Image Cropper
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Shape
Any shape: drag the edges and corners
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How to crop a photo
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Add a photo
Drag it onto the page, paste it, or press Choose image. On a phone, tap Pick image.
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Pick a shape
Free, Square, Circle or a ratio like 4:5 or 16:9. The box keeps that shape.
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Move the box
Drag it over what you want to keep. Pull a corner to make it bigger or smaller.
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Or type a size
Width and height in pixels, inches or centimeters.
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Download
Keep the format or switch to JPG, WebP or PNG. Your original stays as it was.
Aspect ratios explained
An aspect ratio is a photo's shape: its width compared to its height. A 4:5 photo is 4 parts wide for every 5 parts tall, whether it's 1080 × 1350 pixels or 4000 × 5000. Cropping to the ratio a site or print expects means nothing gets cut off or squashed later.
| Ratio | Shape | Where it's used |
|---|---|---|
| 1:1 | Square | Square posts and profile pictures |
| 4:5 | Portrait | Instagram and Facebook portrait posts (1080 × 1350) |
| 3:4 | Portrait | Instagram profile grid, which shows every post as 3:4 (1080 × 1440) |
| 9:16 | Tall | Stories, Reels and TikTok (1080 × 1920) |
| 16:9 | Wide | YouTube thumbnails (1280 × 720), TVs and laptop screens |
| 4:3 | Standard | Photos from most phone cameras |
| 3:2 | Classic | 4×6 prints, most DSLR and mirrorless cameras |
| 7:5 | Classic | 5×7 prints |
| 5:4 | Near square | 8×10 prints |
Most phones take 4:3 photos, so posting one as a 4:5 or 9:16 always means cutting some of it away. Crop it yourself first and you choose what stays in the picture.
Crop for prints
Prints come in fixed shapes, and hardly any of them match your photo. The print shop trims whatever doesn't fit, often a bit of someone's head or the edge of a group. Crop first and you decide what goes.
| Ratio | Cut from a phone photo | Cut from a camera photo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 6 in | 3:2 | About 11% | Nothing |
| 5 × 7 in | 7:5 | About 5% | About 7% |
| 8 × 10 in | 5:4 | About 6% | About 17% |
Phone photos are 4:3 and most camera photos are 3:2, so a 4×6 fits a camera photo exactly while an 8×10 loses the most. Pick the print's ratio, drag the box to keep what matters, and press Make it tall for a portrait print.
Circle crop for profile pictures
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Discord all show personal profile pictures as a circle. They cut the corners off a square photo, so anything near the corners disappears. Pick Circle to see exactly what will show, and keep your face in the middle with a little space around it. Business pages are different: LinkedIn company pages and X accounts with a gold check show a square logo, so use Square for those.
A circle keeps only about 79% of a square photo, because the four corners go. Keep the face in the middle with some space around it and nothing important gets cut. Saved as PNG or WebP the corners stay see-through, handy for logos and stickers too. Need each app's exact size in pixels? The Image Resizer has them.
Tips for a better crop
Use the thirds
The grid that shows while you drag splits the photo into thirds. Putting a face, a horizon or the main subject on one of those lines usually looks more natural than dead center.
Leave some space
Keep a little room above a head and in front of someone looking or moving to the side. A crop that is too tight feels cramped.
Avoid cutting at joints
When cropping people, cut between joints, like mid thigh or mid arm, not right at the knees, elbows or wrists. It looks deliberate instead of accidental.
Crop once, from the original
Every crop keeps fewer pixels. Start from the original photo each time rather than cropping a crop, so you keep as much detail as possible.
Need exact pixels instead? Use the Image Resizer. Need a smaller file in KB or MB? Use the Image Compressor.
Helpful Guides
Frequently asked questions
Still stuck? Contact usDoes cropping lower the quality
Not in a way you'll see. The part you keep is cut from the full size photo, pixel for pixel. Saved as PNG it is an exact copy. JPG and WebP are saved again at high quality, which changes the pixels only very slightly and looks the same. There are simply fewer pixels, so a small part of a photo printed big can look soft. On phones and tablets, photos over 16 megapixels are brought down to 16 MP first so the phone doesn't run out of memory.
How do I crop a photo into a circle
Pick Circle, then drag the circle over the part you want and pull a corner to make it bigger or smaller. Download it as PNG or WebP and the corners around the circle are see-through. A JPG can't be see-through, so its corners turn white.
How do I crop a profile picture
Pick Circle and place your face in the middle with a little space around it. The tool shows how it will look as a round profile photo on Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and YouTube while you move the circle. Most apps also let you upload a square photo and cut the circle themselves, so the Square shape works too.
How do I crop a photo to a square
Pick Square. The biggest square that fits is placed in the middle of your photo. Drag it to the part you want to keep, pull a corner to make it smaller, and download.
Can I crop to an exact size
Yes. Type the width and height under Exact size, in pixels, inches or centimeters. Inches and centimeters are print sizes at 300 pixels per inch, so 4 × 6 inches is 1200 × 1800 pixels. Left and Top move the box to an exact spot. A crop can't be bigger than the photo itself.
Which ratio do I need for a 4x6, 5x7 or 8x10 print
4×6 prints are 3:2, 5×7 prints are 7:5 and 8×10 prints are 5:4. Pick the ratio and the box keeps that shape, so nothing gets cut off at the print shop. Press Make it tall for a portrait print.
Can I rotate or flip a photo while cropping
Yes. Rotate left and Rotate right turn the photo a quarter turn, and Flip mirrors it from left to right. The crop box resets to fit the turned photo.
Does it change my original photo
No. You download a new copy whose name ends in -cropped. The photo on your phone or computer stays exactly as it was.
Does it remove the location from my photos
Yes. The cropped photo comes out without its hidden details, so the GPS location, the camera model and the date it was taken are removed.
Are my photos uploaded
No. Your photos never leave your device. Cropping happens right in your browser, so nothing is sent to us or stored anywhere.