Crop images online — exact pixels or preset ratios

Crop with intention, not by accident

Every platform that displays your image at a fixed ratio will crop it — from the center, with no regard for where your subject is. Cropping it yourself first means youdecide what survives: the face stays in the profile circle, the product stays in the thumbnail, the text stays in the banner. This tool crops to preset social ratios or exact pixel dimensions with a live preview, entirely in your browser.

How to crop an image

1. Drop your image — the preview appears with the crop applied.
2. Pick a ratio (square, 4:5, 16:9, banner…) or choose Custom and type exact pixels.
3. Slide the position controls to place the crop window over the part that matters.
4. Crop & download. The output keeps original-resolution pixels — no rescaling, no quality loss.

Crop first, resize second

Cropping and resizing answer different questions — what's in the frame versushow many pixels is the frame — and the order matters. Crop first at full resolution, then resize the result down to the target dimensions, and finish with compression for upload. That order preserves maximum detail at every step; resizing first throws away pixels you might have wanted in the crop. The full pipeline takes under a minute and covers every platform size in our 2026 cheat sheet.