Keep a useful part of the picture
Crop an image when the surrounding area distracts from the part you need. You can trim blank margins from a screenshot, bring a subject closer to the edge of a composition or remove an unwanted strip from a photograph.
An image crop removes pixels outside the selected rectangle. It does not stretch the remaining picture, erase an object inside it or generate content beyond the original borders.
Use a copy so you can return to the wider composition later. A tight crop may be right for one layout and too restrictive for another.
Choose a crop area by position and dimensions
This image cropper uses numeric controls. The horizontal and vertical position determine where the crop begins, measured from the top-left of the source picture. Width and height define your crop area.
Start with the part you want to keep, then adjust your crop area to exclude unwanted margins. Keep that crop area within the original image. If you ask for an area beyond an edge, you will need to correct the position or size.
Numeric cropping is especially useful when you know exact dimensions or want to remove a measured border. It also gives you a repeatable crop area for images that share the same layout.
How to crop an image online
- Add the picture and enter the crop's position, width and height.
- Check what remains inside your crop area.
- Process the crop, inspect the result and download your copy.
The tool runs in your browser and does not require an account. Images must be within 40 MB and 24 megapixels each. You can select up to 30 files per batch, with a combined input size of 160 MB.
Keep the tab open until the outputs are ready. For a batch, use shared crop settings only when the source dimensions and layout make that sensible. The same crop area can capture a subject in one file and cut it off in another.
Crop and resize solve different problems
Cropping changes the visible area and can change the picture's shape. Resizing changes the pixel dimensions of the picture you have chosen.
To make a rectangular photo square, select a square crop rather than forcing its full width and height into a square. This preserves the subject's proportions while removing content from the sides or the top and bottom.
If a destination needs a smaller square afterward, resize the cropped result. Work in that order so you know which content will remain before choosing the final dimensions.
Leave enough room around the subject
A tighter crop is not always better. Leave space around hands, product edges, heads and other details that the viewer needs to understand the picture.
For a product listing, check that the entire item remains visible. If the platform needs a standard amount of empty space, placing the subject on a new canvas may be more useful than cutting the image down to its edges.
For portraits, consider where the eyes sit and whether the crop removes an important gesture or context. For a screenshot, keep labels and nearby controls that explain what the selected region means.
Be careful with cropped documents
When cropping a receipt, form or other document, preserve the information you still need. Cutting off a date, total, heading or part of a line can make the remaining image less useful even if it looks cleaner.
If your next step is text recognition, a tighter crop can remove distracting borders, but do not clip letters. Keep the writing upright and large enough to read. You can rotate the image before sending it to the image-to-text tool.
Cropping does not hide content inside your crop area. If information needs to be excluded, verify that it is completely outside the final image rather than just less prominent.
Review a crop at its final size
A small area cut from a large image contains fewer pixels than the original. Enlarging that crop later may reveal softness that was not obvious in the full photograph.
Inspect the exported crop at the size where it will appear. If the subject is too small or unclear, a tighter crop cannot create detail that was never captured. Use a closer or higher-resolution source where available.
Choose the output format according to the content. PNG can be useful for screenshots and transparent graphics; JPG or WebP may suit photographic crops.
Image cropping questions
Can I crop an image online without an account?
Yes. Enter your crop rectangle and process the picture in your browser. Keep the original so you can return to the wider view later.
Does cropping reduce quality?
It removes content outside the rectangle. The remaining area has fewer total pixels, and the selected export format may add compression. Keep the original for future alternatives.
Can I crop an image to a circle?
This tool creates rectangular crops. It does not create a circular mask or shaped transparent cutout.
Can I remove an object with cropping?
Only if the object can be excluded from the rectangle. If it overlaps the area you want to keep, use the object-removal brush instead.
Can I crop every image in a batch identically?
Yes, but check that the same coordinates fit every source. Shared dimensions do not guarantee that the subjects occupy the same positions.
How do I undo a downloaded crop?
Return to the original image. Pixels outside the saved crop cannot be recovered from the cropped copy alone.