# Remove Background

> Image to Image

- Canonical page: https://artifio.ai/models/recraft-remove-background
- Run it: https://artifio.ai/create/recraft-remove-background
- Modality: image editing
- Model brand: Recraft
- Pricing: from about $0.005 per generation (exact cost shown in the workspace before you confirm; varies with selected options)
- Typical generation time: ~20s (catalogue estimate)
- Full pricing table: https://artifio.ai/pricing/models

## About Remove Background

Remove Background is Recraft's subject-isolation utility: it segments the main subject of an image and returns a cutout on a transparent background, ready to layer into designs, mockups, or video. Recraft's documentation says the tool is tuned in particular for AI-generated images, and positions it as more effective on that material than the removal features built into most other image generators. It pairs with a Change Background tool that fills the cleared area with an AI-generated scene from a text prompt.

On Artifio it runs beside 100+ generation and editing models in one workspace, each run paid individually from a single wallet.

## Features

- One-click background removal that outputs a transparent PNG
- Accepts JPEG, JPG, PNG, and WebP inputs up to 5 MB
- Tuned for AI-generated imagery, per Recraft's documentation
- Designed around inputs of about 1024 px on the smaller side; larger images are downscaled automatically before processing
- Cutouts can be placed over solid colors, gradients, AI-generated backdrops, or product mockups after removal
- Also exposed through Recraft's API for automated pipelines

## What people use it for

- E-commerce product cutouts for listings and catalog pages
- Compositing subjects into social posts, ads, and thumbnails
- Stickers, avatars, and profile images from casual photos
- Isolating a generated character or object for reuse across designs

## Reported strengths

- Above-average results on AI-generated subjects, which is Recraft's stated tuning target
- The transparent-PNG output drops straight into standard design workflows
- Sits inside a full replacement pipeline, with prompt-driven background generation one click away
- API access makes it usable in bulk product-photo automation

## Reported limitations

- Large images are downscaled before processing, which Recraft warns can cost noticeable quality in the final output
- Border artifacts can appear on high-resolution inputs, per Recraft's own docs
- The 5 MB upload cap rules out many full-resolution photographs
- Recraft recommends a clearly defined subject; busy scenes with ambiguous foregrounds segment less cleanly

## Sources

1. Free Background Remover Online (Recraft): https://www.recraft.ai/background-remover
2. Background tools (Recraft): https://www.recraft.ai/docs/recraft-studio/image-editing/background-tools

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