Crop Image

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Crop images to exact dimensions or aspect ratios instantly.

Nothing Is UploadedRuns In This Browser TabNo Account Needed

How It Works

1

Upload / Input

Select your files or paste your content to get started.

2

Process

The work happens in this browser tab. Your file never leaves your device, so nothing is queued, stored or transmitted.

3

Download / Result

Get your results instantly. Download files or copy output in one click.

Features

Freeform and fixed-ratio cropping
Four fixed ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and 3:2
Custom crop size in exact pixels
Real-time preview
Accepts JPG, PNG and WEBP; downloads as PNG

How to use Crop Image

  1. Add the image

    Drop in the photo you want to crop.

  2. Set the crop area

    Drag the handles, choose one of the four fixed ratios — 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:2 — or type the exact pixel width and height you need.

  3. Check the edges

    Make sure nothing important is clipped, especially on the side you are cutting into.

  4. Download

    The cropped image is saved at the original resolution of the retained area.

When to use Crop Image

  • Making a square profile picture from a rectangular photo
  • Cropping to 16:9 for a video thumbnail or presentation slide
  • Removing a distracting background element from the edge of a shot
  • Trimming whitespace from a screenshot before sharing it

FAQ

To one of four: 1:1 (square), 4:3, 16:9 and 3:2, plus freeform. There is no field for an arbitrary ratio — but you can type exact pixel width and height, which gets you any ratio you need.
No. The pixels you keep are untouched, and the download is a PNG, which is lossless. Note that this means a cropped JPG comes back as a PNG and is usually a larger file — run it through Compress Image if size matters.
It reduces resolution, because you keep fewer pixels, but the pixels retained are untouched. A quarter-area crop of a 12 MP photo gives a 3 MP image — still fine for screens and most printing.
1:1 for profile pictures, 16:9 for video thumbnails and slides, 3:2 or 4:3 for general photography — those four are the fixed presets here. For 4:5, the usual portrait social ratio, type the pixel dimensions instead. Crop to the ratio yourself so the platform does not choose the crop for you.
Not from the cropped file — the removed pixels are gone. Keep your original if there is any chance you will want a different crop.
Not here — this tool takes one image at a time. Fix the ratio and the pixel size, then repeat per image; the settings are the same each time, so a consistent gallery or product grid is still straightforward, just not automatic.

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About Crop Image

Cropping is the cheapest improvement available to almost any photograph. Removing dead space at the edges and bringing the subject closer to the frame usually does more for an image than any amount of colour adjustment.

It is worth knowing that cropping reduces resolution, because you are literally keeping fewer pixels. Crop a 12-megapixel photo to a quarter of its area and you have a 3-megapixel image. That is still plenty for screen use and for most printing, but it is why heavily cropped photos look soft when enlarged.

When a platform specifies an aspect ratio, crop to it yourself rather than letting the platform do it. Automatic cropping picks the centre of the frame, which is very often not where your subject is — the classic result being a profile picture with the top of someone's head cut off.

Tips and limits

  • Fixed ratios on offer: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and 3:2. Anything else — 4:5 for a portrait social post, say — goes in as exact pixel dimensions.
  • Cropping discards pixels, so the output is lower resolution than the input.
  • Crop to the required ratio yourself — automatic cropping centres the frame and often cuts the subject.
  • Leave a little margin around your subject; a crop that is too tight looks claustrophobic.
  • For printing, check the resulting pixel dimensions still support the size you need.