Last updated: July 7, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Cutout ("we", "the site", "the tool") collects when you use it, how that information is used, and what third parties are involved. Cutout is a background-removal tool available at this domain, and this policy covers your use of it.
Your photo is uploaded to remove the background, then discarded. When you click "Remove background," the image you selected is sent over an encrypted HTTPS connection to Cutout's own backend, which processes it using our own background-removal service and streams the transparent-background result straight back to your browser. Neither the routing layer nor the processing service writes your photo to a database or persistent storage; it exists only for the duration of that single request.
The background-removal processing itself runs on infrastructure provided by a third-party hosting service (see "Third parties" below), but it runs code and models Cutout controls directly, not a third party's own image-processing product. We do not control how long the hosting provider's own systems retain low-level infrastructure logs (such as request timestamps at the network level), separate from the photo content itself.
Cutout also lets you drop in your own image to use as a custom background behind your cutout, and separately lets you paint directly on your result using the Touch Up tool. Neither of these ever leaves your device. A custom background image is decoded and displayed entirely in your browser to combine it with your cutout on-screen and in your downloaded file; it is never uploaded to Cutout's backend or any third party, and is discarded the moment you close the tab, remove it, or start over. The same is true of any edits made with the Touch Up brush.
The export size options (including the eBay/Amazon/Etsy squares, the Depop 4:5 crop, and the Facebook Marketplace/Mercari crop) and the "Download marketplace pack" button all run entirely in your browser. Your already-processed photo is resized and packaged into a ZIP file locally, using your device's own processing, and is never re-uploaded to Cutout's backend or any third party to do this.
The "See sold prices on eBay" search and the "Also check current listings" links open a new browser tab directly to eBay, Amazon, Poshmark, Mercari, Depop, or Facebook Marketplace's own public search page, with whatever text you typed included in that page's URL. That text is sent only to whichever marketplace you click through to, is subject to that marketplace's own privacy policy, and is never sent to or stored by Cutout.
The profit calculator (sale price, item cost, shipping cost) runs entirely as arithmetic in your browser. Nothing you type into it is transmitted anywhere, logged, or stored, by Cutout or anyone else.
Like most websites, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) automatically logs standard technical information for security and performance purposes, such as IP address, browser type, and request timestamps. This is standard web server behavior and is not something Cutout configures separately.
If analytics are enabled on this site, they may record anonymous, aggregate usage statistics such as page views and general visit duration. Analytics data does not include the contents of any photo you upload.
The homepage shows a running total of photos that have had their background successfully removed. That number comes from a single counter in our backend, incremented exactly once per request, only at the moment a real transparent-background result is actually returned. Failed uploads, unsupported files, backend errors, and our own internal testing traffic are all explicitly excluded, so none of those can inflate the number. If the counter isn't set up yet on a given deployment, the homepage shows nothing at all rather than a placeholder or a fake figure.
This counter is not tied to your IP address, any other personal identifier, or the contents of any specific photo. It is a running total of completed jobs, not a record of who ran them, and it is the only number this site displays about its own usage.
Cutout uses a small amount of local browser storage to remember whether you've already responded to the cookie consent banner, so it doesn't reappear on every visit. If advertising is active on the site (see below), the ad provider may set its own cookies for ad personalization, measurement, and fraud prevention.
You can decline non-essential cookies via the cookie banner shown on your first visit. Most browsers also let you block third-party cookies at the browser level while still using the core background-removal feature normally, since that feature does not depend on cookies to function.
Because no account is required, there is no login-based data to request deletion of. If you have a specific privacy question about a request you made, contact us using the details below.
Cutout is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will be revised. Continued use of the site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Questions about this policy can be sent to support@cutoutstudio.org.
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