This works with most versions
Photoshop CC: How to Make a White Background Transparent
If you want to know how to make a background transparent in Photoshop, you’ll need to follow a few different steps. Luckily, the whole process is simple once you’ve mastered the right tools. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know, from removing a background from an image to saving it with a transparent background.
For this tutorial we'll be using Adobe Photoshop CC, but you can perform these steps using most versions of Photoshop.
Before we can make a background transparent in Photoshop, we need to remove the existing background. If you have already done this, you can skip this step and follow the guide in the next section.