Free tool / works in your browser
Image Cropper — crop images online, even in a circle
Crop an image freely, snap to a fixed ratio like 1:1 or 16:9, or cut a circle with a transparent background for round avatars. Rotate and flip included, and the photo never leaves your device.
Local crop bench
The highlighted frame is the exported area; source pixels stay in this tab
Choose one image to crop
Free crop, fixed ratios, circle PNG, rotation, and flips.
Drop, browse, or paste an image
STEP BY STEP
How to crop an image
Upload the image
Drag in a photo or click to choose one. It opens straight into the crop view.
Frame your crop
Drag the handles freely, pick a fixed ratio (1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:4, 9:16), choose a social preset, or switch to circle mode.
Straighten if needed
Rotate or flip the photo before cutting — handy for sideways phone shots and mirrored selfies.
Export
Download as JPG, or as PNG when you used the circle crop, so the corners stay transparent.
SEE THE RESULT
Examples that make the workflow clearer
A circle crop leaves real transparent corners
The circle is not a display-only mask: the exported PNG keeps the portrait round over any background.
Before
AfterREAL-WORLD USES
What an image cropper gets used for
Round profile pictures
Most apps display avatars in a circle. Cropping the circle yourself means your face lands centred — instead of wherever the app’s automatic crop puts it.
Fitting platform slots
A 16:9 crop for a video thumbnail, 1:1 for a feed post, 9:16 for a story. Fixed ratios make the frame right on the first try.
Cutting out the clutter
Trim photobombers, messy desks, and dead space so the subject fills the frame. Often the fastest “edit” a photo ever needs.
WHAT YOU GET
Image cropper features
True circle crop
Circle mode exports a PNG with transparent corners — drop it on any colored background and it stays round.
Every common ratio
Free-form plus 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:4, and 9:16, and social presets with their pixel sizes labeled (each preset notes when we last verified it).
Rotation and flips built in
Fix orientation and mirroring in the same pass instead of round-tripping through another app.
Private cropping
The crop happens in your browser. The photo, and even your crop coordinates, are never sent to us.
01 / FIELD NOTE
Two tips for cropping avatars
Keep faces and logos away from the very edge of the circle. Many platforms apply their own round mask on top and may shave a few extra pixels off the rim during display, so what touches your circle’s edge can get clipped there.
And remember a circle needs PNG: JPG files can’t store transparency, so a circular crop saved as JPG would come back with solid corners. This tool picks PNG for you automatically in circle mode.
NEXT / WORKFLOW
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Image cropper FAQ
How do I crop an image into a circle?
Upload your image, switch the crop shape to circle, position it, and download. The result is a PNG whose corners are transparent, so it displays as a true circle anywhere.
Does cropping reduce image quality?
No — cropping just removes pixels outside your frame. The pixels you keep are untouched. Your image only gets “smaller” in the sense of showing less area.
Can I crop to an exact pixel size?
A ratio controls the shape; a social preset also sets exact output pixels. For an arbitrary exact size, crop to the right shape here, then set precise dimensions with the Image Resizer.
What’s the difference between cropping and resizing?
Cropping cuts away part of the picture and changes the composition. Resizing keeps the whole picture and changes how many pixels it uses. They combine well: crop the frame, then resize to the required dimensions.
AI, when the task calls for it
Need the background gone, not just cropped?
A rectangular or circular crop still keeps the background inside the frame. To isolate a person or product completely, use the AI Background Remover.
Remove the background