Crop Image

Open the photo and choose “Instagram post, portrait (1080 × 1350)” or “square (1080 × 1080)”. Move the box over the part you want and select “Crop and download”. The result has exactly the size Instagram shows best.

They show where the app draws its own buttons, captions and profile name over your picture. For Stories, Meta advises keeping the top and bottom 14% (250 pixels) clear; for Reels, the top 14%, the bottom 35% and 6% on each side. TikTok and YouTube Shorts place their controls in much the same spots, though the exact area varies with caption length. Keep faces and text in the clear middle. The bands are a guide only and aren’t part of the saved image.

Yes. Tab to the crop area and use the arrow keys to move it (with Shift for 10 pixels at a time) and Alt or Option with the arrows to resize it. You can also type exact values in pixels.

Cropping itself doesn’t, and PNG stays lossless. JPG and WebP are saved again at a high quality (92). With a social size the crop is also resized; if the area you chose is smaller than that size, the result is enlarged and looks softer.

No. Your photos are opened and processed on your device, and the results are saved straight back to it. Nothing is uploaded. How to check.

It is free to use and there is nothing to sign up for. There are no watermarks and no daily limits.