Cut your photo to exactly the area you want. Free-form or fixed aspect ratios (1:1, 4:3, 16:9) with a simple drag-and-resize crop box. Private and instant.
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Select Image
Select or drag in any JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF photo you want to crop.
Drag the crop box over the part you want to keep. Resize from the corners, or lock a ratio like 1:1 for a perfect square.
Hit the crop button and your trimmed photo downloads immediately at full quality.
Cropping is the fastest way to improve a photo: remove distracting backgrounds, straighten the focus onto your subject, or fit an exact aspect ratio for social media. Use 1:1 for Instagram posts and profile photos, 4:5 for Instagram portraits, 16:9 for YouTube thumbnails and presentations, and 9:16 for Stories, Reels and TikTok.
After cropping, you can resize the image to exact pixel dimensions or compress it to shrink the file size. Check our guide to every social media image size.
1:1 (square) — Instagram feed posts, profile pictures, product thumbnails and app icons. The safest all-purpose crop for avatars everywhere.
4:5 (portrait) — Instagram portrait posts. Fills more of the phone screen than a square, which typically earns more attention in the feed.
4:3 (classic) — the traditional photo ratio used by most compact cameras, presentations and print formats like 8×6 photos.
16:9 (widescreen) — YouTube thumbnails, video stills, presentation slides, website hero banners and TV-format imagery.
9:16 (vertical) — full-screen mobile formats: Instagram Stories and Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and phone wallpapers.
Free-form — when you simply want to trim distractions or straighten the composition without locking to any ratio. A tighter crop around your subject is the single fastest way to make an ordinary photo look deliberate and professional.