Crop an image to 9:16
Crop any photo to the 9:16 vertical format used by Stories, Reels, Shorts and TikTok. Locked ratio, draggable framing, live preview — all in your browser.
Privacy-first: every image is processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored or transmitted to any server.
The full-screen vertical standard
Instagram Stories, Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok and phone wallpapers all share one canvas: 9:16 vertical. Landscape photos posted to these surfaces get automatically center-cropped, which routinely beheads subjects or cuts off the action. Cropping to 9:16 manually lets you slide the frame to keep what matters.
Framing tips for vertical
A 9:16 slice out of a landscape photo discards most of the width, so drag the selection deliberately: center single subjects, and remember platform UI (usernames, captions, buttons) overlays the top and bottom edges. The crop exports at full source resolution — no scaling, no quality loss.
Frequently asked questions
- Is my image uploaded to crop it?
- No. Cropping, rounding corners, adding borders, rotating and straightening all run locally in your browser.
- Can I crop an image into a circle?
- Yes. Choose the Circle shape to crop to a circle (or an ellipse on non-square crops). The corners become transparent and the result is exported as a PNG so the circle stays clean on any background.
- Can I round the corners or add a border?
- Yes. Pick Rounded and set the corner radius, and add a border of any thickness and color. A live preview shows the exact result before you download.
- Can I crop to a specific aspect ratio?
- Yes. Choose Free, 1:1, 4:5, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 or 9:16 and the crop selection snaps to that ratio.
- What format is the cropped image saved in?
- The original format is preserved where possible. Rounded and circle crops export as PNG so their transparent corners are kept (BMP is also saved as PNG).