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This wikiHow teaches you how to make a white background transparent in Microsoft Paint. On Windows 10, the computer comes with an updated MS Paint (named Paint 3D), and you can remove the background with just a few clicks. On previous Windows versions, we will not be able to save images with a transparent background in Paint. However, you can crop the subject in the picture and paste it in another background.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Use Paint 3D

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   . This option is in the right pane below the "Canvas" heading. The background color is turned off, but you may not immediately notice it.

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   . This option is at the top of the right pane. Now only the selected part of the image will be visible against a gray background.

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   below the ″ Select ″ option. This button is in the vertical toolbar at the top of Paint. A drop-down menu will appear.

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   below the ″ Select ″ option again. This menu will open again.

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   Click Rectangular selection (Rectangular selection). This option is at the top of the menu. The Rectangular selection tool allows you to draw a rectangle around an object to select it.

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   Select the part of the photo you want to keep. Click and drag the mouse around the entire object, then release. A dotted rectangular frame will appear around the area you selected.
   • Any objects in the selection that do not match the color in the "Color 2" box will be preserved. If the background is not quite white (such as there is a shadow or other object in the background that you don't want to keep), select Freeform selection (Free-range) so you can outline the part of the image to keep.

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   Click Copy (Copy). This option is in the "Clipboard" panel near the top left corner of Paint. The selection will be copied.

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   Create or open a new file. Now that the selection has been copied, you can open a new picture to paste in. Paint will prompt you to save or cancel changes to the current picture before the new picture opens.
   • Click File in the upper right corner.
   • Click new to create a new file, or select Open to open another available image.

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   Click Paste (Paste) near the top left corner Paint. The selected portion of the previous photo is pasted in the new photo.
   • Click and drag the pasted selection to move.
   • There may still be some white markings around the edges of the pasted image. Read on to find out how to fix it.

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    Click Color 1. This box is next to the palette at the top of the screen.

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    Click the dropper in the toolbar.

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    Click the background next to the white border. If there is still a white patch around the border of the picture you just pasted, click the background next to the white patch to choose a color directly behind the white border. This way you will be able to paint over the white border to match the selected color.

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    Click on the brush tool. This is the brush icon to the right of the "Tools" panel at the top of the Paint window.
    • You can click the down arrow below the brush to select other brushes.

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    Paint over white border. Use the brush tool to paint over remaining white borders around the object you pasted.
    • Zoom in and try not to overlay the subject.
    • If the background is not a single color, you may need to use the dropper tool multiple times.
    • Click the drop-down menu below options Size to resize the brush. Use a larger brush to fill most of the rest of the white stroke, then zoom in and switch to the small brush for details.
    • Finds white parts of the picture that the Transparent Select tool did not copy. Use the brush tool to color those parts.
    • If you accidentally paint over the image, you can click Ctrl+Z to undo.
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