Remove Background From Video

If you are using Kapwing on a Free account, then all exports will contain a watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro account, the watermark will be completely removed from your creations.

Kapwing’s Video BG Remover automatically makes your video background white so that you can layer new photos or videos behind your main subject. To make a white background, click 'Remove Background' in the Effects tab — and that's it. Once the video is ready, content creators can add a variety of special effects best suited to blank backgrounds before exporting and sharing online.

Yes, you can remove a video background without using a green screen. Recording to a professional backdrop used to require filming in front of a studio green screen before applying a custom BG via a video editing tool. Using Kapwing, you can streamline this process without needing a green screen. Upload your video to the video editor and the BG will be deleted with one simple click.

No, manually tracking objects within a video is not possible on Kapwing. Our powerful video tool streamlines the process using AI to remove the video background instead.

Yes, Kapwing has a Chroma Key tool that you can use for free. It is located in the 'Effects' tab alongside the Background Remover. Using this feature, you can remove any solid-color background while manually adjusting the threshold.

Kapwing boasts a huge variety of stock footage powered by providers such as Pexels, Pixabay, and royalty-free Bing images. The library includes food, humans, sports, animals, nature, business, illustrations, and more. Alternatively, you can use Kapwing's AI Video Generator to create custom videos for your content.

We believe that the main benefit of our AI-powered Video Background Remover is saving content creators money and time by allowing them to edit video backgrounds without filming to a green screen. YouTubers, marketers, presenters, influencers, online coaches, educators, entrepreneurs, and social media managers can capitalize on the ability to present to camera without needing a green screen to edit the background.

The Video Background Remover supports a host of different video files such as MP4, MOV, WebM, and more. Likewise, you can convert any video into a MP4, GIF, MP3, or PNG.

Kapwing works across both desktop and mobile devices, including iPhone and Android. To remove the background from a video, start by uploading your content to Kapwing's online browser. Next, select the video and hit "Edit video" at the top of your screen. Click the "Effects" tab and choose 'Remove background".

Yes, your video will have a transparent background when you click or prompt to remove it. Removing the background isolates your subject from the original footage, allowing you to place it over other content in Kapwing Studio. Add images, graphics, or video layers behind your subject to create a new scene.

The Kapwing Studio does not support exporting video with a transparent background, but you can choose your new background from stock images and videos and colors, uploaded media, or generated background images and videos. If you export a video with a transparent background, it will be automatically replaced with plain white.

Yes, you can ask Kai, Kapwing's AI video assistant, to remove video backgrounds using natural-language prompts instead of manual editing controls. Upload your footage to a new chat with Kai. Enter a prompt requesting to remove or replace the background, then refine the result with follow-up instructions. You can also switch to Kapwing Studio to adjust your subject's position, add new backgrounds, or continue editing the same project.