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# Remove Background (Node)

## Summary

The Remove Background Node strips the background out of an image, leaving just the subject. It's a simple, single-purpose utility node — one image in, one background-removed image out — for when you need a clean cutout inside a larger workflow rather than as a standalone tool.

## How to Use

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add the Node">
    Click the Add (+) button and select **Remove Background** from the Image Utilities sub-category.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect an image">
    Link an image from another node, or upload one directly.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run">
    Click Run. The node outputs the same image with its background removed.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  This is the workflow-canvas node version of background removal. For the same capability outside the Workflow builder, see the standalone **Remove Background** tool available across the app's image editing surfaces.
</Note>

## Sample Use Cases

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Cutting out a product for compositing" defaultOpen>
    Remove a product photo's background inside a workflow, then feed the cutout into a downstream node that composites it onto a new scene.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Preparing assets for a carousel or ad" defaultOpen>
    Clean up a reference image before passing it into a node like Carousel Maker or Ad Maker, so the subject isolates cleanly.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>