Crop images easily with drag and resize controls. Lock or unlock aspect ratio, use popular presets, preview results live, and download high-quality cropped images instantly.
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Cropping selects the right framing for a product photo, centers a portrait for a profile picture, or removes distracting elements from a screenshot - all without opening a full editor. Pick a ratio for the destination (1:1 for profile pictures, 4:5 or 9:16 for social posts and stories, 16:9 for video thumbnails, 3:2 or 4:3 for photo prints), or leave the selection free.
Changing the ratio keeps your selection's centre instead of throwing it away. Optionally type a width or height in pixels (with a lock to keep the shape) to get an exact size, and choose JPEG, PNG or WebP with a quality setting for JPEG and WebP.
The result shows its size in pixels, its file size and its format before you download it, and the file is named after your original, for example photo-cropped.jpg.
This image cropper lets you drag a selection over your picture, lock it to a ratio (1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 5:4, 2:3, 4:5, 9:16 or your own custom ratio), type an exact output size in pixels, and save the result in its own format. A JPG stays a JPG, a PNG stays a PNG with its transparency, and a WebP stays a WebP. Photos taken on a phone are shown upright, so you crop what you actually see.
Upload or drop a JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF or BMP image you want to crop.
Drag and resize the crop box, or choose a ratio such as 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 or a custom one. Optionally type an exact output size.
Click Crop Image to see the result with its size, format and file size before you download it.
Download the cropped image, saved in its original format unless you chose JPEG, PNG or WebP.
Choose 1:1 for a profile picture or square social media post.
Use 4:5 for feed posts or 9:16 for stories and reels, then set the width you need.
Use 16:9 for a video thumbnail or widescreen banner.
Choose Custom and type the two numbers, for example 21 and 9.
Type a width or height in the Output size box. With the lock on, the other side follows the shape of your crop.
Best For
Source & Settings
holiday.jpg - 4000x3000, ratio 1:1, output width 1080Result
holiday-cropped.jpg - a 1080 × 1080 JPEG, the same format as the originalThe crop is cut from your original pixels, then scaled down to the width you typed. A transparent PNG cropped the same way would come out as a PNG with its transparency kept.
Choose 1:1 and move the box over the face or subject, then type the width the platform asks for.
Use 16:9 to select a widescreen region matching common video thumbnail dimensions.
Upload a PNG or WebP and keep the format on Original: transparent areas stay transparent in the result.
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JPEG has no transparency. If you choose JPEG for a PNG or WebP with transparent areas, they become white (the tool tells you so). Keep the format on Original or choose PNG to keep transparency.
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Enlarging is off by default, so a size larger than your selection is refused with an explanation. Turn on Allow enlarging if you really want a bigger result, knowing it can look soft.
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The selection is moved and resized with its edges and corners (or the arrow keys when it is focused). Picking a ratio or Free reshapes it around its current centre.
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Neither exists in this tool - only rectangular crops are available. Phone photos are shown upright automatically, but there is no rotate or flip control.
1:1 for square profile pictures, 4:5 for feed posts, 9:16 for stories, 16:9 for widescreen or video thumbnails, 3:2 or 4:3 for photos - or Free for anything else.
Changing the ratio keeps the centre of your selection, so you can switch shapes without starting over, but choosing the shape first is quicker.
WebP also keeps transparency. JPEG always flattens it to white.
It shows the final pixel size, format and file size. The crop is cleared whenever you change the selection or a setting, so what you see always matches the current choices.
There is no circle or other shape, and no rotate, flip or zoom control. Phone photos are turned upright automatically.
WebP is offered only in browsers that can create WebP files. If one can't, a WebP picture is saved as PNG instead and the tool says so. AVIF, GIF and BMP pictures are saved as PNG (a GIF is cropped from its first frame).
EXIF data such as GPS location and camera details is not carried into the cropped file.
A picture of more than about 150 megapixels, or a result larger than 16,384 pixels on a side or 100 megapixels, is refused with a message instead of risking a browser crash.
Drop or choose a single picture. Use Upload another image to switch to a different one.
Cropping cuts away part of the image at its original scale; resizing changes the whole image's dimensions.
| Image Cropper (this tool) | Image Resizer | |
|---|---|---|
| What changes | What's kept - cuts away part of the image | Pixel dimensions - the whole image scales up or down |
| Exact pixel control | Yes - crop first, then type an optional output width or height | Yes - type an exact width and height, or a percentage |
| Best for | Removing unwanted parts or matching a shape or ratio | Scaling a whole image to a required pixel size |
Which should you use?
Use the Cropper to cut away part of an image or match a ratio, optionally at an exact size. Use the Image Resizer when you want to scale the whole picture without cutting anything.
The most common questions are what format the cropped image comes out in and whether transparency survives. Your original format is kept, and transparency is kept for PNG and WebP. The FAQ below covers that along with exact sizes, ratios and phone photos.
Cropping cuts away the parts of the picture outside the box you draw, so you keep only part of it. Resizing keeps the whole picture and changes its width and height in pixels. This cropper can also scale the area you keep to an exact size, but to shrink or enlarge a whole image without cutting anything off, use the Image Resizer.
Yes. Choose 1:1 for the shape, then type 600 in the Width box under Output size; with the aspect lock on, the height becomes 600 too. The crop is cut from your original pixels and scaled to that size. Enlarging beyond the cropped area is off by default, and you can allow it.
Yes. With the format on Original, a PNG stays a PNG and transparent areas stay transparent, and a WebP stays a WebP with its transparency. Only if you choose JPEG do transparent areas become white, and the tool tells you so before you crop.
The same as your original by default: JPEG stays JPEG, PNG stays PNG and WebP stays WebP (where your browser can create WebP, otherwise it is saved as PNG and the tool says so). You can also choose JPEG, PNG or WebP yourself. AVIF, GIF and BMP pictures are saved as PNG.
Free, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:2, 5:4, 2:3, 4:5, 9:16 and Custom, where you type any two positive numbers (up to 20:1). Switching ratio keeps your selection's centre and roughly its size.
Yes. Photos with a rotation tag are shown upright, so the area you select is the area you get, with no need to rotate the file first.
No, only rectangular crops are available, and there is no rotate or flip control. Phone photos are turned upright automatically.
After your original name, for example photo.png becomes photo-cropped.png with a brand suffix. The extension always matches the real format of the file.
Yes. CoditTools crops the image entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your file is never uploaded to any server.
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