Image Cropper

Crop images with pixel-perfect precision. Select your area and download instantly.

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How to Crop an Image

  1. Add your image - Click the drop area or drag and drop your image file.
  2. Pick a shape - Choose a preset ratio like 1:1, 3:4, or 9:16, or leave it on Free crop.
  3. Set your crop area - Drag the middle of the box to move it, or drag the round handles on its edges to trim each side.
  4. Fine-tune with the number fields - Type exact pixel amounts to trim from the top, bottom, left, and right. The size readout updates as you go.
  5. Download - Click "Crop & Download" to save your cropped image as a PNG file.

What a Crop Actually Does to Your Pixels

Cropping doesn't change the pixels you keep. Everything outside the box is discarded, and everything inside is copied out exactly, at full resolution, with no resampling. A 4032 × 3024 phone photo cropped to its largest possible square comes out at 3024 × 3024, every bit as sharp as the original. That is also why cropping and resizing are separate jobs: crop first to choose what is in the picture, then use the Image Resizer if a site wants specific pixel dimensions.

The Presets, Drawn to Scale

Here are the seven presets drawn at the same height, so you can compare their shapes:

The wider a ratio is compared to your photo, the more of the top and bottom it has to give up, and the reverse for tall ratios. A landscape photo set to 9:16 keeps only a narrow vertical slice, so frame your subject in the middle before you shoot if you know a Story is the destination.

Keeping an Exact Ratio While You Adjust

Choosing a preset places a centered box of that shape covering most of the image. From there, the way you adjust it matters. Dragging the middle of the box moves it without changing its shape, so the ratio stays exact. Dragging an edge handle or typing into the number fields trims one side at a time, which changes the shape. When the ratio has to be precise, for an upload form or a print, pick the preset last and only move the box after that.

Why the Download Is Always a PNG

PNG stores every pixel exactly and keeps transparency, so a cropped logo or screenshot comes out pixel for pixel with nothing added. PNG files are bigger, though: a cropped camera photo saved as PNG is larger than the JPG it came from. If the file needs to be small, run the result through our PNG to JPG converter or the Image Compressor afterward.

Frequently Asked Questions

What formats can I crop? JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, and GIF, plus HEIC in browsers that can open it, such as Safari. Animated GIFs are cropped as a still of a single frame. Whatever goes in, the crop downloads as a PNG.
Does cropping reduce image quality? No. Cropping only removes the pixels outside the box. The pixels you keep are copied one to one at full resolution, and PNG output adds no compression, so the result is smaller in dimensions but exactly as sharp.
Can I crop to exact pixel dimensions? Yes. The number fields set exactly how many pixels to trim from the top, bottom, left, and right, and the size readout above them shows the output dimensions as you type. The smallest crop allowed is 30 pixels on a side.
Does cropping change my original file? No. The original file on your device is never edited. The crop downloads as a new PNG named cropped-image.png, so you can always go back to the full photo and crop it differently.
How large an image can I crop? There is no fixed cap, because the work happens in your device's memory. Phone photos and images up to around 50 MB crop without trouble on most devices; very large scans can be slow on older phones.
Which aspect ratio should I use for social media? Use 3:4 for Instagram posts, 9:16 for Stories, Reels, and TikTok, and 16:9 for YouTube thumbnails. X header images are 3:1, which is not a preset, so pick Free crop and adjust until the size readout shows a 3:1 shape such as 1500 × 500.