Convert Image to Black and White — Free Black and White Photo Converter

Grayscale preserves many tones between black and white, while a pure B&W conversion uses a threshold to create only black or white pixels. This tool makes a grayscale conversion, and its Intensity slider sets how much contrast the grayscale has; it does not produce a pure two-tone threshold image.

Upload your image and set the Intensity slider to retain subject detail in faces, textures, and skies. Subtle tweaks help you keep midtones visible, giving portraits depth and landscapes definition while removing distracting color noise.

Images with strong shapes, textures, and lighting work beautifully in monochrome. Architectural lines, street scenes, and portraits with directional light translate to striking black and white photos, making mood and composition stand out without competing color palettes.

Often yes. Removing color information can lower file size, which can help pages load faster. Our export keeps sharp edges and smooth gradients so your black and white images load fast while remaining crisp on retina displays, blogs, and ecommerce product galleries.

Yes. The black-and-white conversion is non-destructive. Free downloads use the web-size resolution limit; Premium unlocks the original-resolution result for photo books, framed prints and magazines. For the richest tonal range, set the Intensity before saving.

Yes. The black and white photo converter runs on our secure servers and uploads are removed under our Security policy — we don't store your files. Downloads are clean with no watermark on every plan, ready for social sharing, portfolios, or client previews.

Upload a color photo, then set the Intensity slider until the tones look right. The free download is clean and uses the web-size resolution limit; Premium unlocks the original-resolution result for prints, portfolios or product shots.

Not with this converter, which only removes color. To add color to an old or black-and-white photo, use the AI Photo Colorizer, which intelligently restores realistic tones to skin, skies, and surroundings.

The Intensity slider runs from 10 to 100 percent and sets how much color is removed from the photo. At 100 the image becomes fully monochrome, while dialing it down toward 10 keeps a trace of the original color for a faded, duotone-style look instead of a hard grayscale cut.

Yes. Batch mode applies one shared Intensity value to up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro, then packages them into one ZIP.

Dial in the Intensity slider on one representative photo from the set until the tone feels right, then switch to Batch mode — the exact same percentage carries over to every queued image, so a full gallery or album comes out with matching monochrome depth instead of each photo looking slightly different.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every photo is processed with the same settings before you download a single ZIP. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking image gets refused.

Start from the highest-resolution original you have. A screenshot of a photo, or a copy that has already been compressed and re-shared, gives the tool far less to work with and no setting recovers that. Then, where there is a strength control, come down from the default — most photos need less than the default suggests. Compare against your original at full size before you download.

Black & White Image supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — Black & White Image runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.

The Photo Editor can: its Adjust panel has Color mix (HSL) with a Saturation slider for each color channel, so you can lower the channels you want gray and leave the one you want to keep. This converter treats the whole picture the same way, and a lower Intensity leaves a faint trace of every color rather than one chosen color.

It removes color and keeps dark areas dark and light areas light, so black stays black. If you want a white backdrop behind a subject instead, the White Background Maker replaces the background with white, which suits product photos and listings.

Even at 100 percent this converter returns a grayscale picture with extra contrast, and there is no threshold setting that forces every pixel to pure black or white. For a harsher poster look, use Strong here and add contrast afterward in the Photo Editor.

Raise the Intensity toward Strong, because higher values add contrast, and pick photos with directional light and a clear subject. If shadows or faces get too dark, back the slider off a little. For finer control, open the result in the Photo Editor and adjust Highlights, Shadows or the Tone curve.

This converter only removes color. For a hand-drawn graphite look, use Pencil Sketch, which has Detail and Shadow Intensity controls. Watercolor Generator turns a photo into a watercolor-style image, and the Photo Effects hub lists more styles to try.

This tool only removes color, so use Photo Colorizer, which adds AI-generated color to a monochrome picture. The colors are estimates of the original scene, so check skin tones, skies and clothing before you use the result.

Restore Old Photo is built for damaged prints: it reduces damage and sharpens an old photo, and it can add color to a picture that is already monochrome. This converter only removes color and does not repair scratches, fading or tears.

A JPG for an ordinary photo, with black_white and your photo's name in the file name, and a batch comes back as a ZIP of JPG files. A PNG that has transparent areas is the exception, because its transparency is kept. Use the Image Format Converter if you need another format afterward.

Both remove color. Here the Intensity slider blends the gray version with your original, so it works as a filter you can dial back: 100 percent is fully gray with extra contrast, and lower values keep some color for a softer, faded tone.

Open this page in your phone's browser, add the photo in the upload area, then drag the Intensity slider while the preview updates. The result sits next to the original in a before and after slider, so you can check it before you save the JPG. It works the same on an iPhone, an Android phone or a computer.