Change a photo background to white
A clean white backdrop for product shots and portraits, filled in on your device at full size.
- Nothing is uploaded
- Works offline after first use
- Open source
- No watermark · limit is your device’s memory; phones hold less
Replace a photo background with pure white for product listings, profile pictures and documents. It is free, needs no account and adds no watermark, and your files are not uploaded: everything runs in your browser on your device. The first run downloads the cut-out model and the WebAssembly engine that runs it (about 42 MB in all) to your browser, and after that the tool works offline.
Done
Open the network tab. Your files never appear in it.
Add files and run the tool to see every request this tab makes.
Your files are processed on this device and never sent to a server. Reload the page to clear everything from memory.
Marketplaces and catalogues ask for products on white because it makes a grid of listings look consistent and puts the attention on the item. Amazon, for example, requires the main image to have a pure white background (RGB 255, 255, 255). A kitchen counter or a living room floor behind the product does not meet that, however good the photo is.
This page cuts the subject out with a segmentation model running in your browser and fills everything behind it with exact white, keeping soft edges so the product does not look pasted on. It saves JPG by default, the format marketplaces expect, at the photo’s own resolution; choose PNG if you want to edit it further without another round of compression.
The same fill works for profile pictures and staff photos where a busy room would distract. Pick Colour instead of White for a brand shade or a light grey. For photos that must meet an official passport or visa rule, check that service’s requirements too: they also set head size, lighting and shadow rules that a new background alone does not satisfy.
How it works
- Drop the product photos or portraits, or tap to pick them. The first one downloads the cut-out model and its WebAssembly runtime once (about 42 MB in all).
- Keep White, or choose Colour for another shade, and pick JPG or PNG.
- Download the photos on white at full size, or all of them in one zip.
In your browser, not on a server
ISNet, an open image segmentation model, runs in a web worker through onnxruntime-web compiled to WebAssembly. Your photo is shrunk to 1024 × 1024 in memory, the model marks every pixel as subject or background, and that mask is scaled back up and applied to the original pixels on a canvas, so the cut-out keeps full resolution. The model and runtime are served from this site, downloaded once and cached.
Compared with upload-based tools: Your photo can show people, rooms and documents you would rather not upload. Here the full-size cut-out is made on your device, with no credits, no watermark and no copy of your photo on anyone’s server.
Verify it yourself. Give the page a short while after your first run to save itself for offline use, then turn off Wi-Fi or switch to airplane mode and run the tool again. Or open your browser's developer tools (F12, or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac), pick the Network tab, and watch it while you convert. The panel above does the same count for you.
Questions
Is the white pure white?
Yes. The background is filled with #FFFFFF, which is RGB 255, 255, 255, the value marketplace image rules ask for. JPG compression keeps a flat white area exact.
Will shadows under the product be kept?
Usually not: the model separates the object from everything around it, and a soft shadow on the table counts as background. Many sellers prefer that clean look; if you want a shadow, add it in an editor afterwards.
What size should product photos be?
Marketplaces generally ask for at least 1000 pixels on the longest side so shoppers can zoom, and many recommend 1600 or more. The white-background copy keeps your photo’s own resolution, so shoot at full size and resize afterwards if a listing asks for something smaller.
Can I do a whole batch of listing photos at once?
Yes. Drop them all; each one is cut out in turn with the same settings and they can be downloaded together as a zip.
Is the file uploaded anywhere?
No. There is no server in this process. The page is a static file and the work is done by code running inside your browser tab. Give the page a short while after your first run to save itself for offline use; then you can turn off Wi-Fi and it still works.
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Guides
- remove.bg is closing: a free alternative that does not upload your photosremove.bg's own site says its standalone website closes on 1 December 2026 (checked 12 October 2026). Stayput's background remover is free, needs no account, and your photos are not uploaded.
- Is remove.bg safe?remove.bg is a legitimate Canva-owned service. Its policy gives no exact deletion time, and its website is closing, so it is worth knowing the options.
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