diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/blob.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/blob.ts
index 69a62cda5..d19107a22 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/blob.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/blob.ts
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export const resizeImageFile = async (
   }
 
   return new File(
-    [await reduce.toBlob(file, { max: opts.maxWidthOrHeight })],
+    [await reduce.toBlob(file, { max: opts.maxWidthOrHeight, alpha: true })],
     file.name,
     {
       type: opts.outputType || file.type,