Image Cropper

Crop an image online, free and private

To crop an image online, click Select Image, drag the green frame over the part you want to keep (or type Width, Height, X and Y in pixels), then click Download Cropped. The crop is cut from the full-resolution original, and the button shows the output size, for example Download Cropped (960 x 640).

You can lock an aspect ratio (1:1, 16:9, 4:3, 3:2, 9:16 or a Custom one) or pick a social media preset that resizes the result to the platform's pixel size. This free image cropper runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and you can confirm that in the Network tab of DevTools. JPG, PNG and WebP keep their format (Safari and iPhone browsers cannot write WebP, so there a WebP is saved as PNG); GIF, BMP, AVIF and other types are saved as PNG.

Cropping removes pixels but does not shrink the file the way compression does, so you may want the image compressor afterwards, or the image resizer for exact dimensions without trimming.

Table of Use: common crops and how to do them

Features

• Drag, type or use the keyboard. Drag inside the frame to move it, or a corner to resize it. With the frame focused, arrow keys nudge it 1 pixel (Shift: 10). Each side is at least 10 pixels where the image and ratio allow.
• Aspect Ratio. Free, 1:1, 16:9, 4:3, 3:2, 9:16 or Custom. Changing ratio reshapes the frame around its centre and keeps about the same area.
• Rotate Left and Rotate Right. The pixels themselves are turned 90 degrees, so what you see is what you download.
• Zoom, Undo and Redo. Zoom In and Zoom Out run from 0.5x to 3x and change only the editor view. Undo and Redo cover every change to the frame or its ratio.
• Auto-position on detail. Moves the frame onto the area with the most edges and colour; it does not detect faces.
• Formats. JPG and WebP at quality 0.92 (Safari and iPhone browsers save WebP as PNG), PNG lossless with transparency, all with 8 bits per channel in sRGB colour; files are named like photo_cropped.jpg.

Preset Crops built into the tool

A preset locks the ratio, frames the largest centred area and, while "Resize the result to exactly" is ticked, resizes the crop to the listed size. As of October 2026 the official pages say: Instagram Help Centre ("Image resolution of photos you share on Instagram": widths up to 1080 px, ratios 1.91:1 to 3:4), YouTube Help (custom thumbnails: 16:9, 3840 x 2160 recommended), X Help Center ("How to customize your profile": header 1500 x 500), LinkedIn Help (profile background photo: 1584 x 396) and Facebook Help Centre (Page cover photo: 851 x 315, so the 820 x 312 preset differs slightly).

How to crop an image, step by step

1. Click Select Image, or drop a picture on "Upload Image to Crop". One image is cropped at a time.
2. Choose an Aspect Ratio, or tap a Preset Crop such as Instagram Post.
3. If the picture is sideways, click Rotate Left or Rotate Right first. A tilt of a few degrees is a job for the image rotator.
4. Move the green frame, drag a corner, or type Width, Height, X and Y under the Preview, or click Auto-position on detail.
5. Check the Cropped Image below. The line under the preview shows the Image and Crop sizes, plus the Result size when a preset resizes the crop.
6. Click Download Cropped. Use Remove Image to start over with another picture.

Who can use it

• Social media managers and creators who need one photo in several shapes, then a caption from Add Text to Image.
• Online sellers squaring up product shots before a thumbnail or a collage.
• Avatar and icon makers who crop a square first, then round it with the round corner generator or build a favicon from an image.
• People sharing screenshots and photos who crop to the relevant part, then blur any private detail that remains with the image blur tool, or mirror a selfie with the image flip tool.

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