How do I crop an image online for free?

Choose a JPG, PNG or WebP file, then drag inside the lime crop box to move it and drag any of the four corner handles to resize it. Pick an aspect ratio first if you need one locked. Press Crop image, check the preview, and download — nothing is uploaded at any point.

Does cropping reduce resolution or add blur?

No. The crop rectangle is converted to source-pixel coordinates and drawn at that exact size, so a 3000×3000 region of a 4000×3000 photo comes out as 3000×3000 real pixels with no downscaling or resampling. You lose the area outside the box, never detail inside it.

Which aspect ratios are available?

Free-form plus five locked ratios: 1:1 square for Instagram posts and profile pictures, 4:3 and 3:4 for standard photo prints in either orientation, 16:9 for YouTube thumbnails and website banners, and 9:16 for Reels, Stories and TikTok. Ratios reset to Free each time you load a new image.

Which image formats can I crop?

The file picker offers JPG, PNG and WebP, and those three are also the output options. A GIF or BMP dragged directly onto the box will load, but it can only be saved as JPG, PNG or WebP — and an animated GIF is reduced to its first frame, so convert it deliberately instead.

Does cropping keep transparent backgrounds?

Only if the output format supports alpha. The format menu defaults to match your input, so a transparent PNG stays PNG and keeps its transparency. Switch the output to JPG and the transparent areas are filled with white, because JPEG has no alpha channel at all.

How do I move and resize the crop box precisely?

Drag anywhere inside the box to reposition it, and drag a corner handle to resize. With a ratio locked, the box recalculates its height as you drag so the proportion is never broken. The box cannot leave the image or shrink below 5% of either dimension, which keeps the crop valid.

Can I crop to an exact pixel size like 1080×1080?

Not directly — this tool crops to a ratio and keeps the original pixels, so the output size depends on how large you drew the box. For guaranteed pixel dimensions use the social media image resizer, which crops and scales to fixed platform presets in one step.

Is my photo uploaded anywhere?

No. The image is decoded and drawn on an HTML5 canvas inside your browser, and the cropped result is generated locally as a blob you download directly. Nothing is transmitted, stored or logged, and the page keeps working with your connection switched off once loaded.

Image Cropper

Crop images online free — drag to select any region, set exact pixel dimensions or use preset aspect ratios. In-browser processing — no upload, no account.

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An image cropper cuts a rectangular region out of a photo and keeps those pixels at full resolution. Drag the box, optionally lock an aspect ratio, and download the result as JPG, PNG or WebP. It runs entirely in your browser — no upload, no sign-up, no watermark — so private photos stay on your device.

How to crop a photo in four steps

Choose a JPG, PNG or WebP file, or pick one from Google Drive.
Lock an aspect ratio if the destination demands one, or leave it on Free.
Frame the shot — drag inside the box to move it, drag a corner handle to resize it.
Crop and download. Choose the output format, press Crop image, and save the result.

The box is positioned as a percentage of the image, so it behaves identically whether you are on a phone or a large monitor. It is constrained to stay inside the picture and cannot shrink below5% of either dimension, which stops accidental one-pixel crops.

What each aspect ratio is for

The five locked ratios and where each one is expected.
Ratio	Shape	Typical use	Max crop from a 4000×3000 photo
1:1	Square	Instagram posts, LinkedIn and WhatsApp avatars	3000×3000
4:3	Landscape	Standard photo prints, presentation slides	4000×3000 — the whole frame
3:4	Portrait	Portrait prints, magazine-style layouts	2250×3000
16:9	Widescreen	YouTube thumbnails, header banners, hero images	4000×2250
9:16	Vertical	Reels, Stories, TikTok, vertical overlays	1688×3000
Free	Anything	Straightening composition, cutting out clutter	4000×3000

That last column is the practical warning. Cropping a landscape photo to 9:16 uses barely 42% of its width — you are discarding most of the frame, and the subject has to be near the centre for it to work. Shoot vertically in the first place when the destination is vertical.

Why cropping does not cost you any quality

Cropping and resizing are different operations and only one of them loses detail. When you press Crop image, the box position is converted from percentages into source-pixel coordinatesand the region is drawn onto a canvas of exactly those dimensions. There is no scaling step, so no resampling and no softening. A 1:1 crop out of a 4000×3000 photo is a genuine 3000×3000 image, not a shrunken copy.

The one caveat is re-encoding. Saving as JPG or WebP applies lossy compression at a high fixed quality of 92%, which is visually clean but is still a second generation of compression on an already- compressed JPEG. Choose PNG for a lossless result if the crop is going into further editing rather than straight onto a page.

Output format and transparency

The format menu defaults to whatever you put in: a PNG stays PNG, a WebP stays WebP, and everything else becomes JPG. That default is the right one for transparency, since PNG and WebP both carry an alpha channel through the crop untouched. Override it to JPG and any transparent pixels are flattened onto white, because JPEG cannot store transparency — a logo cropped to JPG gains a white rectangle. The download always gets the correct extension for the format actually produced.

How this compares to cloud editors and desktop software

Cropping one photo, three ways.
	ToolJiffy	Typical online cropper	Desktop editor
Photo uploaded to a server	No	Yes	No
Sign-up	No	Often to download	Licence or account
File-size limit	Your device memory	Commonly capped on free tiers	None practical
Watermark	Never	Sometimes on free tiers	No
Full-resolution output	Always	Sometimes downscaled free	Yes
Works offline	Yes, once loaded	No	Yes
Price	Free, unlimited	Free tier then paid	Paid

What this cropper deliberately does not do

It crops one image at a time, by ratio, and that is the whole scope. There is no numeric coordinate entry, no straighten-by-degrees, no batch mode, and no pixel-size presets — so if a platform demands exactly 1080×1080 you cannot guarantee it here. The social media image resizer exists for that: it crops and scales to fixed platform dimensions in one pass. For a specific size ceiling in kilobytes rather than pixels, theimage compressor searches for the quality that lands under it.

Cropping usually sits in the middle of a short chain. Straighten orientation first with theimage rotator, crop here, then set final dimensions with theimage resizer. For document and ID work thepassport photo maker applies official head-position rules that a generic ratio crop cannot, and format conversion is a separate step that never touches dimensions.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I crop an image online for free?
Choose a JPG, PNG or WebP file, then drag inside the lime crop box to move it and drag any of the four corner handles to resize it. Pick an aspect ratio first if you need one locked. Press Crop image, check the preview, and download — nothing is uploaded at any point.
Does cropping reduce resolution or add blur?
No. The crop rectangle is converted to source-pixel coordinates and drawn at that exact size, so a 3000×3000 region of a 4000×3000 photo comes out as 3000×3000 real pixels with no downscaling or resampling. You lose the area outside the box, never detail inside it.
Which aspect ratios are available?
Free-form plus five locked ratios: 1:1 square for Instagram posts and profile pictures, 4:3 and 3:4 for standard photo prints in either orientation, 16:9 for YouTube thumbnails and website banners, and 9:16 for Reels, Stories and TikTok. Ratios reset to Free each time you load a new image.
Which image formats can I crop?
The file picker offers JPG, PNG and WebP, and those three are also the output options. A GIF or BMP dragged directly onto the box will load, but it can only be saved as JPG, PNG or WebP — and an animated GIF is reduced to its first frame, so convert it deliberately instead.
Does cropping keep transparent backgrounds?
Only if the output format supports alpha. The format menu defaults to match your input, so a transparent PNG stays PNG and keeps its transparency. Switch the output to JPG and the transparent areas are filled with white, because JPEG has no alpha channel at all.
How do I move and resize the crop box precisely?
Drag anywhere inside the box to reposition it, and drag a corner handle to resize. With a ratio locked, the box recalculates its height as you drag so the proportion is never broken. The box cannot leave the image or shrink below 5% of either dimension, which keeps the crop valid.
Can I crop to an exact pixel size like 1080×1080?
Not directly — this tool crops to a ratio and keeps the original pixels, so the output size depends on how large you drew the box. For guaranteed pixel dimensions use the social media image resizer, which crops and scales to fixed platform presets in one step.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The image is decoded and drawn on an HTML5 canvas inside your browser, and the cropped result is generated locally as a blob you download directly. Nothing is transmitted, stored or logged, and the page keeps working with your connection switched off once loaded.