Crop Image
100% private — runs on your device, never uploaded. Works offline once loaded.
Crop any image by dragging a selection box over the part you want to keep. Everything runs locally in your browser — your photo is never uploaded.
What cropping actually does to a photo
Cropping doesn't resize or scale anything — it discards pixels outside a rectangle you choose and keeps the rest at their original resolution. If you crop a 4000×3000 photo down to a 1000×1000 square, you get a genuine 1000×1000 image, not a shrunk version of the whole frame. That matters if you need the cropped section to stay sharp for printing or a large display, since nothing is being resampled inside the kept area.
The tool draws a movable, resizable selection box over a canvas rendering of your image. When you drag the handles, it's just changing the box's coordinates in memory; the actual pixel extraction happens only once, at the moment you hit download, so you can nudge the selection as many times as you like without any quality loss along the way.
Everyday reasons people crop
Most crop requests aren't about aesthetics — they're about fitting a hard constraint someone else set. A passport photo booth might hand you a full-body shot when the application form wants only the face and shoulders. A screenshot for a bug report often has half a browser window and taskbar you need to trim out. Product photos shot on a phone frequently need the background clutter cut away before they go on a marketplace listing.
- Trimming a screenshot down to just the error message or dialog box
- Removing a distracting background element from a phone photo
- Cutting a wide landscape shot into a portrait-orientation crop for a story or reel
- Isolating one face from a group photo
- Extracting a logo or icon from a larger design mockup
Format and quality notes
The output keeps the same file type as your source where practical — a PNG stays a PNG (so transparency, if any, survives the crop) and a JPEG stays a JPEG. Because cropping removes pixels rather than re-encoding the kept ones, there's no generational quality loss from the crop operation itself; any softness you see was already in the source image.
Getting an accurate selection
For pixel-precise work, zoom your browser in (Ctrl/Cmd and +) before dragging the selection box — the crop coordinates scale with the displayed image, so a larger preview gives you finer control over exactly where the edges land. If you only need a rough crop, the default view is fine.
Frequently asked questions
How do I select the crop area?
Click and drag across the image preview to draw a selection box. Drag again to redraw it.
Are my images uploaded?
No — cropping happens on your device and your files stay private.
Does cropping reduce image quality?
No — cropping simply discards the pixels outside your selection and keeps the rest untouched, so the remaining area is exactly as sharp as it was in the original file.
Can I crop a PNG with transparency?
Yes, transparent areas in a PNG are preserved through the crop; the tool exports a PNG with the same alpha channel intact.
Can I redo the crop before downloading?
Yes — drag the selection box as many times as you want. The image is only cut once, when you click download, so nothing is lost while you're adjusting it.
Will the cropped image keep the original resolution?
Yes, within the selected region. If you draw a 500×500 box on a high-resolution photo, you get a full-quality 500×500 result, not a scaled-down thumbnail.
What file types can I crop?
Any common photo format your browser can display, including JPEG, PNG, and WebP.
Are my images uploaded anywhere?
No — the crop is drawn and cut entirely in your browser, so the photo never leaves your device.
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