Resize Image to Exact Pixels — The Easy Way
Whether you need to resize an image for Instagram, a website banner, an email attachment, a job application, or a school project, our free image resizer makes it effortless. Just upload a photo, type the width and height you need, and download the perfectly resized result.
Unlike desktop software such as Photoshop, this online photo resizer requires no installation and no learning curve. And unlike many other online tools, it processes your image directly on your device, which means your personal photos remain completely private and the results appear instantly.
Popular image sizes people resize to
- 1920 × 1080 — Full HD wallpapers, YouTube thumbnails and presentations
- 1080 × 1080 — Instagram square posts
- 1200 × 630 — Facebook and link-preview (Open Graph) images
- 1280 × 720 — HD video thumbnails and web banners
- 800 × 600 or smaller — Email attachments, forums and fast-loading web pages
Need a specific file size instead of dimensions? After resizing, run your photo through our image compressor to hit an exact KB target. You can also crop your image to a different aspect ratio or convert it to JPG, PNG or WebP.
Resize Images for Every Platform
Every app and website has its own preferred dimensions, and uploading the wrong size means blurry photos or awkward automatic crops. Here's a quick reference for the platforms people resize images for most often — and you can find the complete list in our social media image size cheat sheet.
Instagram
Use 1080 × 1080 pixels for square posts, 1080 × 1350 for portrait posts and 1080 × 1920 for Stories and Reels. Read our step-by-step guide to resizing images for Instagram for the exact settings.
YouTube
Thumbnails should be exactly 1280 × 720 pixels and under 2MB. Resize here first, then compress the thumbnail if it's over the limit.
Facebook & LinkedIn
Shared link images work best at 1200 × 630 pixels; LinkedIn post images at 1200 × 627. These sizes also double as perfect Open Graph images for any website.
Email attachments
Most inboxes reject attachments over 20–25MB. Resizing photos to 1200px wide and compressing them typically shrinks a batch of photos by 90% — our guide on reducing photo size for email walks through it.
Passport, visa & ID photos
Many official applications require exact pixel dimensions — for example 600 × 600 for US visa photos. Enter the exact width and height with the aspect-ratio lock turned off, or crop to a square first for a perfect result.
Resize by Pixels or by Percentage — What's the Difference?
Resize by pixels when you need an exact output size: a 1280 × 720 thumbnail, a 600 × 600 ID photo, an 800px-wide product image. Type the numbers and you get precisely that canvas.
Resize by percentage when you just want the image smaller and don't care about exact dimensions: scaling a huge 6000px camera photo down to 50% or 25% is the fastest way to make it manageable while keeping the original proportions perfectly intact.
Whichever mode you choose, keep the lock aspect ratio option enabled unless you deliberately want to stretch the image — changing width and height independently distorts your photo. If you need a different shape rather than a different size, that's a job for the crop tool.