What has been announced
Facts on this page were checked against remove.bg's and Leonardo.Ai's own pages on 1 November 2026. Announcements can change, so confirm details on the official pages linked below before making decisions.
remove.bg states that its standalone website will no longer be available from 1 December 2026 at 9:00 AM CET, and that its background removal functionality is moving into the Canva platform. remove.bg has been part of Canva since 2021. remove.bg's API documentation states that from the same date, API background removal moves to Leonardo.Ai, which is also part of Canva.
What to do, by how you use remove.bg
remove.bg's FAQ answers questions about subscriptions, pay-as-you-go credits, account data, the desktop app, the Photoshop plugin, and other integrations. Read the answer that applies to you there; this page does not restate their refund or account terms.
| If you use | What changes | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| The remove.bg website | The standalone site is no longer available; background removal continues in Canva | Download any results you still need, and decide whether Canva or a standalone tool suits your workflow |
| The remove.bg API | API background removal moves to Leonardo.Ai, which uses a different endpoint and request format | Find every place your code calls api.remove.bg, then test a replacement before the date |
| Plugins, the desktop app, or integrations | Covered by separate questions in remove.bg's FAQ | Read the FAQ answer for your tool, then check whether the plugin lets you change its API endpoint |
| Subscriptions or credits | Covered by remove.bg's FAQ | Read the FAQ answer for your plan type |
Find your API calls before the date
Search your code, environment variables, automation tools, and server configuration for api.remove.bg. Scripts and no-code automations are easy to miss because they run unattended. A call that stops working after 1 December fails silently unless your code checks the response status.
- Search repositories and configuration for api.remove.bg and REMOVE_BG.
- List each integration, the parameters it sends, and the output format it expects.
- Pick a replacement and run your own representative test images through it.
- Switch production traffic before 1 December 2026 and keep error alerts on the new endpoint.
Your options
For the website: Canva's background remover, or a standalone tool such as the Cutout Lab editor on this page, which is free and needs no account. For the API: Leonardo.Ai's API, an API that accepts remove.bg-style requests, or another provider. The comparison pages below describe each option using the providers' own documentation.
Independence and corrections
Cutout Lab is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by remove.bg, Kaleido AI, Canva, or Leonardo.Ai. Product names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to describe the announced changes. If anything on this page is out of date, email support@cutoutlabs.com and we will correct it.