How to use Windows 10 Paint 3D to remove white backgrounds and make transparent images

Paint 3D is an underrated tool on Windows 10, which takes the standard MS Paint app and adds tons of modern features. One of the most useful tools is background removal. Here’s how to do that.

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Paint 3Dis an underrated Windows 10 app, which comes pre-installed on Windows 10 PCs. The app is a “modernized” version of Microsoft Paint, bringing tons of useful features. It’s probably not powerful enough for professional image manipulation. Still, if you want to just quickly remove the white background from an image and make something transparent for use in a blog or making a meme, it’s quite easy to do. Here’s how.

Remove white backgrounds from images in Paint 3D

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