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Background Remover
Free Remove backgrounds from uploaded images directly in the designer — no external service, no upload of the customer's photo to a third party.
Standard — Signed, install-ready ZIP. Installs and updates through the in-app addon marketplace. + Source Access — Everything in Standard, plus full TypeScript/Vue source, sourcemaps, and build tooling (npm ci && npm run build) so you can customize it yourself. Unsigned — install manually, not through the in-app marketplace installer. Same license key as Standard.
What it does
Background Remover adds a one-click Remove background action to the toolbar for any uploaded image in the designer. It's aimed at shops whose customers upload phone photos, logos, or portraits with a plain or messy background that needs to disappear before printing.
Removal runs entirely in the customer's browser using a client-side machine-learning model — the image is never sent to an external API to process the cutout, which keeps it fast and keeps the original file private. The result replaces the visible background with transparency; the original upload is preserved underneath so the action can be undone at any time.
How to enable
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Buy the addon
Your Lemon Squeezy receipt email (and "My Orders" page) contains the addon ZIP.
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Upload it in the Veyo Apps screen
In WordPress admin, open Veyo → Apps and upload the ZIP. Veyo verifies the package and installs it.
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Enable it
Toggle Background Remover on. No further configuration is needed — the action appears automatically for every uploaded image.
How to use it
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Upload an image
The customer uploads a photo or logo as usual in the designer.
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Select it and click "Remove background"
With the image layer selected, the new toolbar action processes the cutout in a few seconds, right in the browser.
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Adjust or undo
The result can be undone, re-cropped, or combined with the other image tools (filters, crop) since the original file is kept.
FAQ
Does this send my customers' photos anywhere?
No. Background removal runs on-device using a client-side model — the image data stays in the browser and is never uploaded to a third-party background-removal service.
What license applies to the underlying library?
The client-side background-removal library this addon uses is distributed under AGPL-3.0. This only affects redistribution of that library's own source; it does not change the license of your shop or your customers' artwork.
Does it work on every image format?
It works on the standard raster formats the designer already accepts (PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP). Vector clipart doesn't need background removal since it has no raster background to begin with.