How to Remove the Background from a Product Photo in Photoroom

Marketplaces like Amazon and Etsy want products on a clean background, and a messy cutout gets a listing rejected. Photoroom removes backgrounds automatically and gives you tools to fix the edges. This guide takes a phone photo of a product to a listing-ready image in a few minutes.

What you need

• A Photoroom account (web app at photoroom.com or the mobile app)
• A product photo with the item reasonably in focus
• An idea of your target background: pure white, transparent, or a scene
• Optional: a brand color hex code if you want a colored backdrop

Step 1: Upload and let the cutout run

Click Start from photo and select your product image. Photoroom removes the background automatically within a second or two and shows the subject on a checkerboard, which means transparency.

Step 2: Fix any missed edges

Open the cutout retouch tool. Use the Restore brush to paint back any part of the product the model trimmed by mistake, and the Erase brush to remove leftover background flecks near thin parts like straps or handles.

Step 3: Choose a clean background

In the Background tab, pick pure white for marketplace listings, or keep it transparent if you will composite the product elsewhere. For a branded look, paste your hex code into the color picker so every shot matches.

Step 4: Resize and export at the right specs

Use the Resize tool to set a square canvas, since most marketplaces prefer 1:1. Export as PNG to keep transparency or JPG for a flat white background, then download the file.

Result: a phone snapshot of a sneaker becomes a crisp 2000 by 2000 image on pure white, edges clean around the laces, ready to upload straight to a product listing.