Unscreen was acquired by Canva in 2021 and permanently shut down in December 2025 — its background-removal tech now lives inside Canva Pro, a full design-suite subscription. RemoveGifBG is a standalone tool built specifically for animated GIFs and video, with a free tier so you're not paying for a design suite just to remove a background.
Permanently closed December 1, 2025. Old accounts, uploads, and API keys no longer work.
The feature survives, but only as part of a ~$13–15/month full design-suite subscription — not standalone.
Built only for animated GIFs and video — free to start, no design-suite subscription required.
RemoveGifBG vs. Canva Pro (where Unscreen's tech now lives)
No signup needed for a watermarked preview — full downloads start with a free email signup
The short version, for anyone who bookmarked unscreen.com and found it broken
Canva acquired Unscreen in 2021 and ran it as a separate product for several years. On December 1, 2025, Canva permanently shut the standalone service down — visiting unscreen.com today redirects straight to Canva's own video background remover page. The underlying technology didn't disappear, but using it now means subscribing to Canva Pro as a whole, not paying for background removal on its own.
Both can remove a background from a GIF or video — the difference is whether you need a whole design-suite subscription to do it
No. Unscreen was acquired by Canva in 2021 and the standalone unscreen.com service permanently shut down on December 1, 2025. Its technology was folded into Canva Pro's Video Background Remover — it's no longer available as an independent tool, and old Unscreen accounts and API keys stopped working.
Canva folded the feature into Canva Pro, which costs around $13–15/month (or roughly $120/year) as part of its full design-suite subscription — you can't buy just the background remover on its own. RemoveGifBG is a standalone alternative built specifically for animated GIFs and video, with a free tier so you don't need a design-suite subscription just to remove a background.
Yes, both. Every frame of a GIF or video is analyzed and processed automatically, and you can export as GIF, APNG, WebM, or MP4 depending on what you need.
No. Anyone can process a file (up to 100 MB) and preview it — first 2 seconds, watermarked, right in the browser — with no signup at all. A small pool of free credits (no signup) covers full downloads; after that, a full download costs a small credit — free ones come from signing up with an email or adding a card on file — there's no requirement to subscribe to anything just to test it.