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description: Clearcut remove.bg account info. Learn how to remove image backgrounds, manage jobs and work with credits in your application.
title: remove.bg account info | Clearcut
image: https://clearcut.sh/og/docs.png
---

GUIDES

[Quick start](https://clearcut.sh/docs)[Authentication](https://clearcut.sh/docs/authentication)[Credits & billing](https://clearcut.sh/docs/credits)[Limits & retries](https://clearcut.sh/docs/limits)[Examples](https://clearcut.sh/docs/examples)[Errors](https://clearcut.sh/docs/errors)

API REFERENCE

[POSTRemove a background](https://clearcut.sh/docs/remove-background)[GETremove.bg account info](https://clearcut.sh/docs/removebg-account)[POSTCreate an image job](https://clearcut.sh/docs/create-job)[GETGet a job](https://clearcut.sh/docs/get-job)[GETList images](https://clearcut.sh/docs/list-jobs)[DELETEDelete an image](https://clearcut.sh/docs/delete-job)[GETDownload a result](https://clearcut.sh/docs/download)[POSTExport an edited image](https://clearcut.sh/docs/export)[POSTUpload a background](https://clearcut.sh/docs/background)[POSTExport a ZIP batch](https://clearcut.sh/docs/batch-export)[POSTCopy a batch background](https://clearcut.sh/docs/batch-background)[POSTSmart Brush](https://clearcut.sh/docs/smart-brush)[POSTGenerate a scene](https://clearcut.sh/docs/generate-scene)[GETCredit balance](https://clearcut.sh/docs/account)[POSTRetry a failed image](https://clearcut.sh/docs/retry-job)[GETRecent usage](https://clearcut.sh/docs/usage)[Download OpenAPI](https://clearcut.sh/openapi.json)

API reference / remove.bg account info

# remove.bg account info

Read your balance in the remove.bg account format, for clients that check it. subscription is your remaining monthly free credits; payg is purchased credits. Clearcut has no separate free API calls.

GET`/v1.0/account`

**Coming from remove.bg?** Keep your requests. Change the host from `https://api.remove.bg` to `https://clearcut.sh` and send a Clearcut key in `X-Api-Key`. [Read the API migration guide →](https://clearcut.sh/blog/migrate-remove-bg-api)

Authenticate with `X-API-Key`. Keep your key on your server; never embed it in a public website.

## Response

200 · Success

{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "credits": {
        "total": 42,
        "subscription": 30,
        "payg": 12,
        "enterprise": 0
      },
      "api": {
        "free_calls": 0,
        "sizes": "all"
      }
    }
  }
}

Errors use a structured `error.code` and `error.message`. [See error handling →](https://clearcut.sh/docs/errors)

## Example request

This example calls the endpoint shown here.

cURLPythonNode.js

```
curl https://clearcut.sh/v1.0/account \
  -X GET -H "X-API-Key: $CLEARCUT_API_KEY"
```

[More examples →](https://clearcut.sh/docs/examples)

Need help?

Prefer email? [support@clearcut.sh](mailto:support@clearcut.sh)

remove.bg account info | Clearcut

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://clearcut.sh/#organization","name":"Clearcut","url":"https://clearcut.sh","logo":"https://clearcut.sh/apple-touch-icon.png","email":"support@clearcut.sh","description":"An independent image background removal service operated by chern0.dev.","contactPoint":{"@type":"ContactPoint","email":"support@clearcut.sh","contactType":"customer support"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://clearcut.sh/#website","url":"https://clearcut.sh","name":"Clearcut","description":"Remove image backgrounds with Clearcut. Get 30 free credits every month for the website and API. Full-resolution downloads, no watermark. Packs from $3.","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@id":"https://clearcut.sh/#organization"}}]}
```