Crop Images
Your files stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored on a server.
Drop your files here
or pick them from your device
Drag the box on the picture, or type the numbers.
How it works
- Drop an image onto the bench, or pick one from your device.
- Drag the box over the part you want to keep, or pick a shape and type the numbers.
- Press Crop, then download the result.
Cropping is the one image edit that is purely about attention. Everything you leave in the frame is what the viewer looks at, and everything you cut is a decision that the picture is better without it. It is also the edit that most often has a shape imposed from outside: a profile picture has to be square, a video thumbnail has to be 16:9, a printed 6×4 has its own proportions, and a product listing may demand a specific ratio before it will accept the upload. The preset buttons lock the box to those shapes so you can concentrate on the framing rather than the arithmetic.
Worth remembering: cropping only ever removes pixels. A 12-megapixel photo cropped to the middle third is a 1.3-megapixel photo, and that is genuinely all the detail it has left. This matters when the crop is going somewhere demanding. Crop a small image tightly and then try to fill a full-width banner with it and you will see every flaw. If a result needs to be large, start from the largest original you have.
The parts you cut away are gone from the output file — they are not hidden or stored in the corners. That is usually what you want when an image contains something you would rather not share, but it also means the crop is not undoable from the cropped file. The original on your device is untouched, so keep it until you are sure.
There is one small quality cost for JPG. The image has to be decoded and written out again, and JPG loses a little on every save. PNG and WebP with lossless data come through without that penalty.
Questions people ask
- Does cropping reduce the quality?
- The pixels you keep are unchanged, but a JPG has to be re-encoded when it is saved, which costs a little detail. The bigger effect is simply that a cropped image contains fewer pixels than it did before.
- Which shape should I choose?
- Square for profile pictures and most social posts, 16:9 for video thumbnails and slides, 4:3 for classic photo prints and older displays. Free lets you cut to whatever the picture needs.
- Can I crop without a mouse?
- Yes. The four number boxes under the picture set the left edge, top edge, width and height as percentages of the image. Typing in them moves the box, so the whole tool works from the keyboard.
- Is the part I cut off really gone?
- Yes. It is not stored in the file or hidden outside the visible area — the output contains only the region you kept. Your original file on your device is not modified.
- Does the file type change?
- No. A JPG comes back as a JPG, a PNG as a PNG, a WebP as a WebP. If you also need a different format, convert the cropped file afterwards.
- Is the image uploaded to crop it?
- No. The preview and the crop are both handled by your browser on this page. Nothing is sent anywhere.