Remove Background from Logo

How to remove the background from a logo

Use this page to remove background from logo images: add the file above. Flat logos on a solid background are handled by Colour mode, in your browser and without credits; logos photographed on signs, shirts or packaging use AI mode. Either way you get a transparent PNG.

1. Add the logo: PNG, JPG, or a PDF page that contains it.
2. Choose the mode: Colour for flat backgrounds, AI for photos.
3. Check it on light and dark previews for leftover edges.
4. Download a transparent PNG, optionally with a white version for dark backgrounds.

Start from the best copy you can find

A logo’s edges can only be as clean as the image you start with. Before removing anything, look for a better source:

Flat logos: keep the white details

Many logos contain white parts, such as letters, outlines or a white symbol inside a coloured shape. When removing a white background, choose “remove outer white only” so those parts stay solid. For logos on a coloured background, pick that colour instead of white. More detail on tolerance and halos is on the remove white background page.

Logos with gradients, shadows or glow

Colour mode works on solid backgrounds. If the logo itself has a drop shadow, a soft glow or a gradient that fades into the background, a colour rule can’t tell where the logo ends. Use AI mode for these, then check the soft edges on both previews; a shadow is often kept partly transparent, which looks natural on light backgrounds.

A version for dark backgrounds

A dark logo disappears on a dark website header or slide. After removing the background, ask for a white version: every visible part of the logo is turned white while the transparency stays. Many brands keep both versions, one for light and one for dark backgrounds. Check both on the preview backgrounds before you download.

Sizes for common uses

The transparent PNG keeps your image’s pixel size. If you need smaller copies, ask for them in the same task:

• Website header: a copy at the width your theme uses, plus one at twice that width for high-resolution screens.
• Email signature: a small copy, so the email stays light.
• Slides and documents: the full-size PNG; the app scales it down.
• Print: use the designer’s vector original whenever possible.

To shrink file sizes while keeping transparency, use Compress image.

Only for logos you may use

Logos are usually trademarks. Removing the background doesn’t change that: use your own organisation’s logo, a client’s logo with their permission, or a brand’s logo as its guidelines allow (many brands publish a press or media kit with official transparent versions).

Checklist before you use the transparent logo

• Edges: zoom in on curves and small text on a dark preview; no light outline should remain.
• White details: inner letters and outlines are still solid.
• Colours: the brand colours look unchanged next to the original.
• Both versions: if you made a white version, test it on the real dark background you’ll use.
• File name: name files clearly, such as logo-transparent.png and logo-white.png, so teammates pick the right one.

Ask for the whole set

• “Remove the white background from our logo but keep the white letters.”
• “Make a transparent logo and a white version for dark backgrounds.”
• “Take the logo from page 1 of this PDF and make it a transparent PNG.”

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