Remove background
Upload an image or pick a sprite from your gallery — we'll strip the background.
Sprite & pixel art background remover
How it works
- Upload your pixel art sprite
- Click the background color you want to remove
- Toggle between global remove and flood fill modes
- Adjust tolerance for similar colors, then download
Features
- Click-to-remove: select the color to make transparent
- Global mode removes all matching pixels
- Flood fill mode only removes connected regions
- Tolerance slider for near-matching colors
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FAQ
Global removes every pixel of the selected color. Flood fill only removes connected pixels from where you click, useful when the same color appears in both the background and the sprite.
Click 'Try another image' to start fresh, or use tolerance 0 for exact color matching to avoid removing unintended pixels.
PNG with transparency. JPG doesn't support transparency, so the output is always PNG regardless of input format.