iPhone Photo (HEIC) Background Remover

No conversion first. Drop the HEIC straight off your iPhone in and get a transparent PNG back, cut on your own device at the size you started with.

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Or drop your files here, or press Ctrl + V to paste Pick a HEIC photo, or several at once

HEIC, HEIF, PNG, JPG, WEBP, AVIF, GIF and BMP · up to 30 images · max 25 MB each

Nothing to hand? Borrow a photo

The HEIC photo is decoded and cut by a model running in this tab, so JavaScript has to be on for the HEIC background remover to work.

HEIC in, transparent PNG out

No separate converter, no middle step. Four moves and the original file format never matters again.

1

Add the HEIC photo

Drag it straight from your camera roll export, paste it, or browse your folders. There is no conversion step to do first.
2

Let the model read it

Your browser decodes the HEIC file and a segmentation model works out the subject boundary, in a second or two.
3

Leave it on Transparent, or pick a colour

The workspace opens on the checkerboard swatch for a real alpha channel, or choose white, navy, blue, grey or a custom colour instead.
4

Download a PNG

The export is always a PNG, since that is the format that can actually hold a cutout — HEIC itself has nowhere to store one.

Worth knowing first

Which browsers can actually open a HEIC file

This tool cuts the background out once your browser can decode the photo. That decoding step depends on the browser and operating system, not on anything this page can change.

Works

Safari (Mac and iPhone)

Decodes HEIC natively, so files straight off an iPhone camera roll open here without any extra step.

Works

Chrome and Edge on macOS

Generally decode HEIC through the operating system's own codecs, so most Mac installs work as well.

Needs a JPG export

Chrome, Edge and Firefox on Windows or Linux

Usually cannot decode HEIC at all, because the format needs a licensed codec most of these platforms do not ship.

Why a HEIC photo ends up here

iPhones default to HEIC for every shot, and the rest of the world does not always agree with that choice.

Sharing to non-Apple friends

A HEIC sent to an Android phone or a Windows PC sometimes will not open at all. Cutting the subject out and exporting a PNG sidesteps the format fight entirely.

Uploading to platforms that reject HEIC

Plenty of web forms and marketplaces only accept JPG or PNG. A cutout exported here satisfies that requirement and removes the background at the same time.

Product photos shot on iPhone

iPhones default to HEIC for every photo, including product shots for a listing. Get a transparent PNG straight from the original file.

Archiving in a universal format

PNG is readable on effectively everything, indefinitely. Converting a HEIC you care about into a cutout PNG is also a way of future-proofing it.

Slide across and the room disappears

Left of the handle is the photo as the camera saved it. Right of it is the transparent PNG this tool hands back.

Studio portrait photo exported as a transparent PNG

The same portrait photo before the background was removed

Original photo Transparent PNG

A portrait, a puppy and a baby photo, all cut to nothing

The kind of everyday phone photos that usually land on this page.

Studio portrait photo before the HEIC background was removed — Original photo

The same portrait as a transparent PNG cutout, hairline kept intact — Transparent

Puppy photo before the HEIC background was removed — Original photo

The same puppy as a transparent PNG cutout, fur edges preserved — Transparent

Photo of a laughing baby before the HEIC background was removed — Original photo

The same photo as a transparent PNG cutout — Transparent

Browse the full example gallery

HEIC background removal FAQ

Format quirks, browser support and quality. Still stuck? Ask us.

Drop the HEIC file into the tool at the top of this page exactly as it is — no conversion needed first. The model cuts the subject out and the download is a PNG, either with a transparent background or with a solid colour you pick.

HEIC has no way to store an alpha channel, so a transparent HEIC is not something that can exist. PNG can hold one losslessly, which is why every cutout from this tool exports as a PNG regardless of what format went in.

HEIC is the photo format iPhones have saved to by default since iOS 11. It compresses better than JPG at a similar quality, which is why photo libraries fill up slower, but fewer programs outside Apple's ecosystem can open it.

Decoding HEIC depends on a codec most non-Apple operating systems do not license by default. Safari on a Mac or iPhone handles it natively; Chrome, Edge and Firefox on Windows or Linux generally cannot. Export the photo as JPG from your phone or photo app first, then run that file through instead.

Only if your HEIC file will not open in your current browser. If you are on a Mac or iPhone, Safari is the safest bet. On Windows or Linux, converting to JPG before uploading sidesteps the issue on any browser.

No. The photo is decoded once, the model predicts the subject boundary, and the result is written out at the same pixel dimensions the HEIC had, with no recompression of the parts that survive the cut.

Yes, up to 30 in one batch, mixed with other formats if you like. Download the PNGs individually or together as a ZIP.

Yes. No account, no watermark, no cap on images, and nothing is uploaded — the HEIC file is decoded and processed entirely inside your browser.