Crop Image
Local only — nothing is uploaded unless you save or share it.
Crop image online — drag the box, or type an exact size in pixels.
- Drop in a JPEG, PNG, WebP or HEIC
- Drag the selection, or a corner to resize it — lock an aspect ratio first if the crop has to fit a specific shape
- Press Crop. Move the selection and press Crop again for as many crops as you need
- Download one, or download them all as a ZIP
Drag inside the selection to move it, or a corner to resize. With it focused, arrow keys nudge and Shift+arrows resize — hold Alt for bigger steps. Lock a ratio to keep the shape exact. Press Crop as often as you like: each crop is kept below.
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About this tool
Cropping is the edit almost every image needs and the one most tools bury inside something larger. Drag the selection over the part you want, pull a corner to resize it, and press Crop. You can keep going: move the selection somewhere else, press Crop again, and the new one joins the first rather than replacing it. That matters more than it sounds, because one picture usually holds several things worth keeping — a chart, a caption, a face — and most croppers make you download, come back and start over between each one. Every crop appears underneath with its own remove button, and you can download the lot as a ZIP when you are done. If a crop has to fit somewhere specific, lock it to a ratio first: square for a profile picture or product thumbnail, 16:9 for a video thumbnail or slide, 9:16 for a story or reel, 4:3 and 3:2 for the shapes most cameras and print sizes still use. With a ratio locked the selection keeps its proportions no matter which corner you drag, so you cannot accidentally end up slightly off-square. Every crop is taken from the original file at full resolution, not from the preview you see on screen, so a small selection on a large photo stays sharp rather than being scaled up from a downsized copy. PNG files stay PNG by default so transparency survives, and you can convert to JPEG or WebP if you would rather have a smaller file. Nothing is uploaded — the image is read and cropped inside your browser, which matters when the picture is a passport scan or a screenshot of something private.
Frequently asked questions
Can I take more than one crop from the same image?
Yes, and that is the point of the list underneath. Press Crop, move the selection somewhere else, press Crop again — each one is kept and shown as a thumbnail with its own remove button. Download a single crop on its own, or all of them together as a ZIP. Loading a different image clears the set, so crops of one picture never end up filed under another.
Does it work as an image cropper for screenshots?
Yes — crop photo files, screenshots, scans and iPhone HEIC alike. A screenshot is the commonest thing dropped in here, usually to cut one panel out of a full screen, and typing the pixels is often faster than dragging when the thing you want has straight edges anyway.
Can it crop HEIC photos from an iPhone?
Yes. A HEIC is decoded in your browser and the crop comes back as JPEG, PNG or WebP — which is usually what you wanted anyway, since a cropped photo is normally on its way somewhere that will not take HEIC.
How do I crop a photo to an exact size?
Type the width and height in pixels rather than dragging. Dragging is right when you are choosing what to keep by eye; typing is right when something else has decided for you — an avatar that must be 400 by 400, a banner with a fixed slot. Both end up in the same place, and the ratio lock keeps a dragged box honest.
Does cropping reduce the quality of what is left?
The crop is taken from the original file at full resolution rather than from the preview on screen, so the remaining pixels are the original ones. Exporting as PNG keeps them exactly. Exporting as JPEG or WebP re-compresses, which is why the quality control is there, and 85 is a good default.
How do I crop to an exact square or 16:9?
Pick the ratio before you drag. The selection then keeps those proportions from whichever corner you pull, so the result is exactly square or exactly 16:9 rather than close to it. Switching ratio after selecting keeps the selection centred where it already was.
Can I crop a transparent PNG without losing the transparency?
Yes. Leaving the format on automatic keeps a PNG as a PNG, so transparent areas stay transparent. Converting to JPEG will flatten them onto white, because the JPEG format has no way to store transparency at all.
Why is the crop I get slightly different from what I dragged?
Selections are stored in the image's own pixels and rounded to whole ones, so a selection dragged on a preview that is displayed smaller than the original snaps to the nearest real pixel. On a large photo shown at half size that is a difference of a pixel or two at most.
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. It is read into your browser and cropped there using your device, so the file never leaves it. That is worth caring about here, because the images people crop are often documents, screenshots or photos they have no intention of sharing whole.
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