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PixSqueeze

Crop image online

Frame exactly what matters — drag, zoom, snap to a ratio, download. Free and processed on your device.

Drop images here

or click to browse — pasting a copied image works too

Drop a JPG, PNG or WebP — one image at a time

Cropping is framing

Of every tool on this site, cropping changes how a picture reads the most. The same photo can be a cluttered snapshot or a clean portrait depending on where the frame sits. Drop an image above, choose a ratio, then drag and zoom until the subject fills the frame the way you want — the crop preview shows precisely what you'll get, down to the pixel.

The presets cover the frames the modern web actually uses: 1:1 for profile photos, avatars and product grids; 4:3 and 3:4 for classic landscape and portrait framing — the portrait version matching most ID and application photo proportions; and 16:9 for thumbnails, banners and slide covers.

A quick framing checklist

  • Fill the frame with the subject. If it's a face, crop to head and shoulders — distant figures vanish at thumbnail size.
  • Mind the edges. Don't slice through joints or text; leave a little breathing room above heads.
  • Zoom instead of settling. The zoom slider gives you crops tighter than the original framing — useful when the subject is small in a wide shot.
  • Crop before compressing. Pixels you remove here are bytes the compressor never has to fight.

Crop plus the other tools

Cropping combines naturally with the rest of the site. For a form photo: crop to 3:4 here, resize to the portal's stated dimensions, then compress to 50 KB. For a signature upload: crop hard to the ink, then compress to 20 KB. Each step runs in your browser, so the whole pipeline takes under a minute with nothing ever leaving your machine.

Frequently asked questions

How do I crop to a square?
Pick the 1:1 preset, drag the photo until the subject sits where you want it, zoom if you need a tighter frame, and press Crop. Square is the standard for profile pictures and catalog thumbnails.
Which aspect ratio should I use?
Match the destination: 1:1 for avatars and product grids, 16:9 for video thumbnails and presentation covers, 4:3 for classic photo framing, 3:4 for portrait orientation and ID-style photos.
Does cropping reduce image quality?
No — the pixels you keep are copied exactly as they were. The file simply contains fewer of them. Only the lossy re-encode at save time has any effect, and at the quality used here it isn't visible.
Can I crop a private photo safely?
Yes. The crop is computed by your browser from start to finish. The photo is never uploaded, so cropping out sensitive parts of a screenshot, for example, never exposes the original anywhere.
Why does cropping make the file smaller?
File size follows pixel count. Cropping away half the frame removes half the pixels, so the saved file drops accordingly — handy when you're also fighting an upload limit.

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