Image Cropper

Yes. Drop your image above, drag the crop frame (or pick an aspect ratio preset), and hit Crop & Save — no account, no watermark. Everything runs locally in your browser, so after the first visit this aspect ratio cropper even works offline.

Yes — JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF files are all supported as input. Rectangle crops are saved in the original format; circle and freehand crops are saved as PNG with a transparent background so the shape stays clean on any background.

Yes. Use the Shape selector above the crop area:

Circle locks a square 1:1 frame and previews the inscribed circle — perfect for profile pictures. Freehand lets you draw any closed outline around your subject with mouse or finger. Both export as PNG with everything outside the shape fully transparent.

Cropping itself never degrades what's inside the frame — it only removes pixels outside it, so dimensions get smaller but sharpness is untouched.

One honest caveat: saving a rectangle crop as JPG or WebP re-encodes the file once (at 92% quality) — a loss that's invisible in practice but technically exists. Choose a PNG input (or circle/freehand shape, which exports PNG) for a fully lossless result.

No. There is no file size limit — cropping runs locally in your browser, so the practical ceiling is your device's memory. Photos from phones and typical cameras crop without issues.

We offer presets for Instagram (1:1, 4:5), Facebook (1.91:1), Twitter (16:9, 1:1), YouTube thumbnail (16:9), and freeform custom cropping.

Rectangle crops are saved in the same format as the original (JPG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF) to maintain quality. Circle and freehand crops are always saved as PNG, which keeps the area outside the shape transparent.

Open your image, then enter your desired width and height in the fields below the crop area and click Apply. You can also use the preset aspect ratio buttons (1:1, 4:5, 16:9) for common social media dimensions.

Use the preset ratio buttons at the top — 1:1 (Square) for standard posts, 4:5 (Portrait) for taller posts — to lock the crop frame to Instagram's exact aspect ratio.

Then simply drag your photo around inside the frame to position the subject where you want it. The bright area shows what's kept; the dimmed area shows what gets cut. You can also pinch to zoom in/out on touchscreens or use the mouse wheel on desktop.

Pro tip: Frame your subject slightly off-center. Instagram's profile grid crops all thumbnails to a dead-center square — a centered face or logo often gets awkwardly sliced in profile view. An off-center subject survives the grid crop intact.

For Instagram Stories/Reels, use freeform mode and set the dimensions to 1080×1920px (9:16).

YouTube thumbnails are 16:9 at 1280×720px. Click the 16:9 preset button to lock the crop frame instantly.

Design tips: Keep the main subject centered — YouTube's mobile app overlays the video title, channel name, and action buttons on the bottom third. Leave breathing room at the top and bottom so text overlays don't cover faces or key elements.

YouTube requires thumbnails to be under 2MB. After cropping, use our Image Resizer to set exactly 1280×720px, then our Image Compressor to dial in the file size.

Currently we support cropping one image at a time for precision. After saving your cropped result, you can open another image.

Yes! All cropping happens locally in your browser using cropperjs. Your images are never uploaded to any server.

Yes! Once you've visited the page, the cropper works without internet. All processing happens locally in your browser, so you can crop images anywhere — even on a plane.