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Remove the background from a picture to highlight the photo's subject or remove distracting detail.

Note: This feature is only available for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Select your photo.
Select the Picture Tools > Format tab and select Remove Background.
From the Background Removal tools:
- Select Mark Areas to Keep and draw on the areas you'd like to save.
- Select Mark Areas to Remove to draw around what you'd like to take out.
Select Keep Changes when you're done.
If you'd like to save your edited image as a separate file, right-click the photo and select Save as Picture.