Image Cropper

The aspect ratio is the shape of the crop: its width compared with its height. Choosing one centres the largest box of that shape on your image, so on a 1600 × 1200 photo, 1:1 gives 1200 × 1200 and 16:9 gives 1600 × 900. The box keeps its shape as you move it or drag a corner.

A ratio fixes the shape, not the size in pixels. If a site asks for an exact size such as 1080 × 1080, crop to the right shape here, then resize it.

The two are easy to mix up:

• Cropping cuts away the edges. What’s left keeps its full detail, but there are fewer pixels: a 1600 × 1200 photo cropped to its middle quarter is 800 × 600.
• Resizing keeps the whole picture and scales it up or down, so the shape stays the same unless you choose otherwise.

To get a set shape and size, crop first, then resize. A very tight crop can look soft when shown large or printed, because each remaining pixel has to cover more space.

The grid on the box helps you frame the shot:

• Rule of thirds: put the main subject on one of the lines, or where two lines cross, rather than dead centre. Keep a horizon on the top or bottom line, not through the middle.
• Leave room in front: give a person or animal space on the side they’re facing or moving towards.
• Leave room for text: if a headline or button will sit on the image, as on a website banner, keep a plain area on that side.

The cropper can’t straighten a tilted horizon. For a photo that’s on its side, turn it with Rotate & Flip first.

This cropper works on one image at a time, because each photo usually needs its own framing. If a batch just needs to be one size, the Social Presets in the resizer can do it in bulk: each image fills an exact size, such as 1080 × 1080 or 1280 × 720, with the edges trimmed evenly from the centre. Nothing is stretched, but you can’t choose what’s kept.

For transparent PNG logos and icons, the trimmer crops away the empty edges automatically, many files at once.

The crop is saved at full resolution: the pixels you keep are copied exactly, not scaled.

• JPG stays JPG, saved at 92% quality. Each JPG save loses a tiny amount of detail, so crop from the original rather than an already-edited copy.
• PNG stays PNG, with no loss at all. WebP stays WebP, at 92% quality. Both keep transparent backgrounds.
• GIF, BMP and AVIF images are saved as PNG, and iPhone HEIC photos as JPG. An animated GIF becomes a still image.
• Phone photos stored sideways with a rotation tag are shown upright and cropped the way they look.

The cropped copy has no EXIF metadata, so camera details and GPS location are removed; your original keeps them. To see what a photo contains, use the metadata viewer.

Your browser does the cropping, on your own phone or computer, so your image and the cropped copy are never uploaded or sent anywhere.

To check, open your browser’s developer tools and watch the Network tab while you crop. The only requests are the page’s own code (such as the HEIC decoder) and anonymous page-view counts, described in our privacy policy. After your first visit, the cropper works offline too.