How to create icons from images making background transparent?

To create icons from any of your images, making rest of the background as transparent, follow the steps below:

* Open the image in Photoshop Elements Editor.

* Select the Object using any of the selection tools suiting your needs. To understand how to make precise selections, you may visit the posts.

Selected the bird using quick selection tool

* Right click the selection and select Layer via Copy

* The layer panel now shows the selection in a separate layer.

* Delete the background layer in layers panel using right click option. And here is I see the Bird with transparent background which I can save to be used as icon.