Last updated: Aug-18-2025
OverviewWatch this tutorial learn how to use the CLI to create an upload preset to transform your images upon upload.
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Remove the image backgrounds during upload to Cloudinary   0:05 Using an upload preset, you can transform your images during upload to Cloudinary. Create an upload preset with the CLI to remove background images   0:13 Use thecreate_upload_preset command to create an upload preset that invokes Cloudinary AI background removal (background_removal=cloudinary_ai).
use_filename=true unique_filename=false) and ensures an existing file with the same public ID isn't overwritten (overwrite=false).
cld admin create_upload_preset name=remove_background overwrite=false use_filename=true unique_filename=false type=upload access_mode=public background_removal=cloudinary_ai access_mode
is supported for backward compatibility. Use
access_control
instead.
Upload the images to Cloudinary   0:41 Use theupload_dir command to upload the images with the newly created upload preset.
cld upload_dir -f new_toys -p remove_background soft_toys View the new folder in the Media Library   0:52 The new folder contains the uploaded images without backgrounds. Keep learning If you like this, you might also like...
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