How to remove the background from a logo

Step by step

1. Use the biggest version you have. A large logo file gives clean, sharp edges. A tiny icon saved from a website stays blurry, because CutOutFree keeps the size of your file and doesn’t enlarge it.
2. Open cutoutfree.com and choose the logo, drag it onto the page, or copy it and paste it with Ctrl+V.
3. Wait a few seconds. The background is removed on your own device.
4. Check it on your colors. Click a light and a dark color under Background, the way the logo will really be used, and look closely at the small text.
5. Save it. Click the checkerboard again and click Download: you get a transparent PNG. Or keep a color and save a JPG.

What works best

• A logo on a plain white or single-color background, like most logo JPGs.
• Clear shapes: an icon, a name in bold letters, a badge or an emblem.
• A file at least a few hundred pixels wide.

Good to know before you use it

• White parts inside the logo can disappear. The AI can’t always tell a white detail from the white background, so white shapes or white letters inside your logo may become see-through. Check the result on a dark color.
• Thin text can get a faint light edge when the logo goes on a dark background. On white and light colors it doesn’t show.
• The original file is always best. If a designer made your logo, ask for the SVG, PDF or AI file: it is already transparent and stays sharp at any size. CutOutFree is for when all you have is a picture of the logo.

Where a transparent logo is useful

• The header of your website or online shop.
• Designs in Canva, PowerPoint or Word, on top of any color or photo.
• An email signature, business cards and flyers.
• A small logo in the corner of your own photos and videos.
• T-shirts, mugs and stickers: print shops usually ask for a transparent PNG.

Not sure which file to save? See transparent PNG or white background.