Unscreen Is Shutting Down: 5 Best Unscreen Alternatives (2026)

Unscreen shut down on December 1, 2025, at 09:00 CET. The product people used for one-click video background removal — later part of Canva — stopped taking uploads, stopped serving old processed files, and stopped accepting API calls. unscreen.com now points former users at Canva’s video editor. If you still need a cutout, you need a different tool. This is a practical shortlist for 2026, not a claim that one app replaced Unscreen’s account.

What actually stopped

The shutdown notice that circulated before the date said services would end at 09:00 CET on December 1, 2025, and that user data and processed videos would be deleted. unscreen.com’s own goodbye page, read after the fact, matches the outcome: the standalone product is gone, subscriptions were cancelled, and unused minutes expired with them. Logging into the old Unscreen dashboard to recover a library is not a path anymore.

A few sites still use the word “unscreen” in the domain. unscreen.io, for example, states on its own migration page that it is not affiliated with Unscreen or Canva. Treat any of those as a separate product. They are not your old account, and they are not Canva.

Canva’s recommendation, on unscreen.com, is Canva’s video editor, which includes background removal plus the rest of that editor. That is one valid landing spot. It is not the only one, and it is a full editor rather than a single cutout page.

How to choose

Pick by the file you need back, not by the brand that shut down.

• Transparent file for another editor. You want alpha (WebM or MOV) so you can place the person over a plate you already have.
• Finished clip on a flat color. You want an MP4 you can post, with the voice still attached.
• You already live in an editor. CapCut, Adobe Express, Picsart, or Canva may be fewer steps than a dedicated cutout, if the control is in the app you open every day.
• You called an API. Unscreen’s keys died with the shutdown. A browser upload does not replace a server-side integration. Only buy an API after you have read that vendor’s current docs and run one real request.

Check price, maximum length, maximum file size, resolution, watermark rules, and commercial terms on each vendor’s own page. Those numbers move. The Tyndall column below is this site’s behavior as shipped, not a guess about the others.

Five alternatives

1. Tyndall — remove video background

Remove video background is a single job: upload a clip, cut the backdrop, download. It does not ask for a green screen. The model is a BiRefNet matte on ordinary footage (a room, a street, a desk), not a chroma keyer.

What you can rely on here:

• Inputs. MP4, MOV, or WebM, up to 50MB. GIF is not an upload type.
• Transparent export. WebM (VP9) and MOV (ProRes) keep alpha when the background is Transparent. Preserve Audio can stay on.
• Solid color. Black, white, green, and the other swatches composite an MP4. A custom photo or video plate is not a control; composite that after download.
• GIF. Solid-color loop only. No alpha, no audio. Leaving the background on Transparent fills the GIF black.
• Credits. One run is 63 credits, flat, inside the 50MB limit. Length does not add a per-second charge. Sign-in is required. There is no anonymous, no-sign-up run.
• Watermark. Downloads do not add a Tyndall watermark.
• Resolution. The cutout follows the source. This page does not upscale to 4K. A larger frame is a separate video upscaler pass.
• API. None. There is no key and no HTTP endpoint for background removal.
• Commercial use. Paid subscribers may use outputs commercially. An account that is not on a paid plan is limited to personal, non-commercial use, under the Terms. You still need rights to the footage.

Plans start at Pro, $20 a month for 2,000 credits, on pricing. At 63 credits a run, that allowance is about 31 cutouts before you spend credits on other tools. Confirm the live price before you buy; the pricing page is the source of truth.

Use Tyndall when the deliverable is the cutout. Use an editor below when you also need titles, a timeline, and a new background in the same app.

2. Canva

unscreen.com tells former users to continue in Canva’s video editor, and it says that editor supports background removal. Canva is the closest “official” next step if you already pay for Canva or you want templates, resize, and captions around the cut. Confirm the current background-removal control, export formats (especially whether you get real alpha or only a flattened video), file limits, and commercial terms inside your Canva plan. This article does not restate Canva’s price.

3. CapCut

CapCut shows up beside dedicated cutout tools when people search for removing a video background, because the editor itself includes a background-removal effect and a timeline. It fits if the clip is already going through CapCut for captions or a template. Confirm whether the effect exports transparency or only a replacement inside CapCut, and read the current plan for watermark and commercial use. Those details are CapCut’s, not something to copy from a 2025 roundup.

4. Adobe Express

Adobe Express is the same shape of product: an editor with a background-removal feature, aimed at people already in Adobe’s apps. It is a reasonable choice when the rest of the piece — type, brand kit, resize — lives there. Check Express for alpha versus a flattened export, resolution caps, and whether your Creative Cloud seat covers commercial use of that export. Do not assume an old Unscreen API key maps to anything in Adobe.

5. Picsart

Picsart publishes a video background-removal flow inside its editor, which is why it ranks next to the dedicated tools. It suits short social cuts if you already edit there. As with the others, confirm length limits, watermark rules on the free tier, and whether the file you download is transparent or already composited. Picsart’s current pricing page beats any table that froze those numbers in 2025.

Comparison

	Tyndall	Canva	CapCut	Adobe Express	Picsart
What it is	Cutout page	Editor; unscreen.com points here	Editor app	Editor	Editor app
Green screen required on Tyndall / check theirs	Not required	Confirm in product	Confirm in product	Confirm in product	Confirm in product
Transparent WebM or MOV	Yes	Confirm export	Confirm export	Confirm export	Confirm export
New scene inside the tool	Solid colors only	Editor timeline	Editor timeline	Editor timeline	Editor timeline
Account to run	Required	Their account	Their account	Their account	Their account
How you pay	63 credits per clip; plans from $20/mo	Their plan	Their plan	Their plan	Their plan
Upscale to 4K in the cutout	No	Confirm	Confirm	Confirm	Confirm
Watermark added by the tool	No	Confirm the tier	Confirm the tier	Confirm the tier	Confirm the tier
Background-removal API	No	Confirm	Confirm	Confirm	Confirm
Commercial use	Paid subscribers; unpaid accounts are personal only	Their license	Their license	Their license	Their license

Empty-sounding “confirm” cells are intentional. Publishing another site’s price or a 4K claim without opening their current plan is how these roundups go stale. Tyndall’s column is the one this site can stand behind.

Moving an old Unscreen workflow

Do these in order. The shutdown date has already passed, so step 1 is about copies you still have, not a login that still works.

1. Keep the files you already downloaded. If a processed video only lived in the Unscreen dashboard, unscreen.com’s shutdown means that copy is gone. Search local disks and cloud backups before you assume you can re-download.
2. Treat the subscription as finished. unscreen.com says Unscreen subscriptions were cancelled and unused minutes expired. You should not need a separate “unsubscribe” if that already happened. Watch the card statement; a charge after expiry is a billing question for Canva or your bank, not a reason to keep uploading to a dead product.
3. Choose the tool for the next clip. Transparent deliverable: Tyndall. Full edit in an app you already pay for: Canva, CapCut, Adobe Express, or Picsart. Read the comparison row you care about — alpha, watermark, commercial — on that vendor’s site the same day you switch.
4. Run one hard clip before a batch. Use a take with hair, glasses, or a head turn. A clean torso on a white wall will flatter every tool and tell you nothing. On Tyndall, upload on remove video background, leave Preserve Audio on, and inspect the edge before you spend credits on the rest of the folder.
5. Replace the API on purpose, or stop calling it. Unscreen API keys do not work. Tyndall does not offer a replacement endpoint. If production still needs HTTP, pick a vendor that documents a live API, send one signed request, and only then rewrite the client. Pointing old Unscreen hostnames at a lookalike domain is how people leak clips to a product they did not mean to hire.

Pricing, without invented competitor rates

On Tyndall, budget 63 credits per clip. Pro is $20 per month for 2,000 credits (about 31 of these runs if you spend the month on nothing else). Higher plans and one-time packs are on the pricing page. Subscribers on a paid plan may use the result commercially; other accounts may not. There is no free no-sign-up tier and no watermark you pay to remove.

For Canva, CapCut, Adobe Express, and Picsart, use the price on their site today. A per-minute rate copied from a 2025 alternatives post is not a quote.

FAQ

Is Unscreen still available?

No. The standalone service shut down on December 1, 2025, at 09:00 CET. unscreen.com is a goodbye page that points at Canva.

Was Unscreen acquired, or did it shut down?

Both, in that order. It had been part of Canva, and the standalone product was then shut down. Searching for the acquisition will not bring the old uploader back. The live need is a replacement cutout.

Can I download my old Unscreen videos?

Only if you saved them before the shutdown. The post-shutdown state described by unscreen.com is that the library is not available.

Does Tyndall replace the Unscreen API?

No. Remove video background runs in the browser after you sign in. There is no API key.

What if I only need the person on a transparent background?

Use Tyndall and export WebM or MOV with the background set to Transparent. That is the job this page is built for. Open an editor from the list above when you also need titles, a timeline, or a new background in the same step.