remove.bg Dies Dec 1 — I Ran the Same 3 Photos Through the Free Replacements and Timed Them
AI-generated summary The standalone site remove.bg is shutting down on December 1, 2026, and background removal will move to the paid tier of Canva while directing direct users to Leonardo.ai. The author tested the open-source tool rembg using its u2net model on an Ubuntu 24.04 machine to evaluate free alternatives for background removal.