Square profile photos and avatars
Most platforms want a square picture. Lock the 1:1 ratio, slide the box over your face, and you get an avatar that won't be awkwardly auto-cropped after you upload it.
Free Image Cropper — Crop Images Online
Drop in a photo, drag the box over the part you want to keep, and download the crop. Pick a ratio like 1:1 or 16:9, fine-tune exact pixels, and save as JPG, PNG or WebP — nothing ever leaves your browser.
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Your image
Drag the box to move it, pull a handle to resize, or drag on the picture to start a new selection.
Aspect ratioCropped image
—Cropped size (px)
—Estimated file size
Add an image to see the cropped preview.
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Need the same crop on a lot of photos? Load one image above and set your crop, add the rest here, and every image is cropped to match and downloaded as one ZIP. Output format, quality and DPI follow the settings above.
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The guide
Image cropping, explained
Everything you need to know about cropping images cleanly.
Why Use This Tool?
Most photos aren't shaped the way you need them. A portrait has to become a square avatar, a wide shot has a stranger wandering in at the edge, a screenshot includes a sidebar you'd rather not share. Cropping fixes all of that by cutting away what you don't want and keeping what you do.
This is a free image cropper that runs entirely in your browser. Drag a box over the area you want to keep, pick an aspect ratio if you need a specific shape, and download the result. No sign-up, no API key, and no limit on how many images you crop.
Popular Uses
Cropping comes up anywhere the framing of a picture matters as much as the picture itself.
Fitting banners, thumbnails and stories
Covers, thumbnails and story images each have their own proportions. Choose 16:9 or 9:16 and frame the shot yourself instead of leaving it to whatever the platform decides to cut off.
Trimming out what shouldn't be there
Cut out a stray bystander, a browser toolbar, or private details in a screenshot before you share it. The pixels outside the box are gone from the file you download.
Examples
Some common aspect ratios and what they're usually used for.
| Use case | Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Profile photo or avatar | 1:1 | Square; most platforms show it as a circle |
| Video thumbnail or banner | 16:9 | Standard widescreen shape |
| Portrait feed post | 4:5 | Takes up more room in a feed than a square |
| Story, Reel or vertical video cover | 9:16 | Full-screen vertical on phones |
| Classic photo print | 3:2 | Matches most camera sensors |
A ratio describes a shape, not a size. Get the framing right here first, then run the result through the Image Resizer if a platform asks for exact pixel dimensions.
How to Crop an Image
- Drag an image into the box on the left, click it to browse, or paste one from your clipboard.
- Pick an aspect ratio if you need a specific shape, or leave it on Free to draw any rectangle.
- Drag the crop box into position and pull its handles to resize it. Use the X, Y, width and height fields if you need exact pixels.
- Choose an output format and quality, then press Download to save the cropped file.
Complete Guide to Cropping Images
Cropping keeps a rectangular slice of an image and throws the rest away. Nothing inside the slice is scaled or recalculated, so the pixels you keep look exactly like the original.
Crop area vs. output size
The crop area is the rectangle you select on the original image, and the file you download has exactly that many pixels. A 600 × 600 box on a 4000 × 3000 photo gives you a 600 × 600 image, so a tight crop of a small photo can end up smaller than you expected.
Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio is the shape of the crop: width divided by height. With a ratio selected, the box keeps that shape as you move and resize it. Free lets you draw any rectangle, and Original matches the shape of the photo you started with.
How This Tool Works
Your image is shown scaled to fit your screen, but the crop box is tracked in the pixels of the original file, not the smaller preview. That means what you download is full quality. When you press Download, the browser's canvas copies just the pixels inside the box into a new image and exports it as a JPG, PNG or WebP. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
Tips & Best Practices
- Choose your aspect ratio first, then position the box. It's easier than fixing the shape afterwards.
- Crop from the biggest original you have. Cropping discards pixels, so a tight crop of a small image gets small fast.
- Use the grid inside the box as a guide: placing your subject where two lines cross usually looks better than dead center.
- Click the crop box and use the arrow keys to nudge it one pixel at a time, or hold Shift to move ten.
- Use PNG for screenshots and graphics with sharp edges or transparency, and JPG or WebP for photos to keep the file small.
Limitations & Privacy
Privacy
Everything happens locally in your browser using the canvas API. Whatever image you drop in is never uploaded to a server, so cropping a private photo is just as safe as cropping a public one. The only thing that can be saved to our servers is the file you download, and only if you're a Premium member with Sync across devices switched on. You can turn that off and delete entries at any time.
Limitations
This tool makes rectangular crops only, so there's no circle or freeform shape, and it doesn't rotate or straighten. The editor works on one image at a time, so crop them one after another. Very large photos can take a moment since everything runs on your device, and a few phones may refuse extremely large images.
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