Crop a photo to a 1080 × 1080 square, the standard Instagram post size, without stretching it.
How to crop an image
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Select or drop one JPG, PNG or GIF image.
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Drag the crop box, pick an aspect ratio or type exact pixel values.
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Click Crop and download your cropped image.
Crop photos to Instagram's square post size
A 1080 × 1080 square is the classic Instagram post size. Add a photo, slide the square crop box over the part you want to keep and download it at exactly 1080 × 1080, so it isn't stretched or cropped unexpectedly when you post it.
Wide and tall photos are cropped instead of squashed, and you decide what stays in the frame. For a tall 4:5 post, choose Crop to any shape instead and pick the 4:5 ratio.
Frequently asked questions
1080 × 1080 pixels for a square post. Portrait posts can be 1080 × 1350 (4:5) and landscape posts 1080 × 566.
Instagram needs one of its shapes, so something has to give. Crop here to choose what stays, or place the photo on a background with the Photo editor's frames.
Instagram recompresses every upload. Starting from a sharp 1080 × 1080 image, the size it shows posts at, gives the best result.
Choose the 1:1 ratio. The largest square that fits is placed on the image, and you can drag it over the part you want and resize it with the handles before you click Crop.
Yes. Under Exact size and position, type the width and height of the area in pixels, and its X and Y position from the top left corner. The box on the image moves as you type.
Cropping only removes the outer part of the picture. The area you keep is saved in the same format, so a PNG stays lossless and a JPG is saved again at a high quality setting.
Yes. Every frame is cropped to the same area, so the result is still an animated GIF with the same timing. A GIF with only one frame is saved as a PNG.
Crop image works on one image at a time, so you can frame each one with care. To bring many images to the same size instead, use Resize image, which handles up to 30 files at once.
