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Crop Image

How to use

Cuts an image down to a selected area and can lock the aspect ratio, for example 1:1 or 16:9. Upload your image, drag the crop box over the part you want to keep, choose an aspect ratio if you need one, and download the result.

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Step 1 of 3: Upload

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Step 1 of 3 · Upload

Select or drag & drop images

Processed on your device

When to use this
  • Isolating a single product from a group photo before listing it individually
  • Framing a profile picture to a square 1:1 ratio for a social media avatar
  • Removing distracting edges from a screenshot before sharing it with a client
  • Cutting a photo down to a 16:9 crop for a video thumbnail or banner

Free and private. Everything runs on your own device, with no account and no uploads.

Photographers cleaning up a shot, sellers isolating a single product from a group photo, and social media users framing a profile picture all need precise cropping, and this tool lets you drag a selection box directly over your image with optional locked aspect ratios like 1:1 or 16:9. The crop preview updates live as you adjust the selection so you can fine-tune the framing before exporting. All cropping happens client-side, so sensitive or personal photos never touch a remote server.

Yes, aspect ratio locking is available for common ratios like 1:1, 4:3, and 16:9, or you can crop freely.

Yes, since the exported image only contains the selected region, the resulting file is typically smaller than the original.

Yes, you can drag the selection handles as many times as needed before exporting.

No, cropping runs locally in your browser and the image is never uploaded.

Yes, transparency is preserved when cropping PNG files.

How it works
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    Upload your image

    Drop in the photo you want to crop.

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    Drag the crop box

    Move and resize the selection handles over the region you want to keep.

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    Lock an aspect ratio (optional)

    Pick a preset ratio like square or widescreen to constrain the crop shape.

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    Export the crop

    Confirm the selection and download the cropped image.

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Pro tips
  • ·Lock a preset aspect ratio first if the destination platform has fixed dimensions, it avoids awkward manual resizing later
  • ·Crop tighter than you think you need; you can always add padding back but cannot recover cropped-away pixels
  • ·Cropping only reduces file size when the selection is meaningfully smaller than the original, so trivial crops won't save much space