change canvas to plain white (currently checkered design)

[BeeDreams]

While working yesterday, my canvas design seems to have permanately switched to a checkerboard pattern instead of plain white. I'm not sure what I did to cause this, and why I can't change it back - I have searched every menu and have found nothing that lets me change the display of the canvas.

The canvas is not listed as a "layer" so I can't change it there, the only layer so far is the picture itself.

I want a plain white canvas - how do I get this?

[Simon Brown]

The chequerboard represents transparency, so wouldn't white be confusing? AFAIK it has never been white.

[Ash]

Do you want to work on a white background or transparent background?

Do you want your final image on a white background or transparent background?