How to Make an Image Background Transparent in MS PowerPoint

This article is about how to make an image background Transparent in MS PowerPoint. Also, this tutorial will show you how to use background subtraction and set transparent colors to make the background of an image stand out in PowerPoint.

This is great if you don’t have Photoshop handy.

The instructions in this article apply to PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint for Office 365, PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, and PowerPoint for Mac 2011.

1. Remove the background color from the image

Step 1: Open the PowerPoint presentation and go to the slide with the image you want to add a background to.

Step 2: Click on the image you want to remove and select Remove Background.

Remove Background

In PowerPoint for Mac, go to Picture Format and select Remove Background.
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Step 3: PowerPoint turns the image pink to show the parts it considers background.

You can customize the part of the saved and removed image and make it stand out.

Use the Mark area to keep and Mark area to remove buttons to click on the part of the photo that should be kept or removed.

In PowerPoint for Mac, use items to keep or items to delete.

Mark the area for deletion

Step 4: Select Save Changes to apply the changes.

Note the following changes

Sometimes the image ends up being more or less clear than you want. If so, repeat the steps above. The background of this image is clear

2. Highlight the background of the image

To make a single color in the photo appear more quickly, use Mode > Color > Set Rotation instead of clicking on any color in the photo.

Set a transparent color

In this way, you can easily remove something from the image or remove a strong color, such as clip art or cartoon-like photos.

3. Save edited photos as needed

Once you’re done, you can right-click the image and click Save as Image to save the newly scanned image to a separate file.

Save as picture

Backtracking is not available for vector graphics files, such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Adobe Illustrator Graphics (AI), Windows Metafile Format (WMF), and Vector Drawing File (DRW).