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Free Image Cropper

Drag a selection or type exact pixel values — cropped at full resolution.

Cut a picture down to the part you actually want. Drag the corners of the selection, or enter exact pixel coordinates if you need precision. Aspect-ratio presets lock the shape for profile pictures, thumbnails and social posts. The crop is applied to the image at full resolution regardless of how large it appears on screen, and nothing is ever uploaded.

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Click to select or drag & drop an image here

JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or BMP · nothing is uploaded

How it works

1

Select an image

Any common format, at any size.

2

Drag or type

Move the corners, or enter exact pixel values.

3

Download the crop

Cut at full resolution, not at preview size.

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Cropping is not resizing, and the difference matters

Cropping removes pixels from the edges; resizing rescales the pixels that are there. A 4000×3000 photo cropped to its middle third is a genuine 1333×1000 image, every pixel original. The same photo resized to 1333×1000 still shows the whole scene, with the detail interpolated down.

Because cropping only discards, it never softens what remains — there is no resampling and no quality loss beyond the one JPEG re-encode when saving. That is why cropping first and resizing second is the right order: crop to the composition you want, then resize the result to the dimensions you need.

The selection here operates on the original pixels, not on what the preview shows. If your 6000-pixel-wide photo is displayed at 700 pixels on screen, the tool scales your selection back up before cutting, so a crop that looks right in the preview is exact in the output.

Choosing an aspect ratio

The ratio presets exist because most places an image ends up expect a fixed shape, and cropping to it yourself beats letting a platform decide. 1:1 is the profile picture and thumbnail standard. 4:3 matches most camera sensors and older screens. 3:2 is the classic 35 mm proportion, standard on interchangeable-lens cameras. 16:9 suits video thumbnails and presentation slides. 9:16 is the vertical format for phone-first content.

Locking a ratio changes how the corners behave: dragging one adjusts both dimensions together so the shape is preserved. Switch back to Free at any time to adjust the sides independently.

One thing worth checking before you crop tightly: the pixel dimensions of the result, shown in the fields below the image. A square crop from a small source can end up below the minimum a platform accepts — many want at least 400×400 for a profile picture. Crop from the largest original you have rather than from an already-reduced copy.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Cropping discards pixels at the edges and leaves the rest untouched — there is no resampling. Saving as JPEG costs one generation of compression; PNG output is entirely lossless.
Yes. The selection is scaled from preview coordinates back to the original pixels before cutting, so a crop from a 6000-pixel photo produces a full-resolution result even though the preview is much smaller.
Yes — type the values into the X, Y, Width and Height fields. They stay in sync with the selection box, so you can drag roughly and then fine-tune the numbers.
Choose the 1:1 preset, then drag the selection over the part you want. The shape stays square while you resize. Check the resulting pixel size — most platforms want at least 400×400.
Yes. The selection responds to touch as well as mouse, and the numeric fields work anywhere. Pinch-zoom on the page is unaffected because the drag handling is limited to the selection itself.