Title: Duplicate image before removing background
Last modified: May 7, 2026

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# Duplicate image before removing background

 *  Resolved [Jack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futuropolis/)
 * (@futuropolis)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-image-before-removing-background/)
 * I love the new “remove background” feature, but can the plugin create a copy 
   of the image when it does this?
 * I would prefer to keep my original image in the media library alongside the new
   one without a background. Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Support [Adrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adrianrus/)
 * (@adrianrus)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-image-before-removing-background/#post-18901583)
 * Hello [@futuropolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futuropolis/) ,
 * Thank you for your message! 🙂
 * Your idea is definitely interesting and it would be nice to have a backup of 
   the original image just in case.
 * I’m thinking of a toggle in the background removal screen which would allow you
   to keep the original image in the media library as backup while also saving the
   new image which has the background removed.
 * I’m happy to let you know that we will be working on this and it will be released
   in a future plugin update!
 * All the best,
 *  Thread Starter [Jack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futuropolis/)
 * (@futuropolis)
 * [6 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-image-before-removing-background/#post-18902501)
 * Hi [@adrianrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adrianrus/), thanks for replying
   so quickly, and considering this idea. I like the solution you suggested (I would
   prefer it toggled “on” by default, but others may not).
 * Alternatively, it could be a global setting. I suspect most people would not 
   change this setting every time they process an image.
 * I’m looking forward to seeing this feature released 🙂 have a great day

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 * Last activity: [6 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-image-before-removing-background/#post-18902501)
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