The better the app, the easier it’s going to be to remove the background from an image and make it transparent. You need a slightly sophisticated app to do this. To remove the background from an image and make it transparent you need a proper image editor.Īdding transparency to an image lies outside the scope of a general purpose image editor. There is no image converter out there that will automatically remove white from an image and make it transparent. Converting a JPEG to a PNG doesn’t add transparency to the image. JPEG is preferred for its small size and universal support and PNG images, while heavier, support transparency. JPG/JPEG and PNG are two of the most popular image formats onilne.