Crop images
Drag a selection over your image, or lock it to a square or any common ratio. Your files never leave your device. Every conversion runs locally in your browser.
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This tool needs JavaScript, because cropping runs on your device rather than on a server.
Drop in JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, or HEIC files and crop them to whatever region you need. Everything runs on your own device — the image is never sent anywhere, which is also why there is no queue and no cap on how many you put through at once.
How to crop an image
- Add your image. Click the box above or drag files onto it. A preview appears with a selection covering the whole image.
- Drag the selection. Pull any of the eight handles to resize it, drag from the middle to move it, or draw a fresh rectangle by dragging on an empty part of the image. Rule-of-thirds guides are shown to help you place the subject.
- Lock a ratio if you need one. Pick a preset and the selection keeps that shape however you drag it.
- Download. Choose an output format and save. With several images loaded you can take them all as a ZIP.
Cropping to a fixed ratio
Most platforms care about the shape of an image rather than its exact size, because they scale whatever you give them. Cropping to the right ratio first is what stops a face being cut off when a service does that scaling for you.
| Where it goes | Ratio |
|---|---|
| Profile picture / avatar | 1:1 |
| Instagram portrait post | 4:5 |
| Instagram story, Reel, TikTok | 9:16 |
| YouTube thumbnail, video frame | 16:9 |
| Standard photo print (6×4) | 3:2 |
| Classic camera / print (6×4.5) | 4:3 |
Crop first, then resize
Cropping and resizing answer different questions — which part of the image to keep, and how many pixels to keep it at — and the order matters. Crop to settle the composition and the ratio, then use the resizer for exact dimensions. Going the other way round leaves you trying to hit a ratio and a pixel size in one step, which usually means distorting the image to make both fit.
Does cropping lose quality?
Not in itself. Cropping discards area; the pixels inside your selection are carried across untouched, with no resampling. What can cost you a little is the re-encode on the way out, since the file has to be written again in some format. JPG and WebP are written at 92% quality here, which is visually indistinguishable in normal use; PNG is lossless if you would rather not re-encode at all. Bear in mind that saving a cropped JPG as a PNG preserves what is left exactly but cannot restore anything the original JPG had already discarded.
Next steps
Common questions
Are my images uploaded anywhere?
No. Cropping runs entirely inside your browser on your own device. The image is decoded, drawn to a canvas, and re-encoded locally — load the page, disconnect from the internet, and it still works.
How do I crop an image to a square?
Choose Square — 1:1 from the aspect ratio list. The selection snaps to a square and stays square however you drag it, so you can position the region without watching the numbers. The same applies to the portrait, landscape and story ratios.
Does cropping reduce the quality?
The pixels you keep are untouched — cropping removes area, it does not resample what remains. The only quality question is the output format: JPG and WebP re-encode and are set to 92% here, while PNG is lossless. If the original was a JPG, choosing PNG will not recover anything it had already lost.
Can I crop several images at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and step through them with the arrows, cropping each one separately. If they should all get the same region — a batch of product shots to square, say — tick Apply this crop to all images and download the set as a ZIP.
The images are different sizes. Will "apply to all" still work?
Yes. The crop is stored as a proportion of the image rather than a fixed pixel rectangle, so each file gets the same relative region. A rectangle in absolute pixels would fall partly outside any image smaller than the one you drew it on.
How do I crop to an exact pixel size?
Crop to the right ratio here, then open the resizer and set the exact dimensions. Doing it in that order matters: crop first to choose the composition, then scale, so you are never forced to distort the image to hit both at once.
Can I crop a HEIC photo from my iPhone?
Yes. HEIC files are decoded in the browser like any other format, and you can save the result as JPG, PNG or WebP — which also solves the separate problem that Windows will not open a HEIC without a paid codec.
Is there a file size limit?
No limit and no account. Because your own device does the work, there is no per-image cost for us to recover. The practical ceiling is your device’s memory — very large images on an older phone may fail, in which case do them a few at a time.