Crop image to circle

How to crop an image to a circle

1. 1

   Choose a photo

   Drag a photo onto the page or pick it with the button. The largest possible circle appears in the middle of the photo.

2. 2

   Position the circle

   Move the circle with your mouse or finger so the face or logo sits in the middle. Drag a corner to make it bigger or smaller.

3. 3

   Set a size if you need one

   For an exact size, such as 400 × 400 px, turn on Save at an exact size and enter the width. The height follows, so the circle stays a circle.

4. 4

   Download the PNG

   Click Crop to circle and download a PNG with a transparent background outside the circle. portrait.jpg becomes portrait-cropped.png.

When you do not need a round photo

Many platforms already show profile pictures as a circle. Facebook, for example, recommends 320 × 320 px for a Page profile picture and crops it to a circle on display, so a square is all you upload there. A round PNG with transparent corners is for places where you have to make the circle yourself: a signature, a website, a CV or slides.

Round photo for PowerPoint, Google Slides and Word

PowerPoint and Word can crop a picture to a shape: select it, open Picture Format, click the arrow under Crop, choose Crop to Shape and pick the oval. The shape follows the picture, so a photo that is not square turns into an oval unless you crop it to 1:1 first.

The round PNG from this page skips those steps. It is already a circle, so you insert it into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Word or Canva and it stays round on any background.

Round photo for an email signature or website

Gmail and Outlook let you add an image to your signature. A round PNG has no white square around it, so it looks right in any email. Save it at an exact size such as 200 × 200 px so the signature stays small.

On a team page or in a CV, round photos look tidy in a row. Crop each one at the same exact size, for example 400 × 400 px, and they will line up evenly.

Round profile picture for LinkedIn and Facebook

LinkedIn accepts a PNG or JPG profile photo from 400 × 400 to 7680 × 4320 px and up to 8 MB. Facebook recommends 320 × 320 px for a Page profile picture. Both show your photo in a circle, so you can upload a square.

If you want the same round picture everywhere else too, save it here at 800 × 800 px. That fits LinkedIn's rules and stays sharp on large screens.

How to crop a photo to a circle on your phone

Open this page in Safari or Chrome on your phone, pick a photo from your gallery and move the circle with your finger. The PNG downloads to your phone. HEIC photos from an iPhone work directly, so you do not need an app.

Privacy

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