Which ratio to pick

1:1 suits profile pictures, avatars, product photos and square posts. Crop to a square opens with it already set.
4:5 is a common portrait shape for social feeds, taller than a square but much shorter than a phone screen.
3:2 is the shape of most DSLR and mirrorless photos, and of a classic 10 × 15 cm print.
16:9 fits video thumbnails, slides, TVs and widescreen wallpapers. Crop to 16:9 opens with it already set.

Original keeps the photo’s own shape, which is handy when you only want to trim the edges. Free lets you draw any rectangle. To turn a ratio the other way, press Rotate ratio: 4:5 becomes 5:4, 3:2 becomes 2:3 and 16:9 becomes 9:16.

Exact pixels and the keyboard

The four fields under the image hold the box’s distance from the left and from the top, then its width and height, all in pixels of the original image. With a ratio set, typing a width changes the height to match. These numbers choose the area you keep and never scale it. If you need a set final size, such as 1280 × 720 px, crop first and then use Resize images.

You can also work without a mouse. Tab to the crop area and use the arrow keys to move the box 1 px at a time, or 10 px with Shift held. Alt (Option on a Mac) and an arrow key resize the box from its bottom-right corner. When you pause, a screen reader reads out the new size and position. Reset the box brings back the largest box the current ratio allows, centred on the image.

How it works

The preview on screen is a smaller copy made from the same decoded pixels that get cut, so the box you draw and the crop always match. The cut itself happens at full resolution in a background worker inside this tab, and the result is saved with MozJPEG, libwebp, libavif or oxipng. JPG has no transparency, so if you save a transparent image as JPG, the clear areas are filled with white and the page tells you so.

No file goes over the network at any point. Images can be up to 100 MB, and the time it takes depends on your device: a big photo saved as AVIF takes the longest. If the cropped file is still heavier than you’d like, Compress images can make it lighter.

Frequently asked questions

Is my image uploaded anywhere?

No. The image is decoded, cropped and saved again inside this browser tab. The page downloads its image encoders from this site once and never sends your file to a server.

Does cropping lower the quality?

The pixels you keep are copied as they are, without any scaling, so nothing turns soft. The file is saved again, though: JPG, WebP and AVIF use the quality you set, and the default of 90 keeps photos very close to the original. PNG is lossless, so a PNG comes out pixel for pixel.

Can I crop to an exact size, like 1080 × 1080 px?

Yes. Pick 1:1 and type 1080 in Width: the height follows, and you get a 1080 × 1080 px piece of the original at its real pixels. If you want more of the photo inside those 1080 px, crop a bigger square first, then make it smaller with the image resizer on this site.

Does the cropped file keep the photo's location and camera details?

No. The new file contains only the pixels you kept, without EXIF data such as GPS location or camera model. The orientation your phone saved is applied before you crop, so sideways shots show upright and the crop matches what you see.

Can I crop HEIC photos from an iPhone?

Not directly. This page opens JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF. Convert the HEIC files with the HEIC to JPG converter on this site first, then crop the JPG here.