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Crop an image

Drop a photo and it opens straight in the editor. Drag the corner handles for a freeform crop. Lock a ratio (1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16, 2:3), or pick an exact social size like Instagram post or YouTube thumbnail. Saving also optimises the file, so your crop leaves smaller than it arrived.

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Auto tunes each image.

A hard cap for “under 50 KB” portals.

Max resolution

Empty side keeps the ratio. Never enlarges.

A real crop, before and after

Original, 184 KBOriginal · 184 KB
Cropped 600×600, 128 KBCropped 600×600 · 128 KB
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This is the reference photo actually cropped by our engine. Drop your own image and do the same.

How it works

Three steps, no account. The file leaves smaller than it arrived.

  1. Drop

    Drop an image and the editor opens on it instantly.

  2. Crop

    Drag the handles, lock a ratio, or pick an exact social size.

  3. Save

    The crop comes out optimised and ready to download.

Crop, then hit an exact file size, in one pass

Upload forms actually require this combination, and no page-one cropper offers either half of it: crop to the demanded frame, and land under the demanded kilobytes. Here it is one workflow. Frame the crop in the editor, set Max file size (50/100/200 KB presets or any number), and save. The engine searches for the highest quality that fits under the cap, never over it. Passport portals, exam forms, marketplace listings: one pass, both validators green.

The exact-pixel reference: every preset, one table

DestinationRatioPixels
Instagram post1:11080 × 1080
Instagram portrait4:51080 × 1350
Instagram story / Reel9:161080 × 1920
YouTube thumbnail16:91280 × 720
Facebook cover≈2.63:1820 × 312
X header3:11500 × 500
LinkedIn banner4:11584 × 396
Open Graph preview1.91:11200 × 630
US passport / visa1:1600 × 600 (2×2" @ 300 DPI)
EU/UK ID photo7:9827 × 1063 (35×45 mm @ 600 DPI)

The same numbers ship as one-tap presets inside the crop tool. The table is here for reference and for bookmarking.

Passport, visa and exam-form photos: the full recipe

Document portals validate three things: frame (2×2" / 600×600 px for US, 35×45 mm for most of Europe; both are presets), composition (head 50–69% of the frame height, eyes level, plain light background; the editor's grid helps you line it up), and usually bytes (commonly 50–240 KB). Crop here with the right preset, set the portal's KB cap as Max file size, and one save satisfies all three. Signature uploads follow the same recipe at 140×60 px and 10–20 KB.

Why cropping never costs quality, and what does

  1. A crop is a selection, not a transformation

    The pixels inside your crop box stay exactly as they are: no resampling, no interpolation. What you framed is what you get, at native detail.

  2. The save re-encodes once

    One high-quality re-encode per session, whether you cropped alone or cropped, straightened and resized together. Never one loss per operation.

  3. The one real trap: cropping tiny, displaying big

    Crop a 300px face out of a 4000px group photo and display it at 1080px, and it will look soft. That's upscaling, not cropping. Frame generously when the destination is large.

When cropping isn't the answer

  • The whole image should stay, just smaller? That is resizing. Scale it down without losing any of the frame.
  • Fitting a ratio without losing edges? Padding beats cropping there, or reframe the shot. Cropping always spends pixels.
  • Making a circle avatar? Crop the square; let the platform draw the circle. Pre-cut circles get re-cropped and look worse.

Related: Resize image · Rotate image · Flip image

Questions, answered

Short answers specific to this tool. Try it above and the editor settles the rest.

Does cropping an image reduce its quality?
The crop itself, never. A crop keeps a region of the original pixels untouched. It resamples and blends nothing. Saving re-encodes once at high quality, the same one-time cost as any edit. The compare view shows the result at full zoom before you download.
Does cropping reduce the file size?
Yes, roughly in proportion to the area you remove. Crop away half the frame and the file lands near half the bytes, sometimes less once the save re-optimises. Cropping tighter to the subject is one of the most underrated ways to shrink an image without losing what matters.
How do I crop to an exact size in pixels?
Use the editor's custom width × height input. Type the exact pixels, say 1080×1350, and the crop box locks to that ratio. The save resamples to precisely those dimensions. For platform sizes, the presets carry the exact numbers, so you never type them at all.
What aspect ratio should I use for Instagram, YouTube or Facebook?
Instagram: 1:1 square (1080×1080), 4:5 portrait (1080×1350), 9:16 story (1080×1920). YouTube thumbnail: 16:9 (1280×720). Facebook cover: 820×312. X header: 1500×500. All of these exist as one-tap presets in the crop tool: pick the platform, drag to frame, save.
How do I crop a photo to 2×2 inches for a passport?
A US passport/visa photo is 2×2 inches at 300 DPI: exactly 600×600 pixels, available as a preset. Frame it per the official guidance (head 50–69% of height, eyes level, plain background) and save. If the portal also caps kilobytes, add a Max file size in the same pass.
How do I crop an image into a circle?
Crop to a 1:1 square. Every profile-picture system (WhatsApp, Slack, LinkedIn, Instagram) takes your square and renders the circle itself. A pre-cut circular PNG actually works worse: platforms re-crop it inside their own circle and the corners double up.
Can I crop several images to the same ratio at once?
The editor crops one image at a time for precise framing. A batch crop that guesses the framing usually guillotines someone's head. Run photos through in sequence: each opens instantly, the preset holds your last ratio, and each save lands in the same download list.
Can I crop a HEIC photo straight from my iPhone?
HEIC needs one conversion step first, because browsers cannot decode it for on-screen editing. Convert HEIC to JPG (one drop, up to 50 at once), then crop the result. The converter link appears automatically when you drop a HEIC on the crop tool.
What is the difference between cropping and resizing?
Cropping changes what is in the frame: it cuts a region at full detail. Resizing changes how big the whole frame is. Portrait-to-square for Instagram is a crop. 4000px-to-1080px is a resize. Most social workflows are both, and the editor does them in one save.
Can I crop and cap the file size in one pass?
Yes, and no other cropper offers the combination. Crop to your ratio in the editor, and set Max file size so the saved result lands under 50/100/200 KB, guaranteed. One pass produces a file that fits both the frame and the upload form's validator.
Do you keep my photos after I crop them?
No, we keep nothing. Photos are processed and wiped automatically, never archived, never used for anything else. Saves strip EXIF metadata, including GPS location, by default. No account is required.

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Crop an image