Difficulty removing transparent background

[JamnHoney]

Hi Adobe community,

I'm having trouble removing the transparent background of Stock images. I've tried removing the transparent layer in the .ai file, but that just shows me a bunch of unwanted layers beneath it.

I'm trying to do this in Illustrator - I'll link the image ID's below

Thank you,

FILE #:  435567218

FILE #:  406823298

[Marianne-Deiters]

I don't know if I understand your question correctly. Maybe you take a screenshot of the layers panel and describe what you want to do with the glow.

[JamnHoney]

Hi Marianne thank you for responding, I'll do my best to explain with pictures 

The last picture is what I want, but without the checkered background - I just can't figure out how to remove it.

Thank you

[JamnHoney · Accepted solution]

Solved by reading this post from another community member - Thank you again Marianne