Crop Image
Drag the crop box over the part of the picture you want to keep, pull its corners to resize it, or lock it to a ratio such as square or 16:9. You can also type exact pixel values.
Drag inside the box to move it, drag a handle to resize it, or drag on the image outside the box to draw a new one.
Your image is cropped inside your browser and is never uploaded to our server.
How to use the Crop Image
- Drop an image onto the box or click to choose one. It opens with a crop box already drawn over the middle.
- Pick an aspect ratio if you need a particular shape, for example 1:1 for a square profile picture or 16:9 for a video thumbnail. Free lets you choose any shape.
- Drag inside the box to move it and drag the white handles to resize it. This works with a mouse, a trackpad or a finger. For pixel-exact work, type the X, Y, width and height values instead.
- Press Crop image, check the preview, and press Download.
Which aspect ratio to use
The ratio buttons lock the box to a shape, while you still choose its size and position. Some common uses:
- 1:1 for square images, such as profile pictures and many social media avatars.
- 4:5 for tall portrait posts, which fill more of a phone screen than a square.
- 3:2 and 4:3 are the shapes many cameras (3:2) and phones (4:3) shoot in, which is handy for prints and slides.
- 16:9 is the widescreen shape of HD and 4K video, used for video thumbnails, banners and presentation slides.
- 9:16 is the full-screen vertical shape used by stories and short vertical videos.
- Original keeps the shape of your photo while you trim the edges evenly.
Platforms change their recommended sizes from time to time, so check the current requirements of the site you are posting to. If it also asks for exact pixel dimensions, crop to the right shape here first, then set the size with Resize Image.
How cropping works here
All positions are measured in the real pixels of your image, not the size it happens to be shown on screen, so the numbers in the X, Y, width and height boxes are exactly what you will get. The cropped part is copied pixel for pixel, with no resizing. The faint lines inside the box divide it into thirds, a common guide for placing the subject slightly off center.
Good to know
- The saved file is a new image that holds only pixels: camera metadata (EXIF) such as date and GPS location is not carried over, and neither is an embedded color profile.
- Cropping to JPG or WebP re-encodes the image, which loses a tiny amount of detail. Choose PNG if you need the cropped pixels exactly as they were.
- JPG cannot hold transparency, so transparent areas become white. Animated GIFs are cropped as a single still frame.
Frequently asked questions
Is my photo uploaded when I crop it?
No. The image is loaded into the page and cropped by your browser on your own device. Nothing is sent to our server.
Does it work on a phone or tablet?
Yes. Drag the box and its corner handles with your finger. While you drag inside the image the page does not scroll; scroll by touching outside the image area.
How do I crop to an exact size, like 1080 × 1080?
Type 1080 into both the width and height boxes and move the box where you want it. If your image is smaller than the size you need, crop to the right ratio (1:1 here) and then enlarge it with Resize Image, accepting that it will look softer.
Will cropping reduce the quality of my image?
The pixels you keep are not resized. Saving as PNG keeps them exactly; saving as JPG or WebP adds a small amount of compression, which at the default quality of 92 is usually hard to notice.
Can I crop a circle?
Not on this page; it crops rectangles only. For a round profile picture, crop to 1:1 here, since many sites apply the circular mask themselves.