How do I flatten an image in Photoshop with a transparent background?

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Hello!  I am trying to flatten an image in Photoshop while keeping my transparent background.  When I flatten, it gives me this white background instead.  Someone posted this, "thanks for the help. I've seemed to of figured it out. what I did was>merge all visible layers(except for the background layer),>command and click on the layer to select all>flatten image>command j>deselect> and then delete the flatten layer. this gave me the transparent background I was looking for." but it didn't help me.  Please help!

Chris Cox · Accepted Answer

You want to merge the layers, not flatten - as mentioned in your original post.Flattening is supposed to get rid of transparency.

Jeffrey_A_Wright · Answer

Which Photoshop are you using? Is it Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? If you can also include the version you are utilizing it would be appreciated as well.

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