Image Cropper
Drag a crop box over your image, lock it to a common aspect ratio, and export just the part you want.
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Works with all major photographic formats. Data never leaves your local browser.
This cropper lets you draw a selection box over an uploaded image and keep only what falls inside it. You can drag freely or lock the box to a fixed proportion, then export a new image at exactly the pixels you selected. The image is drawn to a canvas in your browser and cropped locally, so it is never sent to a server.
Free crop versus a locked aspect ratio
In Free mode you can size the box to any rectangle. The presets constrain it to a fixed proportion so the result fits a specific slot: 1:1 for a square avatar or product tile, 16:9 for a video thumbnail or slide, 4:3 for a classic photo frame, and 2:3 for a portrait print. Locking the ratio while you drag saves you from eyeballing the numbers and getting an image that is a few pixels off and gets letterboxed or stretched later.
Cropping removes pixels for good
Cropping is destructive: everything outside the box is discarded, and the exported file is genuinely smaller in dimensions, not just hidden. That also means you cannot “uncrop” to recover the edges afterward. Because it only throws pixels away and re-encodes the remainder, cropping never adds detail — if you crop tightly into a small photo, the result will look softer simply because there are fewer pixels left to show.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the aspect ratio buttons do?
They lock the crop box to a fixed proportion — 1:1 (square), 16:9 (widescreen), 4:3 or 2:3 — so the result drops straight into that slot without stretching. Free mode lets you drag any rectangle.
Does cropping make the image higher resolution?
No. Cropping only keeps a portion of the existing pixels, so the result has fewer pixels than the original and can look softer if you crop in tightly. It never adds detail.
Can I undo a crop after downloading?
Not from the cropped file — the pixels outside the box are gone. Keep your original image if you might want to re-crop differently later.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The image is loaded into a canvas in your browser and cropped on your device. Nothing is transmitted.