Ideogram Ai Remove Background

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Ideogram Remove Background is a fast AI background remover that removes image backgrounds and returns a clean transparent foreground image. Ready-to-use REST inference API for product photos, portraits, design assets, e-commerce images, and creative workflows with high-quality cutouts, simple integration, no coldstarts, and affordable pricing.

Features

Ideogram Remove Background

Ideogram Remove Background removes the background from an input image and returns a transparent cutout, making it easy to isolate products, people, and objects for clean downstream use in design, e-commerce, and marketing workflows.

Why Choose This?

Fast background removal Remove image backgrounds in a single step with a simple upload workflow.
Transparent output Generate clean cutouts that are ready for compositing, product listings, and creative editing.
Simple one-image input Upload a single image and get a processed result without extra prompt engineering or manual masking.
Useful for production workflows Ideal for product photos, design assets, social content, and catalog preparation.
Production-ready API Easy to integrate into automated editing, creative tooling, and asset-preparation pipelines.

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
image	Yes	Input image to process for background removal.

How to Use

Upload your image — provide the image you want to process.
Submit — run the model to remove the background.
Download the result — use the transparent output in your workflow.

Example Use Case

Remove the background from a perfume bottle photo to create a clean transparent product cutout for e-commerce and ad creatives.

Pricing

Just $0.01 per image.

Best Use Cases

E-commerce product images — Create clean transparent cutouts for product listings and catalogs.
Marketing creatives — Isolate products or subjects for ads, banners, and promotional designs.
Design workflows — Prepare assets for compositing, layout, and visual editing.
Social media content — Quickly create clean foreground cutouts for posts and branded content.
Catalog and asset cleanup — Standardize image assets for internal or public-facing use.

Pro Tips

Use clear images with well-defined subjects for cleaner background removal.
Product photos with good contrast between subject and background usually work best.
Transparent outputs are especially useful for layered design workflows and marketplace listings.
Start with the highest-quality source image available for more precise edge handling.

Notes

image is the only required field.
Pricing is fixed at $0.01 per image.
The output is intended for transparent-background use cases.

Authentication

For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.

API Endpoints

Submit Task & Query Result


# Submit the task
curl --location --request POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/ideogram-ai/remove-background" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
--data-raw '{}'

# Get the result
curl --location --request GET "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${requestId}/result" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}"

Parameters

Task Submission Parameters

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Range	Description
image	string	Yes		-	The image whose background needs to be removed. JPEG, PNG and WebP formats are supported, maximum file size 10MB.

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
code	integer	HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
message	string	Status message (e.g., “success”)
data.id	string	Unique identifier for the prediction, Task Id
data.model	string	Model ID used for the prediction
data.outputs	array	Array of URLs to the generated content (empty when status is not `completed`)
data.urls	object	Object containing related API endpoints
data.urls.get	string	URL to retrieve the prediction result
data.has_nsfw_contents	array	Array of boolean values indicating NSFW detection for each output
data.status	string	Status of the task: `created`, `processing`, `completed`, or `failed`
data.created_at	string	ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”)
data.error	string	Error message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timings	object	Object containing timing details
data.timings.inference	integer	Inference time in milliseconds

Result Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
id	string	Yes	-	Task ID

Result Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
code	integer	HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success)
message	string	Status message (e.g., “success”)
data	object	The prediction data object containing all details
data.id	string	Unique identifier for the prediction, the ID of the prediction to get
data.model	string	Model ID used for the prediction
data.outputs	string	Array of URLs to the generated content.
data.urls	object	Object containing related API endpoints
data.urls.get	string	URL to retrieve the prediction result
data.status	string	Status of the task: `created`, `processing`, `completed`, or `failed`
data.created_at	string	ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”)
data.error	string	Error message (empty if no error occurred)
data.timings	object	Object containing timing details
data.timings.inference	integer	Inference time in milliseconds

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