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Crop image online
Draggable frame with a rule-of-thirds grid, numeric fields for when you need precision, and the exact size every social network wants already set up. Plus: rotate and straighten, flip, make the image square without cropping it, and apply the same framing to a whole catalogue at once.
Your photos never leave this page: they are cropped right here.
Why it matters that this is not uploaded
What gets cropped is usually a personal photo, a client's portrait, or campaign material that has not gone out yet. Uploading that to a stranger's server to trim a few pixels off the edges is a bad trade, and an unnecessary one: cropping an image needs no server at all — the browser does it with what it already has. Here there is nowhere to send it.
How it works, in 3 steps
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Drag your image in
PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF or AVIF, up to 40 MB. Or switch to the multiple tab and drop a whole catalogue.
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Pick the size and frame it
Choose one from the dropdown — Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube… — and the frame locks to that ratio. Move it, resize it, or type the exact numbers.
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Adjust and download
Rotate, straighten, flip, or pad the image to a square. Pick format and quality, see the real file size, and download.
What people use it for
- Making a photo fit a networkThe exact size already set, with nothing to look up or remember. It is the main reason people search for this.
- A whole product catalogueA hundred photos with identical framing, even at different sizes. They download together as a ZIP.
- A profile pictureSquare, centred and the size each site wants, instead of letting the service crop it its own way.
- Straightening a tilted horizonTo a tenth of a degree, which is the difference between a photo that looks right and one that nags without you knowing why.
- Squaring an image without cutting anythingWith a background colour or the image itself blurred behind, the way social networks do it.
- Shedding weight before uploadingBy cropping what is not needed and picking format and quality, with the real size shown first.
Recommended sizes by platform
These are the sizes the tool's dropdown works with: pick one and the frame locks to its ratio, and the download comes out at exactly those pixels. Platforms change them every other season, so if something is critical it is worth checking their official help; these are current as of 2026 and are the ones that have been stable for years.
| Where | Pixels | Ratio | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profile photo | 320 × 320 | 1:1 | Shown as a circle: leave air around what matters. |
| Square post | 1080 × 1080 | 1:1 | The classic. Still the safest if the image gets reused elsewhere. |
| Portrait post | 1080 × 1350 | 4:5 | Takes up the most room on a phone. Usually performs better. |
| Landscape post | 1080 × 566 | 1.91:1 | Takes up the least; only use it if the photo calls for it. |
| Story and reel | 1080 × 1920 | 9:16 | Keep about 250 pixels clear top and bottom: that is where the buttons sit. |
Facebook, X and LinkedIn
| Where | Pixels | Ratio | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook · profile | 320 × 320 | 1:1 | Circular in almost every view. |
| Facebook · cover | 851 × 315 | 2.7:1 | Cropped at the sides on mobile: keep what matters centred. |
| Facebook · post | 1200 × 630 | 1.91:1 | The same as a website's social image. |
| X · profile | 400 × 400 | 1:1 | Circular. |
| X · header | 1500 × 500 | 3:1 | The profile photo covers the bottom-left corner. |
| X · post | 1600 × 900 | 16:9 | Shows in full without having to tap. |
| LinkedIn · profile | 400 × 400 | 1:1 | Circular. |
| LinkedIn · personal cover | 1584 × 396 | 4:1 | Very wide: almost nothing survives the mobile crop. |
| LinkedIn · company cover | 1128 × 191 | 5.9:1 | Narrower still than the personal one. |
| LinkedIn · post | 1200 × 627 | 1.91:1 | Practically the same as Facebook. |
YouTube and the rest
| Where | Pixels | Ratio | Note |
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| YouTube · avatar | 800 × 800 | 1:1 | Shown small: it has to read at 48 pixels. |
| YouTube · channel banner | 2560 × 1440 | 16:9 | Only the central 1546 × 423 strip is always visible. Put everything important there. |
| YouTube · thumbnail | 1280 × 720 | 16:9 | Very small on a phone: big text, and little of it. |
| TikTok · profile | 200 × 200 | 1:1 | Circular. |
| TikTok · video | 1080 × 1920 | 9:16 | Same size as stories. |
| Pinterest · pin | 1000 × 1500 | 2:3 | Portrait. A landscape pin gets lost among the rest. |
| WhatsApp · profile | 500 × 500 | 1:1 | Circular, and tiny in the chat list. |
| Website social image | 1200 × 630 | 1.91:1 | What shows when a link is shared. Works almost everywhere. |
Two things worth knowing before you crop
Cropping loses no quality; scaling up does. Cropping keeps the pixels that were inside the frame, exactly as they were. But pick a platform size larger than your crop and it has to be scaled up: pixels get invented and it shows. When that happens the tool tells you underneath the selector rather than letting you find out when you open the file.
Saving a JPG again always recompresses. Even if you change nothing, re-saving a JPG loses a little. That is why there is a quality control, and why the size shown is worked out by actually encoding rather than estimating: the number you see is the file you are about to download. To keep everything, export as PNG or WebP.
Batch framing, and why it works in proportions
Upload several, frame the first, and the rest follow it. What makes it work is that the crop is stored as a proportion, not in pixels. If it stored pixels, a 400 by 400 crop would fall off the edge on a small photo and leave half the framing out on a large one.
And if you locked a ratio, the ratio wins: on a differently shaped image the crop is still square, or 16:9, or whatever you asked for. Verified with 800×600, 1200×1200, 400×1600, 2000×500 and 640×480 all at once: all five come out square and none falls off the edge.
Square without cropping
Sometimes the whole image matters — a product, a poster, a screenshot — and cropping would cut out something necessary. That is what the make-it-square option is for: it adds padding rather than cutting. Pick a background colour, or use the image itself enlarged and blurred behind, which is what social networks do when a photo does not fit and looks considerably better than two white bars.
If what you need next is for the image to weigh less, the image compressor does exactly that; and if the crop is going to end up as a website's icon, the favicon generator builds the whole pack.
Frequently asked questions
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. Reading it, cropping it, rotating it and producing the final file all happen inside your browser, on the canvas it already ships with. There are no accounts, no database, and no request that carries your image anywhere.
It matters because what gets cropped is usually a personal photo, a client's portrait or unpublished campaign material. Once the page has loaded, disconnect from the internet and check.
Does cropping lose quality?
Cropping, no: the pixels inside the frame are kept as they were. What can lose quality is saving as JPG, which always recompresses even if you change nothing, and picking a size larger than your crop, because then it has to be scaled up.
When that happens you are warned underneath the selector. And the size shown before you download is worked out by actually encoding, not estimating. To keep everything, export as PNG or WebP.
What size do I need for Instagram?
Square 1080×1080, portrait 1080×1350 (4:5, the one that takes up the most room on a phone), landscape 1080×566, story or reel 1080×1920 (9:16) and profile 320×320.
They are all in the dropdown with their pixel sizes beside them, so there is nothing to remember: pick one and the frame locks itself. The full table for every platform is just above these questions.
How do I make an image square without cropping it?
With the make-it-square option, which adds padding at the sides rather than cutting further. You can use a background colour or the image itself enlarged and blurred, which is what social networks do and looks far better than two white bars.
It is what you need when the whole image matters — a product, a poster, a screenshot — and cropping would cut out something necessary.
How does cropping several at once work?
You upload several, frame the first, and the same framing goes on the rest. It works because the crop is stored as a proportion, not in pixels: pixels would fall off the edge on the small ones and leave half the framing out on the large ones.
With a locked ratio, the ratio wins: on a differently shaped image the crop is still square, or 16:9. Mostly useful for product catalogues. They download together as a ZIP.
What is the rule-of-thirds grid for?
It is a composition guide: it splits the frame into nine parts and suggests putting the important things on the lines or at their intersections rather than dead centre.
In a portrait the eyes usually sit well on the upper horizontal; in a landscape, the horizon on one of the two rather than slicing the photo in half. Not compulsory, but as a reference while you drag it helps.
JPG, PNG or WebP?
JPG for photographs: light, and at high quality the loss is invisible. PNG when there is transparency or flat colour — logos, screenshots, drawings — because it loses nothing though it weighs more. WebP if it is going onto a website: around a third lighter than JPG at the same apparent quality.
One warning the tool gives by itself: JPG has no transparency, so those areas would come out black. There, PNG or WebP, or set a background colour.
Is there a size or quantity limit?
Forty megabytes per file and thirty images per batch. Not limits of the format but of what a browser's memory handles comfortably; beyond that the tab stutters or closes itself, and it is better to say so than to let it happen.
For an ordinary photo you will not come close: a twelve-megapixel phone image is around five megabytes. Drop in more than thirty and the first thirty are loaded, with a note about how many were left out.