What Is Canva? Free Plan, Pro Pricing, Background Remover, Canva AI, Free Education Accounts via EBA and Turkish Support

Canva lets you produce professional-looking work without design skills: you pick a template, change the text and photos, and download. It's used for Instagram posts, presentations, CVs, posters, invitations, business cards, short videos and one-page websites; there are also docs, spreadsheets and whiteboards.

You can also type what you want and have it generate designs, presentations, text and images (Canva AI). Much of the photo editing toolset (background removal, object removal, expanding) and AI video are on paid plans.

Who it's for: small business owners, teachers, students and content creators who make social media graphics, posters, presentations and CVs without hiring a designer. The rules to watch for print jobs and commercial use are below ("Sending to print", "Commercial use").

You can access Affinity, the app Canva acquired, for free with your Canva account (the pricing page lists "Access to Affinity" on the Free plan). The AI-powered Affinity tools, however, aren't on the Free plan.

You can use Canva in the browser without installing anything. The desktop app for Windows and Mac and the mobile app for iPhone and Android work with the same account; the desktop app has the same features as the browser version.

1. 1Go to canva.com or open the app; start with a free account.
2. 2Type what you want to make in the search box ("Instagram post", "CV", "presentation", "poster") and pick a template. Some parts of templates or images with a "Pro" badge are paid (see the "Is it free?" section below).
3. 3Change the text, photos and colors; drag and drop your own logo or photo.
4. 4Choose Share, then Download, to get a PNG, JPG, PDF or MP4. PNG or JPG suits social media; PDF Print suits printing.

You open Canva AI from the Canva AI button on the home page or from the side menu in the editor. You can also speak your prompt using the microphone icon.

!Canva AI can make mistakes. Check numbers, names and dates.

More ready-made prompts: image and photo prompt examples

Canva counts AI usage in a single monthly pool and splits tools into three tiers: Standard (uses the least), Premium and Ultra (uses the most). The size of the pool depends on your plan. The numbers aren't exact; they're "up to about" values: complex requests or mixing several tools use up the allowance faster.

• Giving a large file or a multi-step request in a single prompt uses more of the allowance: a 40-slide presentation uses more than a 5-slide one, and a multi-step chat uses more than a single prompt.
• Designs you generate inside Canva AI, or from Canva connected to an assistant like ChatGPT or Claude, come out of the same pool.
• Third-party apps on the Canva Marketplace have their own limits; they don't count toward Canva's monthly allowance.

*Fair use limits apply. Allowance amounts and tool tiers are from Canva's "Understanding your AI usage" page (October 14, 2026). Canva says it may change these limits.

Short answer: no, background removal is only on paid plans. Canva's help page says Background Remover is included in paid plans, and it isn't checked for the Free plan in the Turkey pricing table either. On paid plans it doesn't count toward the AI allowance.

In the table below, Yes = on the Free plan, No = paid plans only.

If leftovers remain at the edges of the removed background, open Background Remover again; you can zoom in and fine-tune with the erase and restore brushes. Typing "remove the background" to Canva AI is another way (on paid plans).

Background Remover uses AI, but Canva counts it as an editing tool rather than a "generative" one; used on its own, it doesn't add "AI content" metadata to the design. If the result still gets an AI label on Instagram or TikTok, send Canva support the design link and where you posted it.

1. 1For a CV, type "CV" in the search box, pick a template, fill in your details and download it as a PDF.
2. 2If a "contains paid elements" warning appears when downloading, the template or an image has a Pro element; start again with a free template or replace the element.
3. 3If Turkish characters show up as boxes, change the font to one that supports Turkish (the steps are in the Turkish section).

!If you download cropped images as a PDF, the cropped part stays inside the file; someone editing the PDF can extract the full image. Delete the part you want to keep hidden and recreate the image.

Presentations: you can pick a ready-made template or type a topic to Canva AI and have it generate a draft. Canva may first suggest a slide outline; once you approve it, it generates the slides. This is a Premium tool and comes out of your monthly allowance. You can also have AI write your speaker notes.

• To export a presentation to PowerPoint, choose Share, then PPTX under Download; only presentations download as PPTX. Animations and embedded videos may not work in PowerPoint, and fonts may look different.
• Translating a presentation into another language is on paid plans (see the Turkish section).

Video: the video editor is on the Free plan. Photo and video animations are free; Magic Animate, Highlights, Enhance Voice and automatic Beat Sync (manual beat syncing on the Free plan) are on paid plans. You download videos as MP4 and animations as GIF.

Downloading a design and posting it yourself is allowed on every plan. Scheduling directly from Canva (Content Planner) is on paid plans: Pro, Business, Education (if the admin enables it) and nonprofits. You can schedule to Facebook Pages, Instagram business accounts, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack and Tumblr.

• A design is scheduled to one platform at a time.
• Instagram scheduling only works from a browser on a computer and requires an Instagram business account.
• On your phone you can view Content Planner; scheduling is done from the editor.
• On Pro and Business, up to 80 social accounts can be connected per person within a team.

Sizes like an Instagram post, story and YouTube thumbnail come ready-made with templates. To convert an existing design to another size there's Magic Resize (paid); on the Free plan you need to start a new design at the right size.

For a job going to a print shop, a file that looks good on screen may not be enough. In Canva, the right file for printing is PDF Print: exported at 300 dpi, with bleed and crop marks, and with an RGB or CMYK color profile. Regular PDF Standard is 96 dpi and meant for screens.

1. 1In the editor, show margins and print bleed from the settings in the File menu. Keep text and logos inside the margins, and extend the background to the bleed.
2. 2Choose Share, then Download; select PDF Print as the file type and check the crop marks and bleed box.
3. 3The CMYK color profile option is on paid plans; on the Free plan you can't export as CMYK.
4. 4Ask your print shop about its bleed and color profile requirements. Canva's default bleed is 3.175 mm (0.125 in) on each edge and can't be changed.

!Canva may not be able to quality-check your design before printing. Print a proof before placing a print order.

Printing products through Canva (business cards, T-shirts, mugs and so on) is on the Free plan in the pricing table. Delivery to Turkey and its prices aren't stated on the official pages; the safest route is to take the PDF Print file to your own print shop.

You use Canva as a design editor in the browser and the app, as Canva AI by chatting, from inside AI assistants, and at school as Canva for Education. Which of these are available depends on your plan and account.

Offline mode (making your files available offline) is on the Free plan too. The new version of Canva AI (chat-based editing, connectors) is rolling out to accounts gradually; if you can't see it on screen, check your plan and account.

You can connect your Canva account to the AI assistant you chat with and have it generate designs from there. There are three separate things, and they're often confused:

Generating designs from an assistant also comes out of your AI allowance in Canva; the assistant's own message limit applies separately. Searching Brand Templates requires a paid plan. On a team or school account, the admin can turn this connection off.

Connection steps, permissions and plan requirements: Canva MCP guide →

Yes. Canva's Free plan is permanent: more than 1.6 million templates, more than 4.7 million photos, videos, graphics and audio, 5 GB of cloud storage, 1 Brand Kit (only 3 colors) and up to about 20 AI uses a month. Background removal, Magic Resize, translation, bulk design, CMYK print files, Content Planner and all Pro content are on paid plans.

A Pro account can be used by only one person. For teams there's Business; you pay only for team members who accept your invite ("pay as you grow"). Canva Teams no longer accepts new sign-ups. With annual billing, the effective monthly cost of Pro is the annual price divided by 12.

Pro and Business have a free trial, once per account and once per payment method. During the trial your AI allowance is the same as the Free plan (about 20); the full allowance opens when the paid plan starts. When the trial ends, the plan renews automatically: you see the end date on the Settings› then Billing page, and you get an email before it ends. The official help pages don't say how many days the trial lasts.

Plan details are from Canva's pricing page and App Store listing (October 14, 2026). The pricing page doesn't say whether VAT is included; prices and promotions may change.

If you want to upload your own Turkish font, you upload it through the Brand Kit: on Pro, Business, Education and nonprofit plans; the file must be OTF, TTF or WOFF, the font must have an embedding license, and variable fonts aren't supported.

Menu names are from Canva's help pages; screens may vary by account and version.

!Before sharing a design that contains customer, patient or student information via a link, check its access setting. This section isn't legal advice.

Yes, you can use designs you make with Canva content for commercial work, but there are rules depending on the type of content.

• Pro content is licensed for a single design: if you use the same element in another design, the license is renewed (automatically if you subscribe; paid again if you're a free user).
• When using unedited Pro content on web pages, blogs, e-books and videos, there's a limit of 480,000 pixels per file (e.g., 600 × 800). This limit doesn't apply to Canva's own website publishing or to embedded designs hosted on Canva.
• Paid library music can't be used in ads on traditional media such as TV, film, radio, podcasts and billboards; it can be used in online ads (e.g., YouTube in-video ads).
• AI outputs may not be unique. If you edit a photo from Canva's library with AI, you don't own the output. You also don't own music you generate with Canva AI.
• Canva gives no guarantee for people, brands, logos and works in Canva content; getting any necessary permission is up to you.

Source: Canva Content License Agreement and AI Product Terms (June 26, 2026). This isn't legal advice.

Yes, for primary and secondary school teachers and students in Turkey. Thanks to a partnership between Canva and Turkey's Ministry of National Education (MEB), they use Canva for Education for free; no separate application is needed, you sign in with your EBA account.

1. 1Go to canva.com and choose Log in.
2. 2Choose "Continue with EBA" (not Google, email or Apple).
3. 3On the EBA sign-in page, choose the method that suits you and follow the prompts; no email address is needed.

!This account can't be opened with a personal email. Sign-in problems usually come from the MEB account: contact the EBA support site (eba.gov.tr) or MEBİM at 444 0 632. If the problem is in your school's single sign-on (SSO) setup, contact your school's IT team.

1. 1First find out where you subscribed: Canva, Apple, Google or PayPal. Check your billing email or bank statement.
2. 2If you bought it from Canva, on the Settings› then Billing page choose Cancel plan for your plan and confirm the steps; you get a confirmation email.
3. 3If you bought it on your phone, cancel from the App Store or Google Play subscription screen. Deleting the app doesn't cancel the subscription.
4. 4After canceling, paid features stay on until the end of the billing period, and your designs aren't deleted (they stay on the Free plan); Affinity stays free.
5. 5Pausing instead of canceling is also possible: Pro, Teams and Business plans can be paused for up to 3 months, with no charges during that time. If you change your mind, you can stay on the plan from the Settings› then Billing page before the period ends.

The list below shows each feature separately: whether it's ready in the app, whether it needs an account connection or a separate setup, and whether it's on the Free plan. Canva's Free plan is broad, but much of the AI and photo toolset is paid.