If you've ever found yourself installing apps like Photoshop to remove backgrounds from photos, iOS 16 brings some very good news for you. With iOS 16, you can easily remove backgrounds from photos right on your iPhone. Whether it's a portrait of yourself, or a picture of your dog, you can now easily convert the image to a transparent background image, and use it as a sticker (among other things). How to remove background from photos on iPhone with iOS 16.

There are several ways that you can use to remove background from your photos on iPhone. We will cover all of these methods, and you can use the one that suits your needs best. As always, you can use the table of contents below to jump to any section that intrigues you.

If you're wondering if your iPhone supports the new background removal feature, here's what Apple says. According to the company, the feature uses "advanced machine learning and image analysis functionality." Essentially, Apple has only made the feature available on iPhones with an A12 Bionic processor or later. Here are all the iPhones that support the background removal feature:

There are four quick ways to isolate subjects from the background. It's worth pointing out that this background removal feature works on any image where the subject is clearly defined. So, whether you want to isolate a person, a pet or an object from photos, you can use this method.