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Drag a crop box over your photo, pick a ratio like 1:1 or 16:9, or switch the shape to a circle for a profile picture. Your image is cropped in your browser and never uploaded.

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Crop shape and ratio

Pick a shape and ratio, then drag the crop area or type exact pixels.

Social sizes

Add an image to drag the crop area or type exact pixels.

Applies to all files. Use a file's settings button to give it its own.

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How to use the Crop Image

  1. Add a photo with Choose files, or drag it onto the page. The crop editor opens right on top of the image.
  2. Under Crop shape and ratio, pick Rectangle, Circle or Rounded square, then an aspect ratio or a social size.
  3. Drag the crop area to move it and drag a corner to resize it, or type exact X, Y, Width and Height values in pixels.
  4. Select Download. For several images, the crop applies to each of them, and Download all (ZIP) saves them together.

Crop by dragging, or by the numbers

With one image on the page, the crop editor sits right on top of it. Drag inside the box to move it, drag a corner to resize it, and use the zoom buttons to get close to a small detail. With the keyboard, the arrow keys nudge the box, Shift plus an arrow resizes it, and + and − zoom.

The Aspect ratio buttons lock the box to a shape: Free, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2 or 2:3. Pick Free when you only want to cut away edges and don't care about the proportions.

When you know the exact pixels, the X, Y, Width and Height fields move with the box and work the other way too. Type a number and the box follows. Three quick buttons help: Center puts the box in the middle, Fit to image makes it as large as the ratio allows, and Reset starts over.

Cropping removes pixels but doesn't change the pixels you keep. If you also need the result at a specific size, crop first and then use the Image Resizer.

How to crop a circle (for a profile picture)

Change Shape to Circle and the crop box becomes a circle. A circle is always 1:1, so the box is a square underneath. Drag it over the face or logo you want.

One thing worth knowing: image files are always rectangles. A circle crop is saved as a square picture with transparent corners, and that only works in a format that stores transparency. That's why shaped crops save as PNG by default. If you choose JPG, the corners are filled with the background color you pick, since JPG can't be see-through.

A few settings polish the result:

  • Rounded square gives you the same idea with a Corner radius slider from 0 to 50, for app-icon-style avatars.
  • Border adds an outline. Set its width in pixels and pick its color.
  • Background controls the corners. Choose Transparent, White, Black or a custom color.
  • Profile picture size saves at 400, 800 or 1024 px, or keeps the size of the pixels you selected with Crop size.

A preview of the circle at two sizes shows how it will look when a site shrinks it to a small avatar. Many sites round your picture themselves, so check what shape they want before you upload.

Crop to a size a platform asks for

Open Social sizes under the ratio buttons to start from a size used by Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, TikTok or Pinterest. Each choice sets the ratio. Turn on Resize to exact size and the cropped result is also scaled to that platform's pixel dimensions.

For several photos, the crop settings apply to all of them: each image gets the largest centered crop of the chosen shape. That is a quick way to make a set of square thumbnails. To pick the area for one photo, open its settings button, where the full editor opens for that photo alone.

Sideways phone photo? Fix that before you crop with the Rotate Image tool, so you are cropping the picture the way it will be seen. And if you want a new background behind your subject, use Background Remover first, then crop the transparent result into a circle.

Everything stays on your device, and the page needs no account.

Frequently asked questions

How do I crop a picture into a circle?

Add your photo, set Shape to Circle, and drag the round crop area over the part you want. Download the result. It is saved as a square PNG with transparent corners, which sites then show as a circle if they round pictures, and which looks round on any plain background.

Why is my circle cropped photo still square?

Image files are always rectangles, so a circle crop is a square picture whose corners are transparent. On a white page it looks round. If the corners show a color, you saved a JPG, which cannot be transparent. Choose PNG, or set the background to match the page.

How do I crop an image to a specific aspect ratio?

Pick a ratio button such as 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9, and the crop area locks to that shape. Drag it to the part of the photo you want to keep. If you need a ratio that is not listed, choose Free and type the Width and Height values in pixels.

Does cropping reduce image quality?

Cropping keeps the pixels inside the box unchanged, but saving as JPG or WebP re-compresses the file. To avoid any new loss, save as PNG. A cropped picture also has fewer pixels than the original, so it will look softer if you later enlarge it to its old size.

Can I crop several photos the same way?

Yes. Add all of the photos, choose a shape and ratio once, and each photo gets the largest centered crop of that shape. If one photo needs a different area, open its settings and drag the crop for that photo only. Download all (ZIP) saves the whole set.

Is my photo uploaded when I crop it?

No. The crop editor runs in your browser and your photo is never uploaded. That makes it a comfortable place to crop a private picture, such as a family photo or an ID. Nothing is stored after you close the tab, and there is no account to create.

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