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Background Eraser Photo Editor

An Android photo editor that cuts people and objects out of photos and puts them on new backgrounds

Remove the background from any photo, keep the subject as a transparent PNG and drop it onto a new scene. We built this Android photo editor from scratch for our client, and it has passed 10 million downloads on Google Play.

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10M+ Google Play downloads

The public install band on the app’s Google Play listing, checked 31 Oct 2026.

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An Android phone showing the Erase screen of Background Eraser Photo Editor — a woman in a sun hat with shopping bags cut out on a transparent checkerboard, with Auto, Magic, Lasso, Erase, Repair and Smooth tools — between the original photo in a circle and the same cut-out on a new sunset background
Interface illustration based on the app's tools; photo from the app's Google Play images.
Client
App publisher (client)
Platforms
Android
Our scope
Android app development

The product

What it does, and for whom

Cutting a person or object out of a photo used to mean careful erasing by hand. In this app the user picks a photo and the subject is cut out automatically in one tap. Manual tools then clean the edges, and the result can be saved as a transparent PNG or put on a new background, with a set of other photo editors around that core. The app has been on Google Play since October 2017 and is still updated (version 1.90, May 2026).

Scope The client publishes the app on Google Play and owns its brand, listing and background library. Our team developed the Android app. Google Play ratings rate the app, not Keshav Infotech.

Our contribution

What our team built

  1. Android app development

    The complete Android app, developed from scratch: automatic cut-out and the manual refine tools, transparent PNG export, background changer with its library, and the photo blender, collage, mirror, template, profile-picture, poster and blur editors.

User flow

From photo to new background in three steps

The core flow, in the order a user meets it.

Three Android screens of Background Eraser Photo Editor in order: the home screen with the Remove background card and a grid of nine tools; the Erase screen with the cut-out on a transparent checkerboard; and the Change Background screen with the cut-out on a sunset background and a row of background choices
Interface illustration of the core flow, in the order of the steps below. Numbered markers match the steps below.

  1. Pick a photo

    Start from a gallery photo or a selfie; the tool menu covers cutting out and the other editors.

  2. Cut out and refine

    Auto cut-out in one tap, then lasso, erase, repair and smooth for the edges.

  3. New background, save

    Choose a background or blur, then save — or keep the transparent PNG.

The product in use

Inside the app

  1. Automatic cut-out, with manual tools for the edges

    The auto cut-out finds people, animals and objects in one tap. Where an edge needs work, the user switches to magic cut, lasso, eraser, repair or smooth. The result saves as a PNG with a transparent background, ready to use as a sticker or in another design.

    The Erase screen on an Android phone with the cut-out on a transparent checkerboard, beside an enlarged toolbar with a brush slider and the Auto, Magic, Lasso, Erase, Repair and Smooth tools
    Cut-out on transparency, with the refine tools enlarged. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.

  2. Backgrounds, colours and blur

    Once the subject is cut out, the background changer puts it on a new scene: one of the more than 100 HD and artistic backgrounds in the app, or another photo from the gallery. Auto blur keeps the original scene but softens it behind the subject.

    The Change Background screen on an Android phone with the cut-out on a sunset background, beside an enlarged picker with Backgrounds, Blur and Gallery tabs and a row of background thumbnails
    Background picker: library, blur or the user's own photo. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.

  3. A full set of photo tools around the cut-out

    The cut-out comes first and the other editors are one tap away: background changer, photo blender, collage, echo mirror effect, cut-out templates, profile pictures, poster maker and auto blur.

    The home screen of Background Eraser Photo Editor on an Android phone, beside an enlarged grid of nine tools: Auto Cut, Background Changer, Photo Blender, Collage, Mirror Effect, Templates, Profile Pic, Poster Maker and Auto Blur
    The tool menu on the home screen. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.
  • Google Play image of Background Eraser Photo Editor: a woman with shopping bags cut out on a transparent checkerboard above the original photo, titled 100% PNG BG Remover
    Google Play store image: one-tap background removal.
  • Google Play image of Background Eraser Photo Editor: a cat, clothes and a cartoon character cut out as stickers, titled 100% PNG One Click cutout Objects
    Google Play store image: objects cut out as stickers.
  • Google Play image of Background Eraser Photo Editor: a woman in an evening gown on a neon background, titled Picture art, 500+ Templates
    Google Play store image: picture-art templates.
  • Google Play image of Background Eraser Photo Editor: a summer fashion sale poster with a cut-out model, titled Poster maker, One Click Photo Editor
    Google Play store image: poster maker.

About these images: the phone screens are an illustration of the app built from its listed tools; they are not screenshots. The woman's photo comes from the app's own Google Play images; the shop-window backdrop of the original and the new backgrounds are drawn. The four store images in the gallery are shown as the client published them on Google Play.

Delivery

The engagement

  • Live on Google Play since October 2017; version 1.90, updated May 2026.
  • Over 10 million downloads on Google Play (public install band, checked 31 Oct 2026).
  • Runs on Android 7.0 and later.

More delivered work

Other apps we developed that are on Google Play

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