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Image Cropper

Drop an image hereor click to choose a file

Loaded and cropped on your device. The image is never uploaded.

Crop any image by dragging a selection, or lock it to a fixed aspect ratio and type exact pixel dimensions. The image is loaded and cropped entirely in your browser.

Common crop sizes

UseRatioTypical pixels
Profile picture1:1400 × 400
Link preview / Open Graph1.91:11200 × 630
Video thumbnail16:91280 × 720
Instagram feed, portrait4:51080 × 1350
Story / Reel9:161080 × 1920

Crop first, resize second

If an image needs both, crop before resizing. Cropping decides which part of the picture survives; resizing decides how many pixels describe it. Do it the other way round and you throw away resolution you then wish you had in the part you kept.

Keep the original file either way. Every crop is destructive — the pixels outside the selection are gone from the exported image, and no tool can bring them back.

Frequently asked questions

Does cropping reduce image quality?

The pixels you keep are untouched — cropping copies them straight across. What can lose quality is the re-encode afterwards: saving as JPEG or lossy WebP compresses the result again. Export as PNG if the crop is going to be edited further, and as WebP or JPEG if it is the final image.

Which aspect ratio should I use?

Match the destination. Square for most profile pictures and product grids, 16:9 for video thumbnails and slides, 4:5 for the tallest image Instagram will show in a feed, and 1.91:1 for link previews on almost every social platform. Cropping to the right ratio yourself beats letting a platform crop for you, because it decides where to cut and it is usually wrong.

Can I crop to an exact pixel size?

Yes — drag the selection roughly into place, then type exact width and height values. The live readout always shows the true pixel dimensions of the source image, not the on-screen preview size, so what you see in the boxes is what you get in the file.

Is EXIF data kept?

No. Because the crop is drawn onto a canvas and re-encoded, all metadata is dropped — camera model, timestamps and GPS coordinates included. That is usually welcome when sharing photos publicly, but it means you should keep your originals if that data matters to you.

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