If you have an iOS 16 iPhone, you no longer need to use any third-party app like Photoshop to remove background from an image. Once you know how to remove background from photos in iOS 16 on iPhone, it will be a cakewalk for you. You can erase the background from any kind of image whether you clicked them on your iPhone or got them from the Internet.
How to remove background from photos in iOS 16 on iPhone?
Option 1: Use the Photos app to remove background from pictures
- Open the Photos app
- Find the image whose background you want to remove
- Press and hold on the subject and soon a white glow will appear around the image
- Drag the subject and drop it anywhere you wish like WhatsApp, iMessage, etc.
- Alternately, stop holding the image as soon as the white glow starts appearing and a popup shall appear with the options Copy and Share
- Choose the Copy option if you want to copy the image and paste it anywhere you wish
- Or click on the Share option if you want to share it directly as a sticker with others
Option 2: Use of Safari browser to remove the background from photographs from the Internet
- Use the Safari browser to find the image from which you want to remove the background
- Long press on the image until a pop-up menu appears
- Click on Copy Subject to eliminate the background and copy the same to your clipboard
- Paste the image wherever you plan to use it
Watch this YouTube video for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suvtQO8Hy9w
Option 3: Use the Files app to remove the image background
- Open the Files app and find the image you want the background removed of
- Long press on the thumbnail of the image and click on Quick Actions
- Now choose the Remove Background option
- The background shall be removed and the image would get saved in the same location
Apps that support the background removal tool in iOS 16
This tool is like an extension of the Visual Lookup feature in iOS 15. It is very well integrated with most of the system apps. It works wonderfully with iOS apps like Messages, Mail, and Notes besides Safari, Files, and Photos as already mentioned.
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Other iPhone models that support the background removal feature
This feature uses “advanced machine learning and image analysis functionality” according to Apple. This feature is available on all phones which has the A12 Bionic processor or later. The models include:
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE 2nd-generation and 3rd-generation
That is all the information we have on how to remove background from photos in iOS 16 on iPhone. Let us know in the comments section below how you are making use of it or if you know any other way to do it.
