What Is remove.bg, and Is It Safe?

Last Updated on October 10, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Remove (remove.bg) is a site for removing backgrounds from images.

ALTERNATIVES

Similar sites to Remove include Removal AI, PicWish, Canva, PhotoRoom, and Photopea.

DESCRIPTION

The homepage shows an example picture of a woman holding a pot plant and demonstrates how her background can be erased. To the right of this picture example is a button to upload images. From the same button, I could also paste images or a URL. I proceeded to upload an image from my computer. It automatically erased the background for me. I could add a new background by uploading another picture or adding effects. Some of the effects include blurring the background, adding a shadow, and changing the opacity. I clicked the “done” button when it was completed and the “download” button to download the image file to my computer. 6/17/2024

HISTORY

As of November 2023, remove.bg has 58.1 million monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates remove.bg was founded on December 17, 2018. The Internet Archive has saved remove.bg 5,322 times between December 17, 2018 and December 14, 2023.

Is remove.bg Safe?

Here, I analyzed remove.bg for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:

Sucuri says remove.bg is a low security risk.

Security hardening flaws:

• Missing security header to prevent Content Type sniffing. Affected pages:
  https://remove.bg/ for Google’s UA
  https://www.remove.bg/ipc

Unmask Parasites says remove.bg is clean.

VirusTotal says remove.bg is clean.

URLVoid says remove.bg passed all blocklist engines.

In conclusion, we graded says remove.bg as safe, but it has security header issues. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: remove.bg