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

ALTERNATIVES

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

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?

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Sucuri says remove.bg is a low security risk. Results: Sucuri scan for remove.bg.

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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. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for remove.bg.

VirusTotal says remove.bg is clean. Results: VirusTotal scan for remove.bg.

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URLVoid says remove.bg passed all blocklist engines. Results: URLVoid scan for remove.bg.

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

Links and Profiles

Website: remove.bg

References

1. SimilarWeb – remove.bg

2. Wayback Machine – remove.bg