What remove.bg has published

The banner on remove.bg says its background removal is moving to Canva, and that the standalone website will no longer be available from 1 December 2026 at 9:00am CET. The same banner points to the remove.bg FAQ and the updated terms. The API page says that starting 1 December 2026, background removal moves to Leonardo.Ai, also part of Canva.

On the pricing page, remove.bg says credits are for full-resolution cutouts and that removing the background from one image requires one credit. Preview images are free on remove.bg. Those are their rules, and the prices next to the credits can change, so read that page for the current packs.

How this page differs

Published differences, not a ranking

Where the cutout runs	In your browser on PhotoJhat. The image is not sent to PhotoJhat.
Price of a download	₹0, up to 1000 pixels on the long side, with no watermark. HD and batch are not offered.
remove.bg full-resolution file	Their pricing page says one image requires one credit. Previews are free.
After 1 December 2026	remove.bg says the standalone site will not be available from 9:00am CET that day. This PhotoJhat page does not depend on that site.
Account	None here. remove.bg uses its own account and credits.

Make a cutout here

1. Add the photo. Drop a JPG, PNG or WebP onto the page, choose a file, or use the phone camera.
2. Choose people or product. People keeps a softer edge for hair. Product tightens the matte and can place the object on a white square.
3. Wait for the model once. The first cutout downloads about 94 MB from Hugging Face and caches it in the browser. The photo itself is not uploaded.
4. Download the free PNG. Transparent, white, a custom colour, or the square white listing preset. The long side is at most 1000 pixels and there is no watermark.

Questions

Is the remove.bg website shutting down?

remove.bg's own homepage says its background removal is moving to Canva and that the standalone website will no longer be available from 1 December 2026 at 9:00am CET. Their API page says that starting 1 December 2026, background removal moves to Leonardo.Ai, also part of Canva.

Is PhotoJhat a copy of remove.bg?

No. PhotoJhat runs an MIT-licensed BiRefNet lite model in the browser. It does not use remove.bg's service, API, or account. The free file stops at 1000 pixels on the long side.

Do I need credits here?

No. There is no account and no credit balance. HD and batch export are marked coming soon because they are not built, not because a payment is required.