Square Crop

Drop an image or click to upload Drop up to 200 images, or click to choose them

Drop a photo, drag the square crop window over what you want to keep, click crop. Output is a perfect 1:1 square — Instagram feed-ready, profile-picture friendly. Default output is ×ばつ1080 (Instagram's recommended size); pick any other dimension before exporting.

Why square crop is its own tool

Instagram, profile pictures on most platforms, app icons, album covers — square is everywhere. The hard part isn't cropping; it's deciding what stays and what doesn't when you go from a 16:9 or 4:3 photo to 1:1. Faces shouldn't get cut off, the subject should sit in the visible area, important context shouldn't be lost.

You can do this manually in any image editor, but a dedicated tool with a draggable crop frame and instant preview is faster than firing up Photoshop. Our Smart Crop tool can do this AI-automatically; this tool gives you manual control.

How to square-crop a photo

1. Drop your photo. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC. Up to 50 MP free.
2. Drag the square frame over the area you want to keep. The frame stays square; you can resize it but not change the aspect.
3. Pick output size. 1080 (Instagram), 1200 (high-res), 800 (web), 400 (avatar), or any custom value.
4. Download. Output is a JPG (or PNG if input was PNG). Original file isn't modified.

When manual crop beats smart crop

Smart Crop is great when there's an obvious subject the AI can detect — a face, a product, a single animal. Manual square crop wins when:

• The composition is intentionally minimalist with negative space the AI would crop away
• You want to highlight a specific area that isn't the obvious subject
• The photo has multiple subjects and you want to pick which one stays
• You want a tighter crop than the AI would default to

For batch square cropping where you're willing to let the AI choose, Smart Crop saves time. For one-off perfect crops, manual is faster.

Output size recommendations

Instagram feed: ×ばつ1080 (their recommended max). Smaller works but they upscale during display.

Profile pictures: ×ばつ400 minimum, ×ばつ800 recommended. Most platforms cap display at 200px so anything above 800 is overkill.

App icons: generate at ×ばつ1024 then run through our App Icon Generator to produce every required size for iOS + Android.

Album / playlist covers: ×ばつ3000 (Apple Music spec) or ×ばつ1400 (Spotify minimum).