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September 5, 2026

Remove background function not working for months. “ Sorry, we were unable to remove background from this image. Please try re-uploading your asset.” error message and no troubleshooting helps

  • September 5, 2026
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See photo below. No matter which picture is used it’s always the same. 

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    Rose DV
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    September 9, 2026

    Hi ​@romantic_Palette06d9,

    Months of the same error with no troubleshooting to point to - that's a fair thing to be worn down by.

    That exact message ("unable to remove background, please re-upload") on every image you try is worth pinning down, because a tool that's just struggling with a hard photo usually gives a rough cutout, not a flat failure on everything. So a few things will help:

    • Does it fail on genuinely different images — a simple, high-contrast one (clear subject, plain background) as well as busier shots?

    • Are you on the web app or mobile, and which browser/OS or app version?

    • Does it fail the moment you hit remove background, or after it thinks for a bit?

    If even a clean, obvious-subject image throws that error, that points at something real rather than the photo - and that's what I'll take to the team. If you can, try one plain-background test image and let me know what happens.

    Rose