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Crop JPG, PNG or GIF images by pixel range. Online image cropping tool.

What is Image Cropping?

Cropping removes the outer parts of an image to change its framing or its aspect ratio. It is an editorial decision rather than a technical one: the pixels outside the frame simply do not appear in the exported copy, and nothing is scaled or re-encoded, so what remains keeps its original quality. Use it when a distracting edge pulls attention from the subject, when a rectangular photo has to fit a square avatar, or when a banner needs a specific ratio. You can drag the crop area, enter exact pixel coordinates, or start from a preset ratio.

Why Crop Images?

A photograph is rarely framed for every place it will end up. The same image may need a square for a profile, a 16:9 for a slide, and a tall frame for a mobile story, and each of those is a different decision about what the picture is of. Cropping also removes what you do not want published — a bystander, a house number, a name badge at the edge of the frame.

Strengthen composition by removing dead space
Meet the fixed ratios avatars, banners, and slides require
Take out distracting or sensitive detail at the edges
Frame a set of images consistently for a grid or carousel

How to Crop Images

Decide what the picture is about before you drag the handles: identify the subject, the direction it faces, and any text or logo that has to survive.

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Upload the image you want to crop

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Choose a preset ratio (1:1, 16:9, 4:3) when the destination has a fixed shape, or enter exact coordinates

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Adjust the crop area, leaving room around faces and anything an overlay might cover

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Click Apply, then review the result at the size it will actually be displayed

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Cropping only discards pixels outside the frame; the remaining area is untouched and keeps its original quality. What does change is resolution — a tight crop of a small image leaves fewer pixels overall, which may no longer be enough for the size you intend to display or print it at.
Presets cover 1:1 for square profile images and feed posts, 16:9 for slides, video thumbnails, and wide banners, and 4:3 for standard photo layouts. You can also enter any custom width and height. Use a preset whenever the destination enforces a shape, and a free crop when the composition matters more than a platform rule.
Cropping changes what is in the frame by cutting parts away. Resizing keeps the whole picture and changes its pixel dimensions. They are often used together: crop to the required shape first, then resize the cropped area to the exact pixel count the platform asks for.
Start from a square and keep the face slightly above centre, with a little space above the head. Most platforms display avatars as a circle, so anything near the corners will be cut off again — check the result as a small circle, not just at full size, since a crop that reads well on a monitor can be unrecognisable at 40 pixels.
Yes. Enter the X and Y coordinates of the top-left corner together with the width and height in pixels for a precise, repeatable crop. This is the reliable way to frame a set of images identically, or to reproduce a crop that has already been approved.
Only when the detail sits at the edge of the frame. Cropping genuinely deletes those pixels, so nothing can be recovered from the exported file. But it cannot help with anything in the middle of the picture, and removing one detail sometimes leaves another in view — a badge, a reflection, a street sign. Use the mosaic or blur-face tool for detail inside the frame.
The crop tool works on one image at a time, because meaningful framing depends on where the subject sits in each individual photo. For a consistent set, use the same preset ratio and pixel dimensions on each image in turn. If you only need a uniform reduction in size, the resize tool handles batches.
The original dimensions are shown above the crop controls, and the selected crop area is reported as you adjust it. Watch that figure when a destination has a minimum size — it tells you immediately whether a tighter crop still leaves enough pixels.

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