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Make a Transparent Signature PNG — Free & Private

Turn a photo or scan of your handwritten signature into a transparent PNG. Free, browser-only, no upload — then drop it straight onto a PDF with our signing tool.

Photograph your signature · Wand the paper away · Trim edges · Use it on any document

Click, drag and drop, or paste

Drop a PNG, JPG, WebP, or SVG image — or paste a screenshot. Editing happens in your browser; the image is never uploaded.

Paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac)
Privacy Guaranteed—No Server Uploads

Ink kept, paper gone

Produced with the editor on this page — not mocked up.

Before
Handwritten signature in blue ink on white paper before conversion to a transparent PNG
After — transparent PNG
The same signature as a transparent PNG with the paper removed, ready to place over a document
Magic wand, tolerance 12, trim to contentInk needs a low tolerance. We measured it: at 12 the paper goes and 98% of the ink survives, while at 32 the paper still goes but a fifth of the stroke edges vanish with it and the signature turns spindly.

Make a Transparent Signature PNG — Free & Private

Signing documents digitally usually starts the same way: you sign a sheet of paper, photograph it, and end up with a signature sitting inside an ugly white rectangle. Removing that white so the ink floats cleanly over a contract takes about thirty seconds here — and because the whole thing runs in your browser, an image of your actual signature is never uploaded anywhere. That matters more for a signature than for almost any other image, since it is a piece of identity you generally do not want sitting in a stranger’s cloud storage.

Your Signature Stays Yours

The image never leaves your device. No server ever receives a copy of your handwritten signature.

Clean Ink, No White Box

The paper disappears and only the ink remains, so the signature sits naturally over any document or background.

Works from a Phone Photo

A photo of a signed sheet works as well as a flatbed scan — raise the tolerance to handle uneven lighting on the paper.

Ready to Sign PDFs

Export the transparent PNG, then use it wherever you need it — including our browser-based PDF signing tool.

!How to Merge PDFs Locally

1

Sign a blank sheet of paper in dark ink and photograph or scan it.

2

Drop the image into the editor and click the paper with the magic wand at a tolerance around 30-45.

3

Erase any remaining shadows or page edges with the erase brush.

4

Tick "Trim transparent edges", download the transparent PNG, and use it on your documents.

Local vs. Server Merging

FeatureLocal (Us)Cloud Merger
Signature privacyNever uploadedSignature image stored on a server
CostFree, unlimitedOften part of a paid e-sign plan
Account neededNoneUsually requires signup
OutputTransparent PNG you keepLocked inside their platform

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