Remove/tidy enable-background (`cleanupEnableBackground`)

Removes or normalizes legacy enable-background attributes from old Illustrator exports.

What Remove/tidy enable-background does in SVGO

SVGO applies cleanupEnableBackground as part of its plugin pipeline. On SVGOMG.net the toggle is labeled Remove/tidy enable-background (enabled by default). Optimization runs entirely in your browser — files are not uploaded to a server.

Use SVGOMG.net with Show original to compare before and after. If output looks wrong, disable this plugin first, then re-enable related transforms one at a time.

When to enable

Older SVG assets that still carry enable-background noise.

When to disable

When targeting legacy viewers that still interpret enable-background (uncommon).

Try it

Open SVGOMG.net and load your SVG (file, paste, or demo).
Find Remove/tidy enable-background in the Features panel (cleanupEnableBackground).
Toggle the plugin and compare the preview; download when satisfied.

Part of: Attributes and namespaces

This plugin is covered in the Attributes and namespaces topic guide along with related transforms.

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