Best Free Background Remover Tools

A break dancer with the background removed from half of the image and replaced with a solid yellow colour

So what is the easiest way to remove the background from an image?

If I have a penny for each time I’ve needed to remove the background from an image a client has supplied I’d have a few. In fact, this is actually a viable business model, as there are myriad online services applying this model of charging per image to automatically remove the background. However, more importantly, and the point of the post, is finding the best free ones.

Here’s my list of the top 7 best free background remover tools

  1. retoucher.online
    paid, but bulk upload and not expensive
    really like this!
  2. photoroom.com
    cheap premium bulk upload
    really like this
  3. kapwing.com
    excellent quality with really precise object detection!!!
    naughty tip: download free high-res by right-clicking on the thumbnail in the media list
  4. pixlr.com
    https://pixlr.com/remove-background
    free bulk uploads of up to 50 images per upload
    option to download all as a zip file
  5. erase.bg
    free high res!
    premium bulk upload
  6. express.adobe.com
    free high res!
    annoying that by default it renames the file “My Project”
  7. fotor.com
    https://www.fotor.com/features/background-remover
  8. remove.bg
    500×500 free
    simple edit mode
    premium option is expensive
  9. canva.com
    https://www.canva.com/learn/background-remover
  10. cutout.pro
    https://www.cutout.pro/remove-background
  11. fococlipping.com
  12. photoscissors.com
  13. slazzer.com

Conclusion

There’s not much to choose between the top 5 as they are all great. For me Retoucher, even though it’s not free, just edges due to the low price for great images that can be bulk uploaded. But Photoroom and Kapwing are epic, too.

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