How to use the crop image
- 1Press Choose image (or paste one with Ctrl+V).
- 2Pick an Aspect ratio such as 1:1 square or 16:9, or leave it on Free.
- 3Drag the box or its handles, or type X (left), Y (top), Width and Height. With the box focused, arrow keys move it.
- 4Tick Circle crop for a round profile picture, choose a Format, then press Download cropped image.
Starting box for a 4000 × 3000 photo
Aspect ratio: 1:1 square
X 650, Y 150, Width 2700, Height 2700
The starting box is the largest centered square, at 90% size so the handles are easy to grab.
Aspect ratio presets
| Preset | Typical use |
|---|---|
| 1:1 square | Profile pictures, Instagram square posts, product photos |
| 4:5 | Instagram portrait posts |
| 3:4 and 4:3 | Standard photo prints and many camera photos |
| 3:2 | 35 mm-style photos, 6 × 4 in prints |
| 16:9 and 9:16 | Video thumbnails, wide banners, Stories and Reels |
| 35 × 45 mm photo | Passport-style photo proportions |
Free lets you draw any shape. Custom accepts your own ratio such as 2:3 or 5:7. Changing the ratio refits the current box around its center.
Circle crop for profile pictures
Tick Circle crop to make everything outside the circle transparent. The ratio switches to 1:1 so you get a true circle (with Free or another ratio you get an oval). Save as PNG or WebP to keep the transparent corners. If you save as JPG, which has no transparency, the corners are filled with the color you choose.
Most social networks crop profile pictures to a circle themselves and expect a square upload; the circle crop is for places that show your file as it is, such as email signatures, slides and websites.
Exact pixel dimensions
The fields under Exact crop (pixels) show the box position (X (left), Y (top)) and size in the image's own pixels, and you can type into them. With a ratio selected, changing Width updates Height to match. The Result panel shows the final size. To make the output a particular width, such as 1080 px, fill in Resize result to width.
For keyboard use, focus the crop box and use the arrow keys: one pixel per press, ten with Shift; hold Alt or Ctrl to resize instead of move.
Rotating and flipping
Rotate left and Rotate right turn the image by 90°; Flip horizontal mirrors it, for example to undo a mirrored selfie; Flip vertical turns it upside down. The crop box resets after each change. Photos taken on a phone are already shown the right way up, because the orientation stored in the photo is applied when it is opened. Free-angle straightening (for example 2° to level a horizon) isn't available.
Are my files uploaded?
This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files are not uploaded to our servers.