Crop an image online, without uploading it
Frame the part of the picture you want to keep — freehand, or locked to a ratio like 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9 — and download the cropped file. It all runs in your own browser, so the photo is never sent to a server.
- No upload — runs in your browser
- Free, no account
- JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, BMP, SVG, AVIF, HEIC
- Up to 100 MB per file
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Accepted: JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, BMP, SVG, AVIF, HEIC · Single image only
Nothing leaves this device.
The photo is decoded and cropped by your browser. No upload, no server copy, no expiry timer.
Pick the shape now and the crop is already framed to it when the image loads. You can still drag the box or type exact pixels afterwards.
Marketplace listings
Social and video
Classic and print
How to crop an image
Drop your photo in
It decodes on your device. The whole frame is selected to begin with, so nothing is thrown away until you move the box.
Frame what you want to keep
Drag the box and its handles, or lock a shape like 1:1 or 4:5 first and slide the fixed box over the subject. Width and Height take exact pixel values when you already know them.
Download the cropped image
The file keeps its original format unless you pick JPEG, PNG or WebP. The download is named after your file, with -cropped on the end.
Which aspect ratio to crop to
These are practical targets, not platform rules: no marketplace in our checker data requires a particular aspect ratio, and the two that mention one — eBay and Etsy — only recommend it. Each row is one click in the tool.
| Ratio | Where it fits | Use this ratio |
|---|---|---|
Marketplace listings 1:1 Square | The safest marketplace shape. Search grids and gallery thumbnails are square almost everywhere, so a square crop is shown whole instead of being trimmed by someone else's layout. | |
Marketplace listings 4:3 Classic landscape | A wide product or lifestyle shot where the subject needs room either side. Etsy suggests a landscape or square first photo so its thumbnail crop keeps the product visible. | |
Social and video 4:5 Instagram portrait | The tallest shape Instagram shows in a feed post without trimming it. Also a good fit for clothing and tall objects shot upright. | |
Social and video 16:9 Widescreen and video | Video thumbnails, site banners and hero images. The same shape as a 1920 × 1080 screen, so nothing is letterboxed. | |
Social and video 9:16 Stories and Reels | Full-screen vertical placements — Stories, Reels and Shorts. Keep anything important away from the top and bottom, where interface controls sit. | |
Classic and print 3:2 Camera native | What most cameras shoot natively, and the shape of a 6 × 4 print. Useful when you want a tighter crop without changing the look of the original frame. | |
Classic and print 3:4 Upright portrait | An upright crop for people, bottles and packaging. Fills more of a phone screen than a square without going as tall as a story. | |
Classic and print 2:3 Portrait print | The upright version of the camera-native shape, and the shape of a portrait 6 × 4 print. |
- Marketplace listings
1:1
Square
The safest marketplace shape. Search grids and gallery thumbnails are square almost everywhere, so a square crop is shown whole instead of being trimmed by someone else's layout.
- Marketplace listings
4:3
Classic landscape
A wide product or lifestyle shot where the subject needs room either side. Etsy suggests a landscape or square first photo so its thumbnail crop keeps the product visible.
- Social and video
4:5
Instagram portrait
The tallest shape Instagram shows in a feed post without trimming it. Also a good fit for clothing and tall objects shot upright.
- Social and video
16:9
Widescreen and video
Video thumbnails, site banners and hero images. The same shape as a 1920 × 1080 screen, so nothing is letterboxed.
- Social and video
9:16
Stories and Reels
Full-screen vertical placements — Stories, Reels and Shorts. Keep anything important away from the top and bottom, where interface controls sit.
- Classic and print
3:2
Camera native
What most cameras shoot natively, and the shape of a 6 × 4 print. Useful when you want a tighter crop without changing the look of the original frame.
- Classic and print
3:4
Upright portrait
An upright crop for people, bottles and packaging. Fills more of a phone screen than a square without going as tall as a story.
- Classic and print
2:3
Portrait print
The upright version of the camera-native shape, and the shape of a portrait 6 × 4 print.
Three things worth knowing before you crop
Cropping is the one edit that permanently removes pixels. What you keep, and how tightly you frame it, decides how the photo survives every later resize and thumbnail.
Free cropLocked to 1:1 Fixed ratio or free crop
A free crop lets you drag any rectangle: right when you are cutting out a distraction or straightening up a composition. A fixed ratio locks the box to a shape — 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 — so the box can only move and scale, never change proportions.
Use a fixed ratio whenever the image is going somewhere with a known slot, and a free crop when the picture itself decides the shape.
CroppedResized Cropping is not resizing
Cropping throws pixels away: everything outside the box is gone, and the file gets smaller because it now contains less picture. Resizing keeps the whole picture and changes how many pixels describe it. Crop a 2000 px photo to a quarter of its area and you are left with a 1000 px one — which may now be under a marketplace's minimum.
Crop first to decide the framing, then resize to hit an exact pixel size — cropping afterwards undoes the size you just set.
No marginSafe margin Leave a margin for the thumbnail
Marketplaces and social feeds re-crop your image to fit their own grids, and they do it without asking. A subject pressed right up against the edge of your crop is the first thing their crop cuts into, which is how a product ends up with its top sliced off in search results.
Leave roughly a tenth of the frame as empty margin around the subject, and keep text well clear of all four edges.
What cropping does to your file
Cropping is destructive in a way most edits are not. The pixels outside the box are not hidden or remembered — they are simply not written to the new file, and the only copy left is the original on your disk. Keep that original: a crop you regret cannot be widened back out from the downloaded file.
It is also not the same thing as resizing, and mixing the two up is the most common mistake on this page. Cropping changes what the picture shows; resizing changes how many pixels describe it. If a marketplace has a minimum dimension, crop first to settle the framing and resize afterwards — crop after resizing and you drop straight back below the minimum you just met.
Whatever you upload gets cropped again at the other end. Search grids, gallery strips and social feeds each square off or letterbox your image to fit, and none of them ask where the subject is. The defence is margin: frame with a little space around the product, and keep logos, prices and any printed text away from the edges, so a second crop has something to take that is not the thing you were selling.
Every crop here is re-encoded through a canvas, so a JPEG in is a fresh JPEG out. That is one generation of lossy compression, which is usually invisible but is not free — export PNG if more editing is coming. A tight crop from a large photo often also looks softer at its new size, and a light pass of sharpening puts the edge definition back.
Formats and limits
- Input: JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, BMP, SVG, AVIF, HEIC. Output: the original format, or JPEG, PNG or WebP.
- Files up to 100 MB. Very large photos still crop, but each adjustment takes longer.
- Animated GIFs and SVGs export as a single static frame, rendered as PNG.
- The crop is permanent in the downloaded file. Reset adjustments restores the whole frame while the image is still open here, but not after you have saved and reopened it.
Cropping FAQ
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. The photo is decoded and cropped by your browser. It never leaves your device, and there is no copy to delete afterwards.
Which aspect ratios can I crop to?
1:1, 4:3, 4:5, 16:9, 9:16, 3:2, 3:4 and 2:3, plus a free crop with no constraint at all. Picking a ratio locks the box to that shape so it can only move and scale, and the Width and Height fields still take exact pixel values whenever you know the number you want.
What is the difference between cropping and resizing?
Cropping removes the part of the picture outside the box; resizing keeps the whole picture and changes how many pixels describe it. Cropping therefore always reduces the pixel dimensions, which can push an image below a marketplace's minimum size. Crop first to settle the framing, then resize to the exact dimensions you need.
Does cropping reduce image quality?
The pixels you keep are copied across unchanged, but the file is always re-encoded — the crop is drawn onto a canvas and written out again, even when the output format matches the input. For a JPEG that means one extra generation of lossy compression, which is normally invisible at the default quality but is not nothing. If more editing is coming, export PNG and compress once at the end.
What image formats are supported?
Input: JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, BMP, SVG, AVIF, HEIC. The output keeps the original format when the browser can encode it. For formats without encode support (HEIC, HEIF, AVIF, BMP, TIFF, animated GIF) it falls back to PNG, and you can always pick JPEG, PNG or WebP yourself.
What aspect ratio does Amazon or Etsy require?
Neither requires one. Amazon's and Google Merchant's published image rules say nothing about aspect ratio at all; eBay says photos in a 1:1 or 16:9 aspect ratio generally look best, and Etsy recommends a landscape or square first photo. Every ratio on this page is a practical target, not a rule someone enforces — the rules that are enforced cover background, resolution and file size, and our marketplace checkers test for those.
Can I crop without a mouse?
Yes. Tab to the crop box and the arrow keys move it one pixel at a time; hold Shift for ten-pixel steps, and hold Alt with an arrow key to resize instead of move. The Width, Height, X and Y fields set exact values directly, which is usually faster when you already know the numbers.
Does this work on mobile?
Yes, on every modern mobile browser. Drag the box and its corner handles with a finger, or type the numbers in. A very large photo takes longer per adjustment, because the whole crop is re-encoded on your device.
Next steps
- Resize ImageSet the final pixel dimensions after you have settled the framing.
- Sharpen ImagePut the edge definition back into a tight crop from a large photo.
- Compress ImageBring the cropped file under a marketplace's file-size limit.
- Amazon Main Image CheckerCheck the cropped image against Amazon's main-image rules before you list it.
- Etsy Listing Image CheckerCheck a listing photo against Etsy's requirements before you publish.
- Google Merchant Center Image CheckerCheck the image against Google Merchant's product-image rules.
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