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Crop Image Online

Drag a selection over your photo and cut it out — freely, or locked to a square, 4:3 or 16:9.

Your image

Drag & drop an image, or click to browse

JPG, PNG, WEBP or HEIC

Options

Aspect ratio

Add an image to get started.

Why use this tool

  • No file size limit

    Full-size photos straight from your phone or camera.

  • Nothing is uploaded

    Processed entirely in your browser. Your files never leave your device.

  • No signup needed

    Open the tool and go. No account, no email.

Cropping is how you change what is in a picture and what shape it is. Drag a box over the part you want to keep, move it, resize it from any corner, and cut. Lock the selection to 1:1 for a profile picture, 4:3 for a print or 16:9 for a video thumbnail — or leave it free and trim exactly what you like.

The crop is taken from the original file at full resolution, not from the preview on screen, so every pixel inside your selection is kept. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is watermarked and no account is needed.

How to crop an image

  1. Add your image

    Drag a JPG, PNG, WEBP or HEIC file into the box, or click to browse. It appears with a selection already drawn over it.

  2. Draw your selection

    Drag inside the image to move the selection, or pull a corner to resize it. Pick an aspect ratio first if the result has to be a particular shape. The selection size in real pixels is shown as you go.

  3. Crop and download

    Press Crop Image. The cropped file appears with its dimensions and size, ready to download.

Choosing an aspect ratio

1:1 is a square: profile pictures on almost every platform, Instagram posts, album and podcast art, and app icons.

4:3 is the shape of most standard photo prints and older camera sensors. It is the safe choice for 5 × 7 and 8 × 10 prints, and for slide decks that still use it.

16:9 is widescreen: YouTube thumbnails, video covers, presentation slides, and most monitors and TVs.

Free applies no constraint at all. Trim a scan to the edges of the page, cut a distraction out of the frame, or hit a shape nothing else offers.

Cropping versus resizing

Cropping removes pixels from the edges, and the pixels you keep are untouched. Resizing keeps the whole picture and redraws it at a different number of pixels.

To turn a rectangular photo into a square profile picture, crop it to 1:1 first and then resize the square to the exact dimensions the platform asks for. Resizing a rectangle into a square without cropping squashes whatever is in it.

Cropping always makes the file smaller, simply because there is less image left to store.

Quality and format

No resampling happens: the selected region is copied at its original resolution, so a crop is exactly as sharp as the source. A crop covering a quarter of a 4000 px photo is still a 2000 px image.

The output keeps its format — JPG stays JPG, PNG stays PNG with transparency intact, WEBP stays WEBP. A HEIC photo is saved as a JPG, since browsers cannot write HEIC.

What each aspect ratio is for

Pick the ratio before you draw, and the selection stays locked to that shape while you drag.

RatioShapeTypical use
1:1SquareProfile pictures, Instagram posts, avatars, album and app art
4:3StandardPhoto prints, older cameras, 4:3 presentations
16:9WidescreenYouTube thumbnails, video covers, slides, wallpapers
FreeAnythingScans, documents, screenshots, trimming to taste

What people crop images for

  • Profile pictures

    Almost every platform wants a square. Cropping to 1:1 yourself means the site does not choose the framing for you.

  • Video thumbnails

    YouTube and most video players expect 16:9. Cropping first stops the platform adding bars or cutting off your subject.

  • Screenshots

    Trim away the browser chrome, the desktop behind it, or the half of the screen nobody needs to see.

  • Scanned documents and photos

    Cut a scan down to the page or the print itself and lose the scanner bed around it.

Frequently asked questions

How do I crop an image into a square?
Choose the 1:1 aspect ratio before you draw. The selection is then locked to a square however you drag it, so the result is exactly square without any measuring.
Does cropping reduce image quality?
No. The selected region is copied from the original at full resolution with no scaling, so the pixels you keep are identical to the ones you started with.
Can I crop to an exact pixel size?
The selection shows its size in real pixels as you drag, so you can match a target by eye with the Free ratio. For an exact figure, crop to the right shape here and then resize the result to the precise dimensions.
Can I crop a photo into a circle?
Yes, with Circle Crop, one of the other tools on this site: the selection is drawn as a circle and the result is a PNG with real transparency outside it. Many platforms mask a square photo into a circle for you, though, so for a profile picture a 1:1 crop here is often all they need.
Are my images uploaded anywhere?
No. The image is read into the page, cropped on a canvas in your browser and handed straight back. Nothing is sent to a server.
Which formats can I crop?
JPG, PNG, WEBP and HEIC. The first three keep their format; a HEIC photo comes back as a JPG because browsers cannot write HEIC.
Is transparency preserved?
Yes, for PNG and WEBP. Transparent areas inside your selection stay transparent in the cropped file.
Can I crop a photo for a passport or a visa?
You can crop to 1:1 and then resize — a US passport photo, for example, is 2 × 2 inches, which is 600 × 600 pixels at 300 dpi. Check your authority's rules for head size, expression and background, because the tool crops what you select and does not check the requirements for you.

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