent, white (exactly #FFFFFF), black, or any colour from a colour picker. The preview shows the cutout over the background you pick, and the compare view puts the original beside it.
- **Converters:** The converter pages (WebP, JPG, AVIF, GIF, JFIF and HEIC to PNG; HEIC to JPG; PNG to JPG, to WebP and to ICO) change a file's format in the browser with the browser's own decoder and encoder: many files at once, at full size, saved one by one or together as a ZIP, nothing uploaded. PNG output is lossless, and an ICO holds the picture at 16, 32, 48 and 256 pixels square, each stored as a PNG. Metadata such as EXIF, camera details and GPS location is not carried into the new file, only the first frame of an animation is kept, and a JPG gets a colour of your choice behind transparent areas, because JPG cannot hold transparency.
- **Price:** Free. No account, no sign-up, no credits, no watermark, no file limit imposed by us. getPNG is paid for by optional tips on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/getpng); nothing in the tool is locked behind them.
- **Your picture:** It never leaves your device. Removing the background, refining the edges and saving the file all happen inside your browser tab; getPNG has no server that could receive a picture. You can check it: open the browser's network tab while you remove a background and no request carries the image, and after your first picture you can switch the browser to offline and it still works. The page itself is kept on your device too, by a service worker, so it opens with no connection at all: what it stores is this site's own pages, scripts and fonts, never anything of yours.
- **Memory:** A very large picture on a phone with little memory is processed at a reduced size rather than crashing the tab, and the page says so when it happens.
- **Analytics:** The site keeps its own daily counts: how many backgrounds were removed, on which tool page and with which runtime, how many files were saved in each format, how many files were converted from which format to which, and which passport documents photos were made for. Each is one number per day per item, from a short fixed list, with no identifier attached. It also uses Google Analytics, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to measure visits and pages, as most websites do. Google Analytics also receives which runtime ran the model, which file format a cutout was saved in, whether a sample picture was tried, and on a converter page which format was converted to which. Nothing about your images is collected: no file names, no dimensions, no colours, nothing derived from the picture, and the site's security policy stops any tag from sending data anywhere but Google Analytics.
- **Sibling tool:** getSVG (getsvg.app) turns a picture into an editable SVG. A cutout from getPNG is a good input to it: a logo photographed on a wall becomes a clean vector in two steps.

## Pages

- [Background remover](https://getpng.app/): The tool. Drop a photo; get a transparent PNG at full resolution, with nothing uploaded.
- [Transparent background maker](https://getpng.app/transparent-background-maker): The same tool, starting on a transparent background: a PNG of any photo at full resolution. Also what people call a PNG maker (/png-maker redirects here).
- [White background](https://getpng.app/white-background): The tool starting on pure white (#FFFFFF) and JPG, for product photos, catalogues and profiles.
- [Remove white background](https://getpng.app/remove-white-background): Removing a white background while keeping white parts of the subject; halos, logos and scans on white paper.
- [Change background colour](https://getpng.app/change-background-color): The tool with the background colour picker first: black, blue, grey or any hex colour behind a subject.
- [Remove background from logo](https://getpng.app/remove-background-from-logo): A transparent PNG of a logo from a file or a photo of a sign, and the route to a vector with getSVG.
- [Passport photo maker](https://getpng.app/passport-photo): Crops a photo taken at home to an official passport or visa size (US passport and visa, UK, Australia, Ireland, France, Schengen, India, OCI, China; Canada as a framing preview only, because Canada requires a commercial photographer) with the head in the allowed band, and makes a 4x6 print sheet. The photo is never retouched and never uploaded.
- [PNG converter converter](https://getpng.app/png-converter): Any image the browser can open (JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, JFIF) to PNG, many files at once. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [WebP to PNG converter](https://getpng.app/webp-to-png): WebP images from websites to PNG files that open everywhere, transparency kept. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [JPG to PNG converter](https://getpng.app/jpg-to-png): JPG and JPEG photos to lossless PNG, and what the conversion does not do: it adds no transparency. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [PNG to JPG converter](https://getpng.app/png-to-jpg): PNG to smaller JPG files, with a colour of your choice behind transparent areas. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [PNG to WebP converter](https://getpng.app/png-to-webp): PNG to smaller WebP files for websites, transparency kept. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [PNG to ICO converter](https://getpng.app/png-to-ico): PNG to an ICO file with 16, 32, 48 and 256 pixel sizes, for favicons and Windows icons, transparency kept. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [HEIC to PNG converter](https://getpng.app/heic-to-png): iPhone HEIC photos to PNG, decoded in the browser by libheif. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [HEIC to JPG converter](https://getpng.app/heic-to-jpg): iPhone HEIC photos to small JPG files for sharing and uploading, location data left behind. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [AVIF to PNG converter](https://getpng.app/avif-to-png): AVIF images from websites to PNG, in browsers that can decode AVIF. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [GIF to PNG converter](https://getpng.app/gif-to-png): GIF to PNG, first frame of an animation, transparency kept. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [JFIF to PNG converter](https://getpng.app/jfif-to-png): .jfif downloads (which are JPEGs) to PNG. Converted in the browser; nothing uploaded.
- [How it works](https://getpng.app/how-it-works): Decoding, the BiRefNet model on WebGPU or WebAssembly, and guided-filter edge refinement at native size.
- [FAQ](https://getpng.app/faq): All questions and answers on one page.
- [Guides](https://getpng.app/guides): How to remove a background in GIMP, Canva, Photoshop and other apps; transparent PNGs explained; backgrounds for shops, headshots and ID photos; photo file formats.
- [Privacy](https://getpng.app/privacy): Images never leave the device; what the site does collect (a daily count, optional visit analytics); how to verify it.

## Guides: Remove a background in the app you already use

- [How to remove a background in any app](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in GIMP](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in Canva, on any plan](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-background-in-canva): 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.
- [How to remove a background in Photoshop](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove the background from an image or picture on iPhone](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-background-on-iphone): Remove the background from an image or picture on iPhone with Photos or Preview, save a transparent PNG, and know where the built-in cutout falls short.
- [How to remove a background in Illustrator](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in PowerPoint](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in Google Slides](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to make a background transparent in Paint](https://getpng.app/guides/transparent-background-in-paint): How to make a background transparent in Paint on Windows 11: Remove background, saving a PNG that keeps it, and why transparent selection never did.
- [How to remove a background in Figma](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in Procreate](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in Photopea](https://getpng.app/guides/remove-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.
- [How to remove a background in Word, or make a picture transparent](https://getpng.app/guides/make-a-picture-transparent-in-word): 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.

## Guides: Transparent PNGs, explained

- [Transparent PNG: what it is, where it works, and where it fails](https://getpng.app/guides/transparent-png): A transparent PNG stores see-through pixels, not a checkered background. How to tell a real one, where transparency survives, and where it turns white.
- [What is a transparent background, really?](https://getpng.app/guides/what-is-a-transparent-background): A transparent background is empty pixels, not white ones. How alpha works, why editors show a checkerboard, and which formats keep it: PNG, WebP, AVIF, not JPG.
- [How to make a transparent PNG: three ways that work](https://getpng.app/guides/how-to-make-a-transparent-png): How to make a transparent PNG from a photo, in a free editor, or from a logo on white. Which way suits your picture, and how to check the file is really clear.
- [Alpha channel, in plain words](https://getpng.app/guides/alpha-channel): What an alpha channel is: the fourth value in each pixel that sets how see-through it is. 8-bit alpha, soft edges, straight versus premultiplied, no maths.
- [The fake transparent PNG: how to spot one, and how to fix it](https://getpng.app/guides/fake-transparent-png): A fake PNG has the grey and white checkerboard painted into its pixels. How to spot one before you download, why they exist, and how to fix the one you have.
- [Why your PNG shows a black or white background (and how to keep it transparent)](https://getpng.app/guides/png-black-or-white-background): Why is my PNG not transparent? Why a transparent PNG turns black or white in viewers, WhatsApp, Instagram, email and Office, and how to keep the transparency.
- [White halo or jagged edges around a cutout: why it happens and how to fix it](https://getpng.app/guides/white-halo-around-cutout): Why a cutout gets a white halo or jagged edges, and how to fix it: shrinking the edge, feathering, and colour decontamination in Photoshop, Photopea and GIMP.
- [Clipping path vs image masking: what retouchers mean, and what it costs](https://getpng.app/guides/clipping-path-vs-image-masking): Clipping path vs image masking and hair masking: what each means, what published price lists charge per image, and when an AI cutout does the same job for free.
- [Is it safe to upload photos to online converters and background removers?](https://getpng.app/guides/is-it-safe-to-upload-photos-online): Is CloudConvert safe? Is remove.bg safe? What CloudConvert, Convertio, ezgif, remove.bg and Photoroom say about your uploads, checked 16 September 2026.
- [How to check that a website is not uploading your photos](https://getpng.app/guides/check-a-website-is-not-uploading-your-photos): How to check if a website uploads your photos, using the network tab in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari plus an offline test. Two minutes, no tools to install.

## Guides: Cutouts for a purpose

- [Which photo background for which use: shops, profiles, IDs and more](https://getpng.app/guides/photo-backgrounds-for-every-use): Which photo background to use for Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Shopify, LinkedIn, passports, thumbnails and stickers, with each rule checked at its source.
- [Product photos on a white background: the rules marketplaces share](https://getpng.app/guides/product-photos-white-background): A white background for product photos: pure white versus off-white, framing, shadows and sizes for Amazon, Etsy, eBay and Shopify, checked September 2026.
- [Amazon product image requirements: the main image, pure white and the 85 percent rule](https://getpng.app/guides/amazon-product-image-requirements): Amazon product image requirements from Seller Central: pure white main image, 85 percent fill, sizes for zoom, file formats and why listings get suppressed.
- [Etsy photo size and listing photos: sizes, thumbnails and backgrounds](https://getpng.app/guides/etsy-product-photos): Etsy photo size from Etsy's own help: 2,000 pixels recommended, 635 minimum for search, thumbnail crops, and why a transparent PNG shows black on Etsy.
- [eBay photo requirements: size, borders, backgrounds and the main photo](https://getpng.app/guides/ebay-product-photos): eBay photo requirements from eBay's own help: 500 pixel minimum, 1,600 recommended, no borders or added text, and a clean white background that passes.
- [Shopify product image size: square images, consistent backgrounds and limits](https://getpng.app/guides/shopify-product-images): Shopify image size from Shopify Help: 2,048 x 2,048 for square product images, the 20 MB and 25 megapixel limits, and one background across the store.
- [LinkedIn profile picture: background, crop and size](https://getpng.app/guides/linkedin-profile-picture): LinkedIn profile picture rules checked September 2026: 400 x 400 minimum, 8 MB, PNG or JPG, face at 60%. How to fix a messy background for free.
- [Headshot background: the best colour, and why](https://getpng.app/guides/professional-headshot-background): The best headshot background colour: grey, blue, white, black or office blur, matched to hair, clothes and use. Change yours free without uploading it.
- [Passport and ID photos: getting the background right](https://getpng.app/guides/passport-photo-background): Passport photo background rules for the US, UK and EU, checked September 2026, and why most passport offices reject an edited background. What to do instead.
- [US passport photo requirements: size, head, background and edits](https://getpng.app/guides/us-passport-photo-requirements): US passport photo requirements checked September 2026: 2x2 inches, head 1 to 1 3/8 inches, white background, no glasses, no edits. How to make one at home.
- [Baby passport photo: US rules for newborns and infants, and how to take one](https://getpng.app/guides/baby-passport-photo): Baby passport photo rules for a US passport, checked September 2026: 2x2 inches, white sheet, no hands, eyes may be half closed. How to take it at home.
- [US visa photo requirements: DS-160, DV lottery, immigrant visas and green cards](https://getpng.app/guides/us-visa-photo-requirements): US visa photo requirements checked September 2026: 600 x 600 px JPEG up to 240 KB, head 50 to 69 percent, white background, no glasses, no edits.
- [Canadian passport photo requirements: size, studio rules and what you can check at home](https://getpng.app/guides/canadian-passport-photo-requirements): Canadian passport photo requirements checked September 2026: 50 x 70 mm, face 31 to 36 mm, taken by a commercial photographer, never altered. What to check.
- [Profile pictures with a transparent or coloured background](https://getpng.app/guides/profile-picture-background): A free PFP maker workflow: a transparent PFP or a bold coloured background for Discord, Slack and more, with circle crops and when transparency survives.
- [A Discord profile picture from your own photo](https://getpng.app/guides/discord-profile-picture): Make a Discord PFP from a photo: the file types and limits Discord states, a square that survives the circle crop, transparency, GIF avatars, server profiles.
- [A custom Microsoft Teams background from your own image](https://getpng.app/guides/custom-teams-background): Upload your own Teams background: the Add new steps, the file types Microsoft accepts, a sensible 16:9 size, and how to make a clean branded image for free.
- [Zoom virtual backgrounds: size, format and a clean image](https://getpng.app/guides/zoom-virtual-background): Zoom's virtual background rules checked September 2026: 24-bit PNG or JPG up to 15 MB, 1280 x 720 minimum, video files, green screen, and the mirror setting.
- [What is a PNGTuber, and how to make one from a photo](https://getpng.app/guides/what-is-a-pngtuber): A PNGTuber is a streaming avatar made of a few transparent PNGs that swap when you talk. The images you need, free PNGTuber software, and setting it up in OBS.
- [YouTube thumbnails with a cutout of yourself](https://getpng.app/guides/youtube-thumbnail-cutout): Make a YouTube thumbnail with a cutout of yourself on a bold colour: YouTube's size and file rules checked September 2026, and a free thumbnail maker workflow.
- [Sticker PNG: make stickers from your own photos](https://getpng.app/guides/make-stickers-from-photos): Make a sticker PNG from any photo for iPhone Messages, WhatsApp (512 x 512, 100 KB) or printing with a white outline. Official rules checked September 2026.
- [How to make a logo transparent, even from a photo](https://getpng.app/guides/logo-photo-to-transparent-png): How to make a logo transparent, from a file or a photo of paper, a sign or a shirt: fix the angle, save a transparent PNG, then trace a vector with getSVG.

## Guides: The formats behind your photos

- [Photo file formats: HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and more, explained](https://getpng.app/guides/photo-file-formats): Photo file formats compared: which keep transparency, which every app opens, and what to turn a HEIC, AVIF, WebP or JFIF into before you edit or share it.
- [What is a HEIC file, and how do you open one on Windows?](https://getpng.app/guides/what-is-a-heic-file): What a HEIC file is, why your iPhone saves photos that way, and how to open HEIC files on Windows, Mac, Android and the web, or stop your iPhone making them.
- [HEIC vs JPG vs PNG: which should your photos be?](https://getpng.app/guides/heic-vs-jpg-vs-png): HEIC vs JPG vs PNG compared on file size, quality, compatibility, transparency and editing, with a plain answer for keeping, sharing and editing photos.
- [What is AVIF? The newest image format, and when to convert it](https://getpng.app/guides/what-is-avif): What is AVIF: the AV1 image format behind small web images, which browsers and apps open it, how it handles transparency, and when to convert it to PNG or JPG.
- [What is a JFIF file, and why did my image save as one?](https://getpng.app/guides/what-is-jfif): What is JFIF: a JPEG with another name. Why Chrome on Windows saves images as .jfif, how to rename one to .jpg in seconds, and how to stop it happening again.
- [How to reduce a PNG's file size without losing transparency](https://getpng.app/guides/reduce-png-file-size): 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.
- [PNG vs WebP for websites: which should your images be?](https://getpng.app/guides/png-vs-webp-for-websites): WebP vs PNG for a website: file size, transparency, browser and CMS support, and the few places a PNG is still the better choice, with numbers and examples.

## FAQ

**Q: How is this free with no catch?**
A: The work happens on your device instead of on our servers, so a picture costs us nothing to process. What is left, hosting the site and the models, is paid for by optional tips on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/getpng). Nothing is locked behind a tip, and there are no ads.

**Q: What happens to my photos?**
A: They stay in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, logged or stored; close the tab and they are gone. You can check: after your first picture, switch your browser to offline and the tool still works.

**Q: Why is the first picture slower than the rest?**
A: The first time, your browser fetches the AI model from getpng.app and keeps it: about 44 MB on most laptops and phones, 115 MB on a computer whose graphics card runs the larger model. A quick first result appears within seconds while that happens, and sharpens once the model is ready. Every picture after that starts at once, even with no connection.

**Q: Is the quality really as good as paid tools?**
A: The model is from the same family the paid tools build on. Where getPNG differs is after the model: the edge is refined against your picture at its full size instead of being enlarged from a small mask, and that step is not locked behind an HD tier.

**Q: Does it work on my phone?**
A: Yes, in a recent Chrome, Safari or Firefox. A device without WebGPU, or whose graphics card refuses the main model, gets a lighter model on the processor: coarser at the edges, still full resolution, and the stats bar under the picture says which one ran. A very large photo on a phone with little memory is processed at a reduced size, which the page also tells you about.

**Q: The cutout missed a spot, or kept some background. What can I do?**
A: Edge shift grows or shrinks the whole outline by a few pixels, and Feather softens it. A brush for fixing one area by hand is planned; it is not in this version.

**Q: Can I get a JPG instead of a PNG?**
A: Yes. Pick a background colour, then choose JPG in the export box. A JPG has no transparency, so it always needs a colour behind the cutout.

**Q: Can I turn the cutout into a vector?**
A: Download the PNG and open it in getSVG, the sibling tool, which traces it into editable paths. That works best for logos, lettering and flat artwork, not for photographs.