Manual Background Remover — Pixel-Perfect + Magic Wand
Paint away exactly what you want gone, or click a color to remove it instantly with Magic Wand. Perfect for hair, fur, glass, jewellery and finishing AI results. 100% free, 100% private, 100% in your browser.
Drop your image here
or click to browse — JPG, PNG, WEBP up to 20 MB
When to Use the Manual Remover
The AI-powered Automatic Background Remover handles most images in one click. Use this manual tool for:
Pro Tips
- Magic Wand for solid backgrounds: Click any background pixel and every connected same-color pixel disappears. Adjust Tolerance to control how strict “same color” is.
- Rectangle Erase for big blocks: Drag a rectangle to instantly remove everything inside. Perfect for cropping out corners and edges.
- Start big, finish small: Big brush for bulk, then zoom in and shrink brush for edges. Press [ and ] to change size fast.
- Lower hardness for hair: A soft brush (hardness 30–50) creates naturally feathered edges around fluffy subjects.
- Restore is your friend: Accidentally erased part of your subject? Switch to Restore mode and paint it back.
- Invert to keep what you painted: Erase the subject instead of the background, then Invert — sometimes it’s faster.
- Refine at the end: The Refine button smooths jaggy mask edges without softening real detail.
Frequently Asked Questions
When should I use manual vs. automatic?
Use the manual remover when you need pixel-perfect control — cleaning up tricky edges like hair, fur, glass, jewellery, or when the automatic tool leaves stray pixels.
What is the Magic Wand tool?
Click any pixel and Magic Wand instantly removes every similarly-colored pixel connected to it, using a flood-fill algorithm with a tolerance slider. Ideal for photos with solid or near-solid backgrounds.
Is my image uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser using HTML5 Canvas. Nothing is uploaded.
Can I use it on mobile?
Yes. One finger paints, two-finger drag pans, pinch zooms.
Are there keyboard shortcuts?
Yes — Ctrl/Cmd+Z undoes, Ctrl/Cmd+Y redoes, [ and ] change brush size, E=Erase, R=Restore, W=Wand, M=Rectangle, and Space+drag pans.