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How to Remove a Discord Emoji Background

Did you upload an emoji to your Discord server that contains a background?

If it does, you might be looking to remove it.

If you don’t, the emoji will look more like a mini thumbnail than an emoji.

Nitro allows you to upload up to 50 custom emojis to your server.

Members in your server with Nitro will be able to use them.

They can also visit the link to the Emoji and save it on their computer.

Whenever you’re uploading an emoji to your server, it’s best that you remove its background first.

However, the emoji must be filled with color.

Otherwise, it’ll be transparent when you remove its background.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to remove a Discord emoji background.

How to remove a Discord emoji background

To remove a Discord emoji background, you must first save the emoji on your computer.

Then, go to remove.bg and upload the emoji there to remove its background.

Lastly, upload the new emoji to your Discord server.

Now, the emoji will not have a background when you send it in chat.

The remove.bg website is a free background remover tool.

All you have to do is to upload the image and let the tool work its magic.

Removing an image’s background on remove.bg is far more efficient than removing it by hand.

This is because it just takes 5 seconds for an image’s background to be removed using the tool.

Here’s how to remove a Discord emoji background:

  1. Save the emoji
  2. Upload the emoji on remove.bg
  3. Upload the emoji to your server

1. Save the emoji

Open image link Discord

The first step is to save the emoji on your computer if you haven’t already.

That way, you’ll be able to remove its background later on.

To begin with, open Discord on your desktop, navigate to your server, and send the emoji in the chat.

Then, right-click the emoji.

After you’ve right-clicked the emoji, a navigation menu will open.

The navigation menu contains several options.

This includes “Add reaction”, “Edit message”, “Pin message”, and others.

At the bottom of the navigation menu, click on “Open Link” to open the emoji’s link.

Do not click on “Save Image” as the image will be saved as all file types instead of JPG/PNG.

Save image as

After you’ve clicked on “Open Link”, the emoji will be opened in your browser.

Now, you’ll be able to save the image as JPG/PNG on your computer.

Firstly, right-click the image to open a navigation menu.

The navigation menu contains several options such as “Open image in new tab”, “Save image as”, “Copy image”, and others.

Click on “Save image as” to save the image on your computer.

Make sure to save it as a JPG or PNG file and not “All file types”.

Lastly, click on “Save” to save the image in your desired folder.

2. Upload the emoji on remove.bg

How to remove Discord emoji background

Go to the remove.bg website (a free background removal tool).

The fastest way to remove the background of an image is to use remove.bg.

The remove.bg website is a tool that allows you to remove the background of an image in 5 seconds.

In addition, the tool is free to use.

All you have to do is to upload your image to the tool.

Firstly, go to the remove.bg website in your browser.

Then, click on the “Upload Image” button and upload the emoji.

Alternatively, you can drag and drop the emoji.

Discord emojis transparent maker

Once you’ve uploaded the emoji to remove.bg, it’ll start removing the background of the image.

Wait for 5 seconds and let the tool work its magic.

After 5 seconds, the emoji’s background will be removed.

You’ll be able to see it on the “Removed Background” tab.

If you want to see the original image, you can click on the “Original” tab.

Next, you need to download the emoji.

To do so, click on the “Download” button and save the emoji in your desired folder.

3. Upload the emoji to your server

Discord server settings

Now that you’ve saved the emoji with its background removed, you need to upload it to your server.

Firstly, go back to Discord and navigate to your server.

Once you’re on your server, click on your server’s name.

After you’ve clicked on your server’s name, a navigation menu will open.

The navigation menu contains several options including “Server Boost”, “Invite People”, “Server Settings”, and others.

Click on “Server Settings” to go to your server settings.

Upload server emoji on Discord

After you’ve clicked on “Server Settings”, you’ll land on the “Server Overview” settings.

On the left sidebar, you’ll see multiple options.

This includes “Overview”, “Roles”, “Emoji”, and others.

Since you’re looking to upload the emoji, click on “Emoji”,

Clicking on “Emoji” will open the “Sever Emoji” settings.

Click on “Upload Emoji” to upload an emoji.

This will open the file explorer.

Then, navigate to the emoji that you’ve saved in the second step and double-click it to upload it.

Once you’ve uploaded the emoji, you’ll see it under the “EMOJI” header.

Under the “EMOJI” header, you’ll see a list of emojis that has been uploaded to your Discord server.

You’ll also see a preview of the emoji, its alias, and who uploaded it.

Keep in mind that if you’re uploading a black and white emoji, it might turn out to be transparent after you’ve removed its background.

To avoid this, you need to remove the background of colored emojis instead.

You’ve successfully learned how to remove a Discord emoji background!

Conclusion

If you’re uploading an emoji to your Discord server, make sure that it does not have a solid background.

Otherwise, the emoji will look more like a mini thumbnail.

Removing the background of an image can be done by hand using a photoshop tool.

Alternatively, you can use a background remover tool which is far more efficient.

However, there are some cases where a background is fine for an emoji.

For example, if your emoji is an outline, it’s best that it has a solid background to give it contrast.

If not, the emoji will appear transparent in chat.

Further reading

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