Crop Photo for Instagram – Square, Portrait and Story Sizes
Crop any photo to the shape you need for a post, a story or a reel, and save it at a sharp size. Everything runs in your browser.
Drop an image here to crop
or click to browse a photo from your device
How to Use Crop Photo for Instagram
Add Your Photo
Drop a JPG, PNG or WebP photo, or click to browse. It opens with a 4:5 portrait frame already on it.
Choose the Shape and Place the Frame
Pick 1:1 for a square, 4:5 for a portrait post or 9:16 for a story or reel. Drag the frame over the part you want and drag a corner to make it bigger or smaller.
Set the Width and Download
Under Output size choose Set width and enter 1080, then click Crop image and download the result.
Which shape for which kind of post
Instagram lets you post pictures in a few shapes, and the sizes that the app prefers have changed over the years. Check the current help pages of the app if a detail matters to you. These are the shapes people use most:
- Square, 1:1, for posts and profile pictures. At 1080 pixels wide this is 1080 × 1080.
- Portrait, 4:5, for posts that should take up as much of the screen as possible. At 1080 pixels wide this is 1080 × 1350.
- Tall, 9:16, for stories and reels. At 1080 pixels wide this is 1080 × 1920.
- Landscape, for wide scenes. A 16:9 crop fits many video thumbnails and wide pictures.
Why crop before you upload
If you upload a picture with a different shape than the area it will be shown in, the app crops it for you, and the part it removes may be the part you wanted to show. Cropping yourself lets you decide what stays, for example keeping a face away from the edge.
The shape of a post can also be different in the feed and on your profile grid, so keep the important part near the middle of the picture. Then it stays visible wherever it is shown.
A simple way to get a sharp result
- Start from your original photo, not a screenshot or a picture that was already compressed.
- Choose the shape first, then move the frame so that your subject is inside with a little space around it.
- Under Output size, choose Set width and enter 1080. The height follows from the shape you picked.
- Save as JPG for photos. Use PNG only for graphics with sharp text or a flat background.
- Look at the cropped picture at full size before you post it.
Common problems
- The picture looks soft: the photo may have fewer pixels than the size you asked for. The tool makes it bigger, but it cannot add detail that was never there.
- My face is cut off: the frame is too small or off centre. Drag it, or make it larger with a corner.
- The photo is sideways: use Rotate left or Rotate right before you crop. Phone photos usually open the right way up, but not always.
- The colours look different after posting: the app compresses every picture again when you upload it, so very fine detail and strong gradients can change a little.
Privacy Guarantee: Your Files Never Leave Your Device
The image is cropped entirely in your browser using HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript. Files never leave your device. Unlike traditional cloud converter websites that transmit documents to remote servers, GetTaskCraft runs this tool completely in your browser session using memory buffers and client-side processing.
- Zero server uploads or storage
- No document content in telemetry
- Memory released upon completion
- No account or email registration
Key Benefits of GetTaskCraft Crop Photo for Instagram
The Shapes People Use Most
Square, 4:5, 5:4, 3:4, 16:9 and 9:16 are one tap away, and you can type your own ratio too.
See What You Keep
The area outside the frame is dimmed, and the size of your crop in pixels is shown before you save.
Rotate and Flip First
Turn a sideways photo upright or mirror it, and the frame stays on the same part of the picture.
Private by Design
Your photo is cropped in your browser on your own device. It is not uploaded to a server.
Common Use Cases
Feed Posts
Crop a photo to a square or a tall portrait shape so that it fills the post area instead of showing empty bars.
Stories and Reels Covers
Make a tall 9:16 version of a picture for stories, reels and short videos.
Profile Pictures
Cut a square around your face, since profile pictures are shown inside a circle or a square.
Carousels With One Shape
Crop every photo to the same ratio so a swipe-through post looks tidy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Got questions about Crop Photo for Instagram? Find answers below.
A square of 1080 × 1080 pixels and a portrait of 1080 × 1350 pixels are widely used. The app can show other shapes too, and its preferred sizes change over time, so check its help pages if you need to be exact.
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