For an image in an Office file, you can remove the background from it to accent the subject or to remove distracting details.
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Select the picture with the background you want to remove.
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Go to Picture Format > Remove Background.
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Go to Background Removal > Mark Areas to Keep or Mark Areas to Remove.
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Mark areas and select Keep Changes.
For additional details, including a demonstration video, read this same article in your web browser.
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Select the picture that you want to remove the background from.
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Go to Picture Tools > Remove Background.
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Select one of the handles on the marquee lines and drag it to include the portion of the picture that you want to keep. Select Delete Mark to undo marked areas.
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Do one or both of the following:
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To indicate which parts of the picture you don't want automatically removed, select Mark Areas to Keep.
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To indicate which parts of the picture you do want removed in addition to those automatically marked, select Mark Areas to Remove.
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When you're done, select Keep Changes or Discard All Changes.
For additional details, including a demonstration video, read this same article in your web browser.
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Select the picture.
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On the Picture Format tab, select Remove Background.
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The default background area is colored magenta to mark it for removal, while the foreground retains its natural coloring.
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If necessary, under Picture Tools, on the Background Removal tab, do one or both of the following:
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If parts of the picture that you want to keep are marked for removal, select Mark Areas to Keep and use the freeform drawing pencil
to mark the areas on the picture that you want to keep. -
To remove more parts of the picture, select Mark Areas to Remove and use the drawing pencil
to mark those areas.
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When you're done, select Keep Changes or Discard All Changes.
For additional details, including a demonstration video, read this same article in your web browser.
Important: Background removal isn't available for vector graphic files, such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Adobe Illustrator Graphics (AI), Windows Metafile Format (WMF), and Vector Drawing File (DRW).