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hi there and welcome !

lke ppl have been mentioning there are many ways to make a selection and deleting those backgrounds (im doing it all the time) this is probably a tricky one but i have excellent results.if the background for example is flat opaque black or what ever colour firstly select the eyedropper tool and click on the colour you want to remove,the colour you selected should now become your foreground color in your palette.

Then go to select>color range and you can play witht he fuzzinesss which is similar to playing with the tolerance levels if you where using the magic wand tool.

once selected and the image looks like the area you want removing is showing ,click ok and your selection should be there and click that delete key!   

im sorry if this seems really in depth seeing as your new but if you practice this method as your method..then your on a roll!

i know that this is my personal preference and i have excellent results

and it beats squinting checking that the magnetic lasso tool is finding the edges 

ENJOY!!