How do I circle crop an image?+
Drop the image into the tool above and a circle appears over it. Drag inside the circle to move it and drag a corner handle to make it bigger or smaller, while the preview shows the result. Keep PNG selected for transparent corners, then download. Use the zoom slider to place the circle precisely on a face or logo.
Does a circle crop keep a transparent background?+
Yes, when you save as PNG or WebP. Everything outside the circle becomes fully transparent, so the image sits cleanly on any background. JPG can't store transparency, so if you pick JPG the corners are filled with a colour you choose, white by default. Pick the colour of the page the image will sit on to hide them.
Why is my circle crop a square file?+
Every image file is a rectangle, so a round picture is stored as a square with transparent corners. On a website or in an app, those corners are invisible and only the circle shows. The size shown next to Crop, such as 800×800, is the width and height of that square, which is also the diameter of the circle.
How do I make a round profile picture?+
Place the circle over your face, keep it big enough to include some space around your head, and download a PNG. Many sites ask for a square photo and show it in a circle themselves, so check what yours expects. For an exact platform size, the Discord profile picture resizer crops and resizes in one step.
Can I move and resize the circle precisely?+
Yes. Drag the circle to move it and drag a corner handle to resize it. For finer control, zoom in, select the circle and nudge it with the arrow keys, one pixel at a time or ten with Shift. You can also type the size and position in pixels, and the circle stays perfectly round.
Can I crop an image into a rectangle instead?+
Yes. Switch Shape to Rectangle, and the tool works as a full image cropper with free cropping and fixed ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and 9:16. The image cropper opens in that mode, with tips for square, landscape and vertical crops for thumbnails, banners and stories.
Are my images uploaded anywhere?+
No. The circle crop tool runs entirely in your browser, so your images never leave your device and are never sent to a server. The preview, the crop and the file you download are all made locally. You can check this yourself: open your browser's network tab while you crop, and you'll see that no image data is sent anywhere.