Remove White Background
Turn the white background of a logo, signature or scan transparent — nothing is uploaded.
The checkerboard shows which areas are transparent.
Higher values also remove light gray shadows and paper texture.
Options
Fades pixels just above the tolerance into partial transparency so edges look smooth instead of jagged.
Works best for solid light backgrounds; complex photo backgrounds need an AI cutout tool.
Processed on your device — nothing is sent anywhere.
How it works
- Drop an image with a white or near-white background onto the tool, or click to choose one.
- Adjust the tolerance slider until the background disappears in the checkerboard preview; raise edge softening if the outline looks jagged.
- Click Download PNG to save the image with a transparent background.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this work on photos with complex backgrounds?
- No, and it is honest to say so. The tool removes pixels that are close to pure white, so it works well for logos, signatures, drawings and scans on a plain light background. Photos with busy or colored backgrounds need an AI-based cutout tool instead.
- What does the tolerance slider do?
- Every pixel is compared to pure white, and pixels within the tolerance distance become fully transparent. A low tolerance only removes near-perfect white, while a higher one also catches light gray shadows and paper texture. If parts of your subject start disappearing, the tolerance is set too high.
- Why does my logo have a white halo or rough edge after removal?
- Anti-aliased edges blend the subject’s color with the white background, and those in-between pixels are neither white enough to remove nor clean enough to keep. Raise the edge softening slider — it feathers the transparency across those blended pixels so the outline fades smoothly instead of cutting off in a fringe.
- How do I make my signature transparent for a document?
- Sign with a dark pen on plain white paper, photograph or scan it in even light, and drop the image here. Increase the tolerance until the paper texture and shadows vanish, leaving only the ink strokes, then download the PNG. The transparent signature can be placed onto PDFs and documents in most editors without a white box around it.
- Is my image uploaded anywhere?
- No. The image is opened and processed entirely in your browser using the canvas element, and the transparent PNG is generated on your device. Nothing is sent to a server, so the tool is safe for signatures and confidential documents.
About this tool
This tool turns the white background of an image transparent and saves the result as a PNG. It is built for graphics that sit on a plain light background — logos exported with a white box, scanned signatures, hand-drawn sketches, stamps and line art. Drop the image in, and a checkerboard preview shows exactly which areas have become transparent as you adjust two sliders: tolerance and edge softening.
The processing is simple and fully client-side. Each pixel is measured against pure white; anything within the tolerance distance turns transparent, and the edge softening setting feathers partially matching pixels so anti-aliased outlines fade smoothly instead of leaving a jagged white fringe. Because the work happens in your browser’s canvas element, the image is never uploaded — a real concern when the content is a legal signature or an unreleased logo.
The most frequent jobs are practical ones: preparing a logo so it can sit on a colored website header or slide background, extracting a signature to place on PDFs and contracts, cleaning up scanned sketches for digital coloring, and making product line-drawings usable on any surface. Anywhere a white rectangle would spoil the layout, a transparent PNG from this tool drops in cleanly.
For the best results, start from the highest-resolution source you have and work the tolerance up gradually — stop as soon as the background is gone, because pushing further starts eating light areas of the subject itself. If the outline looks harsh against a dark test background, raise edge softening a step or two. And remember the honest limitation: this is a white-background remover, not a general cutout tool, so photos with busy or colored backgrounds belong in an AI-based background remover instead.