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    Free Video Background Remover

    Drop a clip of up to 20 seconds and an AI model running in your browser finds the person in every frame, then rebuilds the video over a solid colour (chroma green by default, ready to key in your editor), a blur of the original background, or an image you choose. Preview the first frame before you commit; the source audio is kept where your browser allows. Nothing is uploaded.

    • Looks paidActually free
    • No uploadRuns on your device
    • No accountNothing to sign up for
    • No watermarkYour file, untouched

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    Part of free Instagram tools, free TikTok tools and free YouTube tools.

    Your files never leave your device

    Free to use, with no account and no watermark. The first run downloads the model files once and your browser caches them; the model then runs on your device, and the file you process is never sent anywhere.

    This is not a promise about how carefully we handle your upload. There is no upload. The file you choose is read into memory by your own browser, processed there, and handed back as a download — the tool has no server component and makes no network request with your data. The only download is the model itself, which contains nothing of yours.

    • Nothing is stored. We never receive the file, so there is no copy to retain, no retention period to disclose, and nothing to delete on request.
    • Nothing is transmitted. No upload endpoint, no analytics payload carrying file contents, no third-party processor.
    • You can verify it. Run the tool once so the model is cached, then disconnect from the internet and run it again. It still works, because everything it needs is already on your machine.
    • Nothing persists after you close the tab. Files are held in page memory only — not in local storage, not in a cache, not in a database.

    A note on wording, because it matters: we do not describe these tools as “encrypted.” Encryption protects data that travels to somebody else's computer. Your file does not travel, so there is nothing to encrypt and nothing to intercept — which is a stronger guarantee than encryption, not a weaker one. The page itself is served over HTTPS like the rest of the site.

    This makes the tools safe for material you are contractually barred from uploading to third-party services — client footage under NDA, unreleased campaign assets, anything covered by a confidentiality clause.

    How it works

    1. 1. Drop a short clip

      MP4, MOV or WebM up to 20 seconds. Anything above 1080p is scaled down to 1080p. The file stays in this tab.

    2. 2. Pick the background and preview

      Chroma green, any colour, a blur of the original or your own image. Preview the first frame to check the cutout; the first preview downloads the model once into your browser cache.

    3. 3. Let it analyse every frame

      MODNet (or BiRefNet-lite for objects) cuts out the subject frame by frame on your device, with WebGPU when available. This is slower than real time; the progress bar shows frames done and time left.

    4. 4. Record and download

      The clip plays once in real time while it is recorded with its sound, then you download an MP4 or WebM. Change the background afterwards and only the recording pass runs again.

    Questions

    Is this video background remover really free?

    Yes, with no account, no watermark and no credits. The model runs on your own device, so there is no server cost to pass on. The limits are 20 seconds per clip and 1080p output, because every frame is analysed in your browser.

    Is my video uploaded anywhere?

    No. The video is read, analysed and re-encoded inside this browser tab. The only network request is the first-run download of the open model from Hugging Face (about 26 MB for people, 98 MB for any subject), which your browser then caches.

    How long does it take?

    Longer than the clip itself. With WebGPU on a recent laptop, a 20-second clip usually takes one to three minutes to analyse; on the CPU fallback it can take several times that, which is why the tool offers to analyse every other frame. The export then plays the clip once in real time, so keep the tab in front until it finishes.

    Can I get a transparent video?

    Not from this tool. Browser recorders don't reliably keep an alpha channel, so rather than promise one we export on chroma green (#00b140) by default. Drop that into CapCut, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut and key the green out for a clean cut-out.

    How good is the cutout?

    Strong on one or two people against an ordinary background: talking heads, dance, fitness. Fine hair, motion blur and people who blend into the background are harder, and edges can shimmer between frames; the smoothing setting calms that. For products, pets or objects use Any subject, which needs WebGPU.

    Which AI model does it use, and does it keep the sound?

    People mode uses MODNet (Apache-2.0); Any subject uses BiRefNet-lite (MIT), the same model as the free photo background remover. Both licences allow commercial use. The source audio is kept in Chrome, Edge and Firefox; Safari can't capture a video's audio, so the export is silent there.

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    Everything on this page works on a file you already have, which is why it costs nothing. Generating something that did not exist (video from a prompt, a voice, a score) runs a model, and that costs credits.