Image Cropper
Drag a box over the part you want, or type the exact pixels. Pick an aspect ratio and the box keeps its shape. The crop is cut from the full-size original, not from what you see on screen.
Drag on the picture to draw a box. Drag inside it to move it, or drag a corner to resize.
How to use it
- Choose an image.
- Drag on the picture to draw a box, drag inside it to move it, or drag a corner to resize it. Or type the exact pixels — left, top, width, height — if you know them.
- Pick a shape first if the crop has to be a particular ratio, and the box keeps it as you drag.
- Download the crop.
The crop comes from the original, not from the screen
On a phone or a narrow window the picture is shown smaller than it really is. If a cropper measured your box in screen pixels and cut from that, a 4000-pixel photograph would come out as a few hundred pixels wide and soft.
Here the box is measured against the real image, and the pixel boxes show real pixels. What you download is cut straight from the full-size original at its full resolution — no shrinking first.
Why the shape buttons matter
Almost every crop is for somewhere that wants a particular shape: a square for a profile picture, 16:9 for a video thumbnail, 4:5 for a portrait post. Cropping freehand and then discovering the shape is slightly off means either cropping again or letting the site trim it for you, and its idea of the centre is rarely yours.
Choose the shape first and the box will not let you leave it. If you change the shape afterwards, the current box is fitted to the new one rather than thrown away.
Cropping and quality
Cropping itself loses nothing: it copies a rectangle of pixels exactly as they are. What can lose quality is saving. PNG is lossless. JPG and WebP compress, and saving a JPG as a JPG throws away a little more detail each time it happens.
If you will crop again later, save this one as PNG and keep it as your working copy.
The metadata does not travel
A photograph normally carries hidden details — the camera, the date, sometimes the location it was taken. The crop is drawn fresh, so none of that is copied across. That is often what you want before sharing a picture, but it also means a copyright note in the original's metadata will not survive.
Frequently asked questions
Is the crop cut from the full-size image?
Yes. The box is measured against the real pixels, and the crop is copied straight from the original at full resolution. The picture on screen may be shown smaller, but that never affects what you download.
How do I get an exact size, like 1080 by 1080?
Type the width and height into the pixel boxes. If the image is smaller than that, the box cannot be larger than the picture - cropping cannot add pixels. Use the resizer afterwards if you need a specific size from a different-sized crop.
Why does the box change shape when I pick a ratio?
So it fits the new shape. The width is kept where it can be and the height is worked out from the ratio, then the box is pulled back inside the picture if it would overhang.
Does it keep the photo's date and location?
No - the crop is drawn fresh and none of the hidden metadata is copied. That is usually what you want before sharing, but a copyright note stored in the original will not survive either.
Can I crop on a phone?
Yes. Drag with a finger to draw the box, and drag a corner to resize. If dragging scrolls the page instead, use the four pixel boxes, which always work.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. Everything happens in JavaScript inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is saved - close the tab and it is gone.