Crop an image online

Pick a ratio, drag the frame where you want it, and download. Works with a thumb and with a keyboard.

Choose an imageor drag it here, or paste it

JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC. Your file is processed on your device.

How do I crop an image online?

To crop an image, add it below, choose a ratio or drag freely, and download the result. Cropping before you compress is also the most effective way to hit a tight file size limit, because every pixel you remove is budget returned to the part of the picture that matters.

Crop before you compress

If you are also up against a file size limit, crop first. Every pixel in the frame costs bytes, including the wall behind you and the empty floor at the bottom of the shot. Removing them before compressing means the whole budget is spent on the part anyone will actually look at.

This matters most at tight limits. A portrait cropped to head and shoulders and then compressed to 100 KB looks substantially better than the same photograph compressed to 100 KB whole, because a third of the budget is no longer describing a beige wall in faithful detail.

The ratios, and where each comes from

1:1 — profile pictures, avatars, app icons, product tiles.
16:9 — video thumbnails, channel banners, presentation slides.
9:16 — vertical video, stories, phone wallpapers.
4:3 — what most phone cameras produce by default.
3:2 — the traditional 35mm frame, and most dedicated cameras.
Free — when nothing has specified a shape and you just want to remove something from the edges.

Using the crop frame

Drag inside the frame to move it, and use the corner handles to resize. The handles have generous invisible hit areas — considerably larger than the visible dots — so they work with a thumb rather than requiring a mouse.

It also works entirely from the keyboard. Tab to the crop frame, then arrow keys move it and shift with the arrows resizes it. Hold Alt for finer steps and press Escape to reset. The frame announces its current size to screen readers as it changes, so this is not a control that only works if you can see it.

The guides divide the frame into thirds. Placing your subject near one of the intersections rather than dead centre is the oldest composition advice there is, and it holds up.

Common questions

Is the cropper free?

Yes, with no account and no watermark.

Are my images uploaded?

No. Cropping happens on your device, in your browser.

Can I crop to an exact pixel size?

Yes. Crop to the shape you want, then set exact output dimensions — the crop happens first and the result is scaled to the size you asked for, so nothing is stretched at any point.

Can I crop an image to a circle?

Not here, and it is usually the wrong request. Platforms that display round avatars — most of them — crop the circle themselves at display time from a square image. A genuinely circular image needs transparent corners, which means PNG or WebP, and it will show as a square with white corners anywhere that does not expect it. Crop to a square and let the destination round it.

Does cropping reduce quality?

No. Cropping removes pixels from the edges; the pixels that remain are untouched. Any quality change comes from what happens afterwards, such as resizing or compressing the cropped result.