Runs 100% in your browser · No upload

Free AI background remover that never uploads your photos

Vakago PhotoShear AI removes image backgrounds locally in your browser. Hair & edge refinement, a touch-up brush and full-resolution transparent PNG export, with no sign-up, watermark or server.

Drop an image here

or paste from clipboard (Ctrl/⌘ + V) · JPG, PNG, WebP

First run downloads an AI model (~44–115 MB) once, then it’s cached.

  • No sign-up
  • No watermark
  • Unlimited use
  • Works offline after first load
Portrait photo before background removal
Before
Portrait preview with the background removed
Cut out
WebGPU · ~1sTransparent PNG

How to remove a background in 3 steps

From photo to transparent PNG in a few seconds, without leaving your browser tab.

  1. 1

    Drop your photo

    Drag & drop, browse, or paste an image with Ctrl/⌘ + V.

  2. 2

    AI finds the subject

    A neural network runs on your device and cuts out the foreground in seconds.

  3. 3

    Polish & download

    Pick a background, tweak the edges if you like, and save a transparent PNG.

Professional features, zero upload

A complete in-browser image cut-out tool: private by design, fast with WebGPU, for people, animals and objects.

100% private

No uploads, no servers, no tracking of your photos. All AI runs locally in your browser tab.

WebGPU accelerated

Uses your GPU when available for results in about a second, with an automatic CPU fallback.

Hair & fur aware

Guided-filter matting and colour decontamination keep wispy strands and remove edge halos.

Fine-tune everything

Edge shift, feather, cut-offs, specks removal, plus a restore/erase brush for perfect edges.

Replace the background

Transparent, solid colours, gradients, your own image or a blurred copy of the original.

Full-resolution export

Download PNG, WebP or JPG up to your original resolution, optionally cropped to the subject.

Simple mode or Advanced mode

Simple mode

For quick results, choose from three options and you’re done.

  • Use Auto for people, animals and objects
  • Choose a background colour or blur
  • Edge style: Soft, Balanced, Hair or Crisp
  • One-click full-resolution download

Advanced mode

For pixel-perfect control over every edge.

  • Choose the AI model: general or maximum detail
  • Hair & fine-detail refinement with adjustable radius
  • Background cut-off, solidity, shrink/grow, feather
  • Restore / erase brush with undo, plus mask view
  • Gradients, custom background images, crop-to-subject

Frequently asked questions

Is this background remover really free and private?

Yes. Everything runs inside your browser using WebGPU or WebAssembly. Your photos are never uploaded to a server, there is no account, no watermark and no usage limit. The only network traffic is the one-time download of the AI model, which your browser then caches.

How does it remove backgrounds without a server?

The page downloads a compact neural network (an ONNX model) and runs it locally with ONNX Runtime Web. On supported browsers it uses WebGPU for GPU acceleration, otherwise it falls back to multithreaded WebAssembly on your CPU.

Which browsers support WebGPU acceleration?

Recent versions of Chrome, Edge and Opera support WebGPU, and Safari 18+ and Firefox are rolling it out. If your browser doesn’t support it, the tool automatically uses the slower-but-compatible CPU engine, so it works everywhere.

How can I get better results on hair and fur?

Use Auto for people, animals and objects, then choose Hair under Edge cleanup. In Advanced mode, the “Portrait & hair” preset applies edge-aware refinement and colour decontamination to reduce halos around soft edges. You can also try “Maximum detail” on a WebGPU browser for fine structures.

What’s the difference between Simple and Advanced mode?

Simple mode is three steps: tell us what’s in the photo, pick a background, download. Advanced mode exposes the AI model choice, hair & edge refinement, mask shaping (cut-offs, shrink/grow, feather), a restore/erase touch-up brush, background images and gradients, and export options such as format, resolution and crop-to-subject.

What image formats and sizes are supported?

You can open JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF images. Large photos are previewed at reduced resolution for speed and re-rendered from your original file at up to full resolution when you download. Export as transparent PNG, WebP, or JPG with a background.

Can PhotoShear AI remove video backgrounds?

PhotoShear AI processes still images in your browser. For video, Vakago AI Background Remover is a separate extension for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. See the video background removal section below for the extension and a link to SteadyCut, our online video stabilizer.

Can I use the results commercially?

You own your images and the cut-outs. Note that each AI model has its own licence: the Maximum detail model (MIT) is permissively licensed, while the General model (RMBG-1.4) is released for non-commercial use.

Vakago AI Background Remover extension: video background replacement in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects

For Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects

Need to remove video backgrounds?

PhotoShear AI is for still images. For video, explore Vakago AI Background Remover, our extension for Premiere Pro and After Effects. Remove, blur or replace video backgrounds in your editing workflow.

Explore the video background remover

Shaky footage? Try SteadyCut, the free online video stabilizer by Vakago Tools.