Crop Image
Drag a crop box around what matters and cut the rest. Square up a profile picture, level a tilted horizon, or reframe a wide shot for a story, all without leaving the page.
How to crop a photo
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Open your photo
Drag an image onto the canvas, paste it from your clipboard, or click to pick a file. It opens right away and stays on your device.
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Choose a ratio or stay free-form
Lock to a preset like 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 or 9:16, pick a social preset such as Instagram story or YouTube thumbnail, or leave it free-form to crop to any shape.
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Frame your subject
Drag a corner or edge to resize the box, then drag inside it to slide the keep-area over the part of the photo you want.
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Straighten if it's tilted
Move the straighten slider to level a crooked horizon or angle. The preview zooms to keep the rotated image filling the frame, so the edges stay clean.
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Download the result
Export as PNG, JPG, WebP or AVIF at full quality, with no watermark and no sign-up.
Why use PicStudio for this?
Most photos get better the moment you crop them. A distracting sign in the corner, too much empty sky, a subject lost in the middle of the frame — pull the edges in and the eye lands where you want it. PicStudio gives you a free-form box you can grab from any corner or side, with the dragged corner following your pointer while the opposite one stays anchored, and a live pixel readout that shows the exact selection size as you work.
Crop and straighten with precise aspect-ratio presets.
Posting somewhere specific? Tap a ratio preset and the box locks to it: 1:1 for avatars and grid squares, 4:5 for the tallest photo the Instagram feed allows, 16:9 for YouTube thumbnails and banners, 9:16 for Reels and stories. There's also a social preset menu — Instagram post, portrait or story, YouTube thumbnail, X header, Facebook cover — that sets and labels the right shape for you, so you get the exact frame the platform expects without doing the math.
The straighten slider sits right next to the crop controls because the two usually go together. Nudge it a degree or two (up to 15 in either direction) to level a wonky horizon or a leaning building, and the preview zooms just enough to keep the rotated image filling the frame — no blank triangles sneaking into the corners. Everything stays editable until you apply, so reset the box, switch ratios, or re-straighten as many times as you need.
All of this runs on your own machine. The file you open is decoded and cropped by your browser and never gets sent to a server, which means there's no upload bar to wait on, no account to create, and no copy of your photo sitting in someone's cloud. The export comes out clean with no watermark, and because cropping only discards the pixels outside the box, the pixels you keep stay at their original resolution.
- Free forever
- No upload
- No watermark
- No sign-up
Frequently asked questions
Is the cropper free?
Yes, completely. There's no account to make, no watermark on the export, and no cap on how many images you crop.
Do my images get uploaded anywhere?
No. Your photo is processed on your device, in your browser, and never leaves it. Nothing is sent to a server or stored.
Which aspect ratios can I crop to?
Crop free-form to any shape, or lock to presets like 1:1 (square), 4:5 (portrait), 16:9 (widescreen) and 9:16 (story and Reels).
What file formats can I use?
Open JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC, BMP or SVG, and export your crop as PNG, JPG, WebP or AVIF.
Can I straighten a crooked photo while cropping?
Yes. The straighten slider rotates the image up to 15 degrees either way to level it, and the preview zooms in just enough that you never get blank corners. The crop and straighten apply together as one undoable step.
Does cropping lower the image quality?
No. Cropping only removes the pixels outside the box. The area you keep stays at its original resolution, so the result is sharp.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The crop handles respond to touch, so you can drag the box with your finger on a phone or tablet just as easily as with a mouse.