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# Remove background

> Remove the background from an image, producing a transparent PNG.

The Remove Background node strips the background from an image and returns a transparent PNG.

## When to use

* Product photo editing
* Creating cutout assets
* Preparing images for compositing

Common patterns: `upload_image → remove_background`, or `generate_image → remove_background`.

## Inputs

<ParamField body="Image" type="image" required>
  The image to process. Required.
</ParamField>

## Outputs

<ParamField body="Image" type="image">
  The image with its background removed, as a transparent PNG.
</ParamField>

## Configuration

This node has no configuration fields.

<Note>
  Runs on BirefNet; see [Image models](/models/image). Runs consume credits.
</Note>