Remove Parts of an Image

Remove unwanted objects, spacing, or information from an image.

Snagit offers several ways to remove parts of an image to focus attention on other areas or to hide objects and shapes.

Select and Delete

Quickly select and delete unwanted parts or objects in an image.
Select and delete object example

Click the Selection tool in the Snagit Editor toolbar.

Note: If the tool is not visible in the toolbar, click the More dropdown. To customize your toolbar, see Customize the Snagit Toolbar.
In the Tool Properties, choose a selection shape: Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, or Freehand.
Select a Background Fill option to fill the area when the selection is moved or deleted:
- Transparent: Fills the area with transparency to display the Canvas underneath.
- Auto-Fill: Automatically fills the area based on the content surrounding the selection.
Click and drag to draw the selection on the Canvas.
Press the Delete key to remove the selection.

Tip: Invert the selection to select everything else.

To delete or edit everything except the selected area, right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac) the canvas and select Invert Selection.

For more information, see the Selection Tool.

Remove Corners to Make a Round Image

Apply corner rounding to crop a square image to a circle, for example to make a round profile picture.

Example of corner rounding to make a square image a circle

Tip: Start with a transparent Canvas.

Select Image menu > Canvas Color (Windows) or Change Canvas Color (Mac). Click the canvas color preview, select the transparent (checkerboard) option, and click OK (Windows) or Apply (Mac).

Open an image in Snagit Editor.
If the image is not square, crop it to have an equal width and height. See Crop Tool.
Click the yellow diamond in the upper-right corner of the canvas.
Note: On Windows, the yellow diamond appears when you hover over the canvas.
Drag the yellow diamond to the center of the top edge of the image.
Select File > Save As and save the image to a file type that supports transparency, such as PNG or GIF.

Cut Out Horizontal or Vertical Sections

Cut out vertical or horizontal sections to remove unwanted space, objects, and information.
Cut out image example

Click the Cut Out tool in the Snagit Editor toolbar.

Note: If the tool is not visible in the toolbar, click the More dropdown. To customize your toolbar, see Customize the Snagit Toolbar.
Select a Quick Style to determine the direction and edge style of the cut.
A line appears on the Canvas. Click and drag on the Canvas to select the area to remove.

Note: For Cut Out styles with straight edges, Snagit seamlessly stitches the sections together. For other edge styles, Snagit leaves a gap. The size of the gap is not editable.

Crop Edges from an Image

Crop to trim away edges of an image to focus attention.

Click the Crop tool in the Snagit Editor toolbar.

Note: If the tool is not visible in the toolbar, click the More dropdown. To customize your toolbar, see Customize the Snagit Toolbar.
To select the area to crop, drag the blue handles.
To move the selected area, click and drag the selection to a new location.
Click the Crop button to save the changes.

Snagit applies the crop to the image on the Canvas.

Fill Objects with Color to Hide Them

Replace a color with another color from your image to hide objects and shapes.
Fill with background color to remove shapes example

Note: To change a color in an image to transparent, see Remove a Background.

Click the Fill tool in the Snagit Editor toolbar.

Note: If the tool is not visible in the toolbar, click the More dropdown. To customize your toolbar, see Customize the Snagit Toolbar.
To select the fill color, click the Eyedropper button and then click to select a color from anywhere in the image.
The Eyedropper cursor changes to the Fill cursor. Click to apply the fill color to a location on the canvas.

Fill changes the color of the pixel you click and all other pixels of the same color around it to the fill color. For more information, see the Fill Tool.

Tip: Adjust the fill tolerance for a better result.

If Snagit fills too little or too much of an area on the Canvas, press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac) to undo the previous fill. Drag the Tolerance slider in Tool Properties to adjust the fill amount and try again. Increase the tolerance to fill more area. Decrease the tolerance to fill less area.

Note: This tutorial is for Snagit version 2025. Previous versions may look or function differently.

To check your version, select Help menu (Windows) or Snagit menu (Mac) > About Snagit.
If you have a previous version of Snagit, see tutorials for previous versions.
For unexpected behavior with Snagit, visit the TechSmith Help Center.

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