The short answer
Why use Remove White BG?
Logos and product shots often come on white, which shows as a box on any colored page. A plain magic wand clears the white inside letters and eyes too; this tool only clears white connected to the border unless you ask for more.
Tolerance runs from 1 to 60 and starts at 12. A pixel counts as white when its darkest channel is within that percentage of 255, so at 12 every channel must be at least about 224. The tool spreads from all four edges through connected near-white pixels and clears them, then softens a one-pixel ring around what is left.
Shadows under a product and the gray of a phone photo of paper often fall outside the default. Raise Tolerance to 20 or 30 for those, and watch light parts of the subject. Also clear enclosed white areas removes near-white everywhere, which you want for the inside of letters like O and A, but it also clears eyes and white clothing.
Green Screen Remover is for green backdrops. Trim Transparent crops the empty edges once the background is gone, which keeps a logo file small and easy to align. For a black signature on paper that you want as pure black ink, run Threshold first, then remove the white.
Where Remove White BG fits
Logo files
Turn a logo on white into a transparent PNG for a dark website.
Scanned signatures
Make a scanned signature transparent to place on a document.
Marketplace photos
Lift a product off a white sweep for a colored banner.
Start to finish
How to use Remove White BG
- 01Tap Choose image and pick the logo, signature, or product photo.
- 02Raise Tolerance from 12 for off-white or shadowed backdrops; turn on Also clear enclosed white areas for letter holes.
- 03Tap Apply changes, check white parts of the subject, then tap Download result for the transparent PNG.
What to expect from Remove White BG
| Check | What it means here |
|---|---|
| Supported input | JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG and browser-supported AVIF images |
| Main controls | Amount, color, tolerance, or channel, depending on the tool |
| Output | A PNG image with the adjustment applied |
| Working limit | 50 MB and 50 megapixels per image |
Remove White BG tips
- At 12, every channel must be about 224 or higher to count as white.
- Phone photos of paper usually need Tolerance 20 to 30.
- The enclosed-areas option also clears eyes and white clothing.
- Leave a non-white gap between a white subject and the image edge.
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