Crop an image to the part you want
What this tool does
Drag a selection over the image, or lock the aspect ratio and let it snap. The crop is applied in your browser tab, so the parts you cut out never leave your device either.
This browser cannot crop images locally. It needs Web Workers with
OffscreenCanvas support, and we will not fall back to encoding on the
main thread because that would freeze the page. Please try a current version of
Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
How this works
You drag the selection over the image, then the crop is drawn and re-encoded inside a Web Worker in this browser tab. The original file is never modified and never uploaded — cropping produces a new file for you to download.
- Pick an aspect ratio to keep the selection to a fixed shape, or leave it free and drag any rectangle.
- Rotate in 90° steps and flip across or down if the photo is the wrong way round. Rotating by a quarter turn swaps the output's width and height.
- The crop is applied at full resolution — the selection is a view of the pixels, not a downscale of them.
- Nothing is stored: reloading the page discards everything, including the selection.
Frequently asked questions
Is cropping destructive?
Your original file is never modified — it stays exactly where it is on your device. Cropping produces a new file you download, and you can go back and crop differently as many times as you like.
Can I crop to a square or a fixed ratio?
Yes: 1:1, 4:5, 3:2, 4:3 and 16:9 presets, plus a freeform mode. Pick one and the selection keeps that shape while you drag.
Can I rotate or straighten the image while cropping?
You can rotate in 90-degree steps and flip across or down, and the rotation is applied to the full-resolution result. Free-angle straightening is not offered, so a horizon that is slightly off level cannot be corrected here.
Can I crop several images at once?
Not in one pass, and deliberately: a crop is a decision about one picture. The tool takes one image at a time, and drops a second image only when you replace the first. For a whole batch, resizing to a fixed box is the tool you want.