Terms of use

Every background here is free for personal use. This page explains in plain words what that means.

The short version

  • All backgrounds on this site are created and owned by BackgroundMax.
  • They are free for personal, non-commercial use: your phone, tablet, computer, smartwatch and personal social profiles.
  • Downloading a background gives you permission to use it. Ownership stays with BackgroundMax.
  • For any commercial use, write to us first: [email protected].

1. Who owns the backgrounds

Every background, collection, title and description on backgroundmax.com is created by the BackgroundMax team and belongs to BackgroundMax. The same applies to the site design, the logo and the BackgroundMax name. All rights that these terms do not expressly grant are reserved.

2. Your personal license

BackgroundMax gives you a free, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to download the backgrounds and use them for personal, non-commercial purposes. For example, you may:

  • set a background as wallpaper on your own phone, tablet, computer, TV or smartwatch;
  • use it on your personal, non-monetized social profile, as a story, a post or a cover;
  • print a copy for your own home.

There is no sign-up and no attribution requirement. A link to backgroundmax.com is always appreciated.

3. What the license does not cover

These uses need written permission from BackgroundMax:

  • selling, licensing or renting the backgrounds, alone or as part of a pack;
  • products for sale: prints, phone cases, clothing, templates, themes, NFTs;
  • advertising, branding, client work, and monetized channels, blogs or apps;
  • re-uploading the backgrounds to other websites, apps, stock libraries or wallpaper collections;
  • bulk or automated downloading of the image files (search engines indexing the site are welcome);
  • training or testing AI and machine-learning models;
  • presenting the backgrounds as your own work.

4. Commercial use

Planning to use a background in a product, a campaign, a client project or a monetized channel? Write to [email protected], tell us which background you chose and how you plan to use it, and we will reply with the terms.

5. Agreeing to these terms

By using the site or downloading a background, you agree to these terms. If a background is used in a way these terms do not allow, the license for it ends, and the files must be deleted.

6. No warranty

The site and the backgrounds are provided “as is” and free of charge. BackgroundMax makes no warranties of any kind and, to the extent the law allows, is not liable for any loss arising from the use of the site or the backgrounds.

7. Changes and contact

We may update these terms from time to time; the date below always shows the current version. Questions about the terms or the license: [email protected].

Last updated: November 11, 2026