How to remove a white background or make it transparent in photoshop

www.JustDoItImages.com In this step-by-step tutorial I will walk you through how to make the background transparent on your graphics. This can be used for logos, icons, pictures or anything else you would like to display on your website with a transparent background.

[@cjtillinghast1804]

6 years later and this explains more in 5 min than 5 hours watching other vids. thank you i owe you a beer

[@NintendoCapriSun]

I've had to do this like 10 times now and every single time, I have to come back here to remind myself how to do it. I don't see why not just select the white part and delete it? Is transparency not the "default" background if nothing's there? 'Cause it should be.

[@PureBlox]

Thank you

[@margpeachey]

Me too, keep forgetting. Thanks for the best explanation on the net!

[@ZeroBBQ]

lol yeah

[@Opasnetajne]

TNX!

[@southvillechris]

Exactly. Adobe like to make things as unintuitive as possible.

[@pavan516]

5 minutes video but I learnt what I wanted in 1:35 and created the image I wanted, shared it and came back and saw the rest of it. So simple and helpful. Thanks mate! Subscribing to your channel now! Great job!

[@jsschnnn]

seriously, you really help me with the tutorial! i never used photoshop before, and suddenly I was asked to create a logo, and i found your tutorial. thank you so much!

[@artistryartistry7239]

You've gotta be kidding. This is like the worst way to "remove a white background" and only works on the very easiest images. This is not how to "remove a white background" it's using the wand tool to select and erase any color and leaving behind remnants of white pixels everywhere at the outline.

[@artistryartistry7239]

Kutsal Kaynak It involves using channels and loading selections into a new layer. Too advanced to get into here, but the video poster's "solution" only works in the absolute easiest situations, ie. a big blue bird with a very simple and clear outline. The minute someone tries to use this technique on anything else besides such an object, it's going to fail, and they'll be on their way searching for a real way to do this, having first wasted their time here.

[@TheBombBros1000]

he said it worked on colors that contrast the background dumbass. Next time think before you speak.

[@artistryartistry7239]

TheBombBros1000 Lots of colors contrast the background for which this technique won't work DUMBASS. It's not about the color, it's about the contour and complexity of the thing being selected DUMBASS. It's about whether there's aliasing along the edge DUMBASS. Attempt to get a clue before you pretend to know what you're talking about.

[@Randomchicdoingstuff]

bob jones Do you have a better way? If so please be constructive and share with us instead of wasting your time in a petty argument.

[@artistryartistry7239]

Terrie-ann Easley I've already mentioned the better way. I obviously cannot explain the entire process here.

[@DTM-Books]

I keep coming back to this tutorial every now and then. It's very helpful, especially since I'm not as good at Photoshop as I used to be with Paint Shop Pro years ago. Great video!

[@Randomchicdoingstuff]

Thank you so much! I was getting so frustrated, and some of these other people go on rabbit trails that drive me nuts! You are straight to the point! I really appreciate that!

[@GoldenNinja50]

wow! finally someone who showed how simple it can be done! thank u

[@gababriell]

ITS GOLDEN NINJA 50 RBLX KZbinR NO WAY

[@Double44]

The newest iterations of PS actually show you the "Fill" box when you hit delete... it's frustrating, because there are no transparency options in there.

[@nathangek]

Double That is because you're not in a document with a transparent background, but you're editting the source file. Just copy it to a new document and remove the background there.

[@Double44]

***** oh gotcha, thanks :D

[@nathangek]

Double No problem :)

[@liezldiaz497]

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[@ChrisDL1111]

@@nathangek This works. Thank you so much.

[@markbeal3424]

Watched 5 videos on this procedure. Yours was the best and easiest and simplest to follow. Now I am an expert! Thanks man!

[@DoomFinger511]

Here's some tips: Make sure you save your file in a format that supports transparency like .png. .jpg for instance does NOT support transparency. Also you can skip the step of making a double layer by just double clicking the lock icon on the original layer, unlocking it, then editing it that way.

[@jebbuchman5100]

Thank you! I didn't know .jpg didn't support transparency.

[@xMaryEsquivelx]

lol this comment helped way better than the video itself

[@abbytransport948]

I searched for over an hour to find somthing simple, yours was the BEST!! Thank you!!

[@timothyy7]

Out of all the tutorials on the web, This was the perfect and easiest one. Thank you!

[@frankconijn3987]

I agree! And I've seen quite a few! Thanx! :-)

[@CHISELCHIPPER68]

a five minute video that negated 2 hours of trial and continuous error last night well into the morning! Thank you.

[@KevinEontrainer381]

Who came here because Wand tool + Delete directly from opening the image doesnt work?

[@mrm5466]

lol

[@cece49]

meeeee XD

[@silia]

someone, but not me

[@iFrostHD]

me

[@johnathanosorno5629]

Me! XD

[@johnblyton331]

Thanks Joe, I think that this is the best tutorial on the web that describes how to make the background transparent.

[@Stoogie]

Im looking for the way where u change white value into a transparency value so it even affects color pixels whiteness on edges with partial transparency.

[@allisyazahra6556]

+Stoogie yea mee too-_-

[@MWGame1]

me 2 i get white edges

[@Stoogie]

design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-remove-the-white-background-from-line-art-in-adobe-photoshop--cms-24361 professional method down bottom, though only black and white, is it possible with color?

[@gabbyferreira555]

Stoogie was

[@conradwong9518]

I watched 5 Photoshop 2020 videos and this video got the job done... and this is 2013...thank you!

[@compytv8636]

I did exactly as you said and the white backround is still there, Im gonna blow my head off

[@aynix999]

Same here

[@Larmoss]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. A clear cut description that made a complicated procedure (changing a white background in an existing graphic to a transparent background) simple and easy to follow. And, best of all -- it worked!

[@Prakashltgamer]

After Such a hustle i found your video which made my work easy thanks mate i really mean it THANK YOU for making this video :)

[@SSProductionsLimited]

After 10 months I have Found The Very Ultimate Talented Video Thanks Mr

[@liveturtle]

what is the purpose of making a copy?

[@filipvelickovic7675]

+Turtle Kampel i was wondering aswell

[@NuguaPlaystheSims]

+Turtle Kampel when altering an image in photoshop, the background is static. Meaning it cannot be edited, you have to create a copy or layer via background, this will add a copy or make your background into something that can be edited. Hope I answered your question!

[@liveturtle]

+Nugua Plays! ok I always just double click to make it a layer.... THANKS ... I was so confused!

[@Pontos87]

+Turtle Kampel You don't have to make a copy of it. You can easily just click the lock on the image layer and the layer is editable.

[@derietohkubbi391]

Oh my goodness THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I have scoured you tube files looking for this exact thing! You solved my issue simply and quickly! I work for my church and no one has our logo on a transparent background....UNTIL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@astralchan]

When I hit delete, it doesn't do that, it brings up a box with options like "50% grey", not an option for transparency... fml

[@smokeblowah1513]

+Zack Walker (JapaneseLearning101) same here thats why I looked it up. You figure it out yet?????

[@smokeblowah1513]

+Zack Walker (JapaneseLearning101) Nevermind actually I figured it out. select area you want to delete. then edit, and clear

[@smokeblowah1513]

+Zack Walker (JapaneseLearning101) make sure its a ping file also

[@astralchan]

for me, it was because I didn't make new layer

[@venox314]

Just unlock the picture

[@sahilkh101]

I do not know anything about photoshop but I had to do some work on it and that was so important for me. I searched several videos but no success. Sudden once a day I came on this video and my problem resolved. If will talk for other videos, all the steps are not so clear even they skip some steps to let us know. But in this video everything is very clear and step by step with two scenarios. Really awesome keep it up dude! Thanks for this video!!!

[@AirgunGearShow]

Very useful, Thank you.

[@WebPhix]

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[@jordankit1648]

Thank you! This content has aged well. Love when tutorials are straight to the point. Happy Holidays!

[@soly8354]

Thanks a lot dude, I'm into printing my own shirts (with my favorite designs) which helped a lot !

[@gabrielkillian5111]

Nice profile pic lol

[@oneactplaywright]

Just wondering how anyone can dislike this, what were they hoping for. Great Simple and effective, Thank you.

[@rebeccasmith847]

the moment when you realise the only thing you'd been doing wrong was saving as the wrong image type....

[@shonaaaaa]

me too omg, i was struggling so bad

[@heyokamuse6062]

I figured it out on accident. I felt so stupid

[@waynelaw283]

Yes, must be a PNG file, not a jpg or it won't hold the background as transparency!

[@namichan1727]

Oh my god ..i have been wrong all this time..

[@aazamben4582]

Thanks

[@denisehuddle7053]

I can't thank you enough!!! I have listened to a bunch of tutorials that may as well to have been in Chinese for all they meant to me. I could follow this and it worked the very first time!!! Yay!!!

[@bloodymary__]

When did heaven come to earth because I can feel it right now.

[@cmdrpausanias2332]

Thanks Jo, 28 years in print and I've just learnt from your tutorial!

[@EskimoOwnage]

I'm not a graphic designer by any means, just trying to make a couple t-shirts for myself and all of this is too complicated, so thank YOU for making this easy :)

[@marleycash4021]

i dont have save for web only save and save as wtf any help ?

[@DylanTaylor-xu7ov]

+Marley Cash Yes I had same problem but figured it out. Click on "File" then go over "Export" then "Save For Web". You're welcome :)

[@marleycash4021]

Majestic Blurrr oh i know i found it long time ago , but by the thanks for rply

[@childrenofgodstudios]

@@DylanTaylor-xu7ov life saver!

[@meghanadam2643]

Thank you so much for teaching how to SAVE the file. Of all the videos I've watched on this, yours is the only one to mention that. Without doing that, it doesn't work! Thank you!

[@joshuapennington8880]

how do you delete it ...i hate humans when they dont tell what button you press to delete ....unles im a human that didnt see it or hear him say it

[@jionteoh575]

I no idea to that too! What should i do after select the white background??? Did u know it? @@

[@joshuapennington8880]

i dont know either it kinda maken me angry lol .. i still tryn to figure out i got the wond thing figured out though lol

[@shainajiawan5631]

press the delete button

[@jionteoh575]

Shaina Jiawan on mac book pro delete button cant work dude

[@ijasmohmmed2035]

use magic eraser to delete all

[@sandyhenshawlondonaestheti39]

This was absolutely fantastic! After trying to attempt on preview on my Mac to make my logo transparent which looked terrible. I stumbled onto your help with photoshop.. I've only just registered and it's boggling trying to configure what everything does. I ended up doing a great job thanks to your help! Thank you so much for this information. So valuable!

[@robynbartley1807]

What if I don't have magic wand tool, or at least I can't seem to find it?

[@joshuapennington8880]

right click on youre mouse

[@MuhammadAbbas-zx2lp]

Thank you so much! I was really stuck in a bind because I didn't know how to get rid of the white borders/backgrounds in my logo. But this video really helped so thanks a bunch!

[@devinschwers3714]

I can't find that tool...

[@DarrenDesigns]

+This Channel Has Retired you right click where the tool would be hope this will help :)

[@monoranjonray-professional2519]

Hi Devin, see this link ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXPKcoN5gLSZf7c ) I think you can get help ............. this is best background remove Tutorial. thanks you

[@hivzdasa6329]

this is the simplest and easiest to follow for zero-knowledge like me. thank you very much.

[@JakeyGamingJake]

It wont save with the transparent background

[@030norlyanabintisulaiman9]

try saving the picture in png instead of jpeg (i'm assuming you saved it in jpeg)

[@TOMAS-hf9kh]

Thanks that helped!

[@briancouture6033]

THANKS MAN .. THAT WAS MY PROB TOO !!

[@spiritualmatters7835]

Praise God for people who make life simple! Thank you!!!!!

[@haruno21]

IS NOT WORKIIIINNNGGG

[@bettlebug5988]

I love how simple your teachings are.

[@rishreinen5587]

Hello . . . I appreciate your efforts; but, it is obvious that you have used photoshop extensively, because you can't understand what it is to TEACH simple processes; for example, my younger brother is one of the best guitar players I have ever seen in person . . . yet, he has a hard time teaching and understanding how to start at the basics. You say that it is good to do this or that, but you don't describe every step. . . step by step, for example in this post, you say you double check your background image by creating a gray box . . . but you don't show how to do that, you just clicked on---I suppose---the ARROW and held it down and just moved it around your image . . . but that's not what you discribed...step by step; or, perhaps your teaching is for those who know photoshop better than I do . .. =0)

[@erendiralara]

OMG. Thank you!!!! It's been a very very long time since I used photoshop and I couldn't remember how to remove the white background without using the lasso tool. Saved me so much time, thank you, thank you, thank you!!

[@thearchival424]

You made this simply & easy. Thanks to you I have removed the white background from my logo

[@Samantha-rv4ss]

I was pulling my hair out tying to figure this out for 3 whole days! THEN I came across your video on how to remove a white background and make it transparent in photoshop and Viola! I followed your instructions and have FINALLY achieved my goal!!!! THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge! most appreciate it!

[@rubyhsu38]

You should be a Photoshop master. You make this become so easy!!!!!!

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Create a copy of the background: click the magic wand tool, click on the background, press delete. Make sure it's not jpg. (PSD or PNG supports transparency)

[@dakoshalafine6749]

Thank you Sir! I wasted dozens of hours erasing backgrounds manually. this will make my life a lot easier :D

[@wendysilva2294]

One of the best tutorials I’ve seen!!!

[@sschiada]

super straightforward and simple. no unnecessary commentary. thanks!

[@ceresolabi]

can you help me figure out why when I do that, my background turns Black, or any other color but transparent? thanks!

[@safaklnc]

I was trying to make this with pretty hard ways but now I did with your technic in 1 second. Thank you man.

[@JamieTecson]

Easiest tutorial I've ever watched. THANK YOU

[@sonjaritzen9631]

Clear and well explained tutorial! Some tutorials are so rushed these days it stresses me out. Thanks a lot!

[@phoenixk5755]

This video helps so much. You’re a life saver!!!

[@moonsdonut5188]

this vid is so old but stil lworks

[@Destroyer_of_Worlds]

Thank you. So much faster. I hate it when people save files as .png but there's still a freaking background

[@diannejewell4410]

You teach very very well. This is one of the best vids on YT on removing a background. Nicely done.

[@96od]

Yo thank you so much for this!! Im designing an app and could not for the life of me figure out how to export images for my app to have no background. This helped, thank you.

[@PrincessQue]

Excellent video. I searched several channels to find a quick, yet thorough explanation of this technique and you nailed it. I'm working the Photoshop CC and searched how to get the magic wand tool and Save for Web (under File > Export) functions.

[@warwickannear4788]

I have Photoshop 6.0 and the instructions worked perfectly. Many thanks.

[@martinkarugaba]

Thanks, man. Because of you I just made my logo transparent.

[@jannopgenorth3949]

Your explanation was so simple, quick and easy! Thank you so much!!!!

[@kc-me6wl]

Just commenting on this now, as do a bit of web design and needed to transform a friends logo with a transparent background- this was by far the best & simple tutorial! Thank you for this friend! P.s anybody using a Mac- to get the magic wand tool just use 'shift+w' when you have the quick select tool selected. Right click did not work for me- but seemed to be the only way to have it appear!

[@benjaminrobinson89]

Joe, THANK YOU! I felt like an absolute numpty trying to work this out, and your tutorial made it so easy! Cheers!

[@theresasteadman6679]

You gave some extra tips that I didn't know and wasn't expecting. Good tutorial.

[@Caroline-mn6yw]

thank you so much! you just made that so simple for someone who has never used photoshop before

[@lanabella1]

That was great, thanks for the easy directions. I'm so new at this photoshop learning, it can be mental torture.

[@rudischneider9218]

Best explained Tutorial on KZbin !

[@caitlincolquhoun8120]

I know this video was from years ago, but this just helped me so much! Thank you!!

[@Jawsooth]

wow lol we late

[@DJSharonRocks]

Thank you for this - I don't use photoshop often, and refer to this video often!

[@sallyhoward5145]

thanks so much. brand new to photoshop and just designed a logo for my website. was having a nightmare with that god awful white background and now its all fixed :D thanks.

[@candacenickles941]

Thanks so much for the helpful video. I was able to figure how to delete, but I wasn't sure how to save! Thanks for going over that part too.

[@ritugill6065]

Great video, saved me so much time! Super easy to follow, thanks!!

[@perfectC15]

great tutorial....come back when i forget

[@xpoondiggy]

it worked perfectly in CS6...didnt expect it to be this simple, many thanks

[@tabithaharris5691]

Thanks Sir this was much easier than reading the how to book that came with photoshop book.

[@steeldrafter]

the saving part is most important and you covered it, no one else has. koodos

[@jazzystylz9182]

You are a excellent teacher you made it simple and to the point leaving nothing out. Thanks a Bunch 😊😊

[@pintoavil]

Excellent tutorial, I did watch couple of video's on youtube on how to remove the background of a logo but i was unable to do it. After watching this tutorial i could easily remove it. great,Thank you.

[@AudioLoungeMusic]

Great to hear our music in this intro! Awesome tutorial by the way 😀

[@blkphenom]

Don't use Ctrl+D on PCs, which is deselect. Use Ctrl+X for cut. After many frustrating attempts to create a signature image, I finally used the Edit drop down menu to "cut" the highlighted pixels and got the transparency to work (grey/white checkerboard). You can also use magic wand to highlight any interior white space, like inside an O or a D, and cut those pixels so that only the signature is present. Then save as PNG. If you can't find the magic wand tool, it may be hiding behind the Quick Selection Tool. Scroll to the end of the list of tools on the left side to three dots. Right-click and Edit your tool bar. You can drag the magic wand into its own box so if will show up easily in the list of tools. Hit done to close the dialog box. You're welcome!

[@zerowastecalifornia]

Ahhhhh thank you!! I did not have an issue with my background before. Last night I was just highlighting and deleting and the background went away no problem. Today I could not get it to not be white. This helped, but still not sure why it stopped working in the first place!

[@isaacdrew9556]

This unfortunately didn't work for me. Used the magic wand and couldn't delete. Looked through some of the comments and don't have any of those options when I right click after selecting with the wand. Any smart people that could lend me a hand?

[@hilaryleslie]

Thank you SO much for this video! I've been hunting for the most straight-forward way to get rid of the background and this is perfect.

[@drpaingaming3901]

worked perfectly thank you maybe for other things it dont work but for my pixel art it was perfect thank you m8

[@haroonsiddique6369]

This video has been brilliant. just straight to the point. gotta press the like and sub button to this.

[@christinaschnelle3951]

One of the best tutorials I've ever watched. Thank you!!

[@MoneyUnshackled]

Thanks for the help. We'll be sure to use this technique at some point for our custom thumbnails

[@charityhamidullah6005]

So awesome! The key part for myself was preserving the transparent logo . Thank you so much!

[@hamidbinyze1655]

Thank you, I followed all the instructions mentioned in the video as a result i made it finally.

[@sparklespuds6614]

Thank you! Easy when you know what to do. Did exactly what you said and it worked perfectly!!

[@ccriccri2610]

Thanks - simple things appear difficult if you dont know how, now i do!

[@thekarmakids]

Works an absolute treat, you're a star sir- thanks.

[@TheBeachdoode]

Great Tutorial !! , taught me a lot on how to make a selection ...Thanks !!...