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Remove the background from a logo

Get rid of the white box around your logo so it sits cleanly on any page color. Start from the sharpest copy you have.

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  1. 1Drop a photoJPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC, up to 25 MP.
  2. 2We cut it outA small copy is processed on our server, then deleted. Nothing is stored.
  3. 3Download full sizeTransparent PNG, or any background colour you like.

How to do it

  1. 1Drop your logo fileUse the largest PNG or JPG you have. A screenshot of a tiny favicon will give blurry edges.
  2. 2Clean up counters and gapsZoom in on letters like a, e, o and B. Use Erase to clear background trapped inside them.
  3. 3Download as PNGPNG keeps the transparent area and crisp flat colors. Test it on both a light and a dark background.

What a logo cut-out needs to get right

A logo is different from a photo: it has hard edges, flat colors and small enclosed shapes. A good result keeps the edges crisp, does not leave a pale fringe where the old white box was, and clears the background trapped inside letters. The tool above handles the outer background on its own. The parts worth your attention are the details.

Logos also get used on more surfaces than most images. The same file may go on a white website header, a dark slide, a colored social banner and an email signature. LinkedIn's help page for page logos specifically notes that logos display on both light and dark backgrounds and recommends testing for both. A transparent PNG is what makes that possible.

Start from the best source you can find

The cut-out can only be as sharp as the file you give it. In order of preference:

  1. The file your designer delivered, even if it is a JPG with a white box.
  2. An export from the design tool where the logo lives, at two or three times the size you need.
  3. A downloaded copy from your own website, at the largest size it is served.
  4. A screenshot, only as a last resort, and zoomed in as far as possible before you take it.

If you only have a tiny favicon-sized logo, removing the background will not add detail that is not there. It is often faster to redraw a simple wordmark than to rescue a 64-pixel file.

Problems specific to logos

Counters stay filled. The insides of letters like a, d, e, o, p and B are closed shapes. Because they do not touch the outer background, the model sometimes reads them as part of the logo. Zoom in and paint them clear with Erase.

White parts of the logo disappear. A white star inside a red circle, or white text on a colored badge, can look like background. Paint it back with Restore. If the logo is mostly white, it was designed for dark backgrounds, and that is where you should test it.

A faint halo on dark backgrounds. Anti-aliased edges were blended with white when the logo was first saved, so the edge pixels are lighter than the logo color. On a dark page this reads as a thin glow. A small pass with Erase along the edge reduces it. For a perfect result on very dark pages, use a version of the logo that was exported on a transparent background to begin with.

Thin lines break up. Hairline strokes and tiny taglines under a logo can come out broken. Restore them, or drop the tagline in the transparent version and set it as live text instead.

Which format to download

Download PNG. It is lossless, it keeps flat colors exactly, and it keeps the transparent area, which is the whole point. WebP also keeps transparency and works well on websites. Avoid JPG for logos: it fills the background with white and adds compression blur around sharp edges.

Questions people ask

How do I make my logo background transparent?

Drop the logo image into the tool above, check the inside of letters and shapes for leftover background, then download it as PNG. The PNG keeps the transparent area so the logo sits on any page color.

Why is there still white inside the letters of my logo?

Enclosed spaces such as the middle of an o or a B, called counters, are not connected to the outer background, so they are sometimes kept as part of the logo. Use the Erase brush at a small size to clear them, then zoom out and check again.

Will removing the background make my logo a vector file?

No. The result is a transparent PNG made of pixels, the same resolution as what you uploaded. If you need an SVG or EPS for printing signs or merchandise, ask your designer for the original vector file or redraw it in a vector editor.

What size should a logo PNG be?

It depends on where it goes. LinkedIn, for example, recommends 400 by 400 pixels for a company page logo. Start from a larger source so the cut-out stays sharp after the platform shrinks it.

My logo has a drop shadow or a glow. Will it be kept?

Usually only partly. Soft shadows and glows are semi-transparent and easy to confuse with background. Check them on the checkerboard and use Restore to paint back anything you want kept.