Make a PNG transparent
Remove the white box around a logo, an icon or a photo and keep only the subject.
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How it works
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Many PNG files are not transparent at all: the logo sits in a white rectangle that shows up as soon as you put it on a coloured page. This tool removes that rectangle. It looks for the subject, clears everything around it, and gives you back a PNG where the surrounding area is genuinely see-through.
It works on a PNG saved from a document, a screenshot, a scanned drawing or a photo. The result stays a PNG at the same pixel size, so you can swap it into a design, a slide or a web page without changing anything else. If file size matters, download WebP instead, which keeps the transparency in a smaller file, or run the PNG through the compressor afterwards.
Because the tool finds a subject rather than deleting one colour, it also copes with backgrounds that are not perfectly even, such as a photographed sheet of paper. The other side of that is that a design with several separate pieces, or with white areas inside it that touch the white background, may lose parts you wanted to keep; compare the result with the original using the divider. Files are sent over an encrypted connection, processed on our own servers and deleted within one hour.
The PNG that only pretends to be transparent
Everyone has met this file. An image search shows a logo on a grey and white chequered pattern, the usual sign of transparency, and you save it. Once it is placed in a document, the chequers come along: they were painted into the picture. The other variety is the PNG exported from a slide or a word processor, which looks fine on white paper and turns out to have a solid white rectangle behind it the moment the page colour changes.
In both cases the file is an ordinary opaque image that happens to use the PNG format. Renaming it or saving it again changes nothing. The background has to be detected and removed, and that is what happens here.
For a logo, look for the vector original first
Subject detection was built for photographs, and a flat logo is an awkward thing to ask of it. Thin lettering, a white shape inside a white field, or several separate parts spread across the canvas can all confuse it. If the logo is your own or your client's, there is nearly always a vector file somewhere: an SVG, an EPS or an Illustrator document from the designer.
A vector file has no background to remove. Converting it to PNG, which this site also does, gives a perfectly clean transparent logo at any size you ask for. Use this page for the cases where the vector is lost and a PNG or a screenshot is all that remains.
Check the result against dark and light
A transparent logo has to work on more than one colour, and a white fringe that is invisible on a pale page jumps out on a dark one. Before downloading, switch the background to black, then to a mid grey, and look along the edges of the letters. If you see a halo, lower the feather to zero; logos want a hard edge, and softening only spreads the leftover white. Then switch back to Transparent and download.
Frequently asked questions
My PNG already has a white background. Can that be removed?
Yes. That is exactly the case this page is for: the white area around the subject becomes transparent.
Will the image size change?
No. The transparent PNG has the same width and height as the one you uploaded.
Parts of my logo disappeared. Why?
Light areas that touch a light background can be read as background. Results are best when the subject clearly stands out.
Can I make the PNG file smaller afterwards?
Yes. Download WebP instead, or put the PNG through the PNG compressor.
The inside of the letters is still white. Why?
Enclosed areas, such as the hole in an O or an A, are easy to miss when they are small. A larger source image helps, since the model then has more pixels to judge from.
Can I make only one colour transparent?
No. This tool finds a subject; it does not key out a chosen colour. For a design on a perfectly flat background the vector original is the better starting point.
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- Compress a PNGMake PNG files smaller while keeping sharp edges and transparency intact.