What replaces the remove.bg plugins and apps
By the IsraModel AI team · Published
remove.bg’s Photoshop plugin, its desktop app and its other integrations end with the website on 1 December 2026 at 9:00 CET. Most of the apps they plugged into now remove backgrounds on their own. Here is a replacement for each, read on the maker’s help pages, checked October 26, 2026.
25 free credits to start
What stops on December 1
remove.bg’s integrations page lists its own Photoshop plugin, desktop app and command-line tool, plugins for Figma, GIMP, Sketch and PowerPoint made by other developers, and automations through Zapier and Make, such as Shopify and Google Drive.
Its FAQ says the Photoshop plugin will not be available after 1 December 2026, and that the other integrations and plugins are discontinued that day, when the self-service API also stops accepting requests. For the desktop app, remove.bg points to Canva’s bulk background removal. Source: remove.bg FAQ, checked October 26, 2026.
Photoshop plugin: Photoshop’s own Remove Background, or Affinity
Photoshop on desktop already has it. According to Adobe’s help page, you select the image layer (active and unlocked), open the Discover panel from the search icon or Help > Photoshop Help, then choose Browse > Quick Actions > Remove Background. Photoshop isolates the subject and gives you a transparent background or a masked layer. If the edge is not perfect, paint on the layer mask with the Brush tool.
Affinity is remove.bg’s own suggestion. Its FAQ says Affinity, also part of Canva, is free to use and has remove.bg’s background-removal technology built in. The feature itself is not free: Affinity’s help page calls Remove Background a premium feature that needs the Canva premium plan, and remove.bg’s FAQ names Canva Pro. In the desktop app it is under Pixel > Remove Background, or in the Canva AI Studio. Affinity also notes that Canva AI features run on Canva’s servers, so the image is processed online.
Figma plugin: Figma’s built-in Remove background
Figma removes backgrounds without a plugin. In Figma Design, Slides and Sites, select the image and click Remove background in the secondary toolbar; in FigJam it is under AI tools. According to Figma’s help center, it is available on paid plans and on the Starter plan in Figma Design. Each image uses 1 to 5 AI credits; the Starter plan includes 500 credits a month, with a daily limit of 150.
PowerPoint plugin: Remove Background in Office
PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook have their own Remove Background on Windows and Mac, in Microsoft 365, 2024 and 2021, according to Microsoft’s support page. Select the picture and choose Picture Format > Remove Background. The area to remove turns magenta; use Mark Areas to Keep or Mark Areas to Remove to correct it, then Keep Changes. It works on one picture at a time: fine for a slide, slow for a catalog. It does not work on vector files such as SVG.
Desktop app and bulk editing: Canva, or a free browser tool
remove.bg’s FAQ says Canva’s bulk background removal covers the desktop app, in the browser or in the Canva desktop app. According to Canva’s help center, Background Remover is on paid plans, takes up to 50 images per folder and one folder at a time, works on photos under 9 MB, and scales results above 10 megapixels down to 10.
If you mostly ran small batches of product photos, our free bulk background remover takes up to 20 photos at a time in the browser, with no account and no upload, and downloads them as one ZIP: transparent PNGs, white JPGs or Amazon-ready squares. It also works on a phone in an up-to-date Chrome or Safari, more slowly than on a computer.
GIMP and Sketch plugins
These plugins were made by other developers and fall under remove.bg’s discontinued integrations. Until you settle on a new plugin, the simplest route is to export the image, remove the background in a browser tool such as our transparent background maker and place the PNG back in your file. Logos and signatures on white paper have their own mode there, which keeps thin strokes.
Zapier, Make and the command line: a new API
Automations and the command-line tool call remove.bg’s self-service API, so they need another API before December 1. remove.bg’s official route is Leonardo.ai, with a new account and key. We compare it with Photoroom, Pixelcut, Claid and Picsart in remove.bg API alternatives. We do not offer a background-removal API ourselves. For dates, credits and invoices, see the remove.bg shutdown checklist.
Questions
Will the remove.bg Photoshop plugin keep working?
No. remove.bg’s FAQ says the Photoshop plugin will not be available after 1 December 2026. Photoshop’s own Remove Background quick action, or Affinity, can take its place.
Does Photoshop have a built-in background remover?
Yes. On desktop, open the Discover panel and choose Browse > Quick Actions > Remove Background. Photoshop gives you a transparent background or a masked layer you can refine with the Brush tool.
Is Affinity’s background removal free?
Affinity itself is free to use, according to remove.bg. Its Remove Background feature runs on Canva AI and needs the Canva premium plan (Canva Pro, in remove.bg’s words).
Can Figma remove a background without a plugin?
Yes. Figma’s Remove background is in the secondary toolbar in Figma Design, on paid plans and the Starter plan. It uses 1 to 5 AI credits per image.
What replaces the remove.bg desktop app?
remove.bg points to Canva’s bulk background removal, which is on paid plans and takes up to 50 images per folder. For free, our browser tool removes backgrounds from up to 20 photos at a time with no account.