👤 Profile Picture Cropper

Crop a profile picture and preview how it'll look as a circle on every platform — drag focal point for perfect centering

✓ Free Forever · ✓ No Signup · ✓ No Upload · ✓ Works Offline

🔒 Your image never leaves your device. All processing happens locally in your browser using Canvas 2D with optional circle clip path (browser-only). No upload, no server, no tracking.

Features

  • 8 Platform Previews — See exactly how your picture looks as a circle on Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, Discord, GitHub, YouTube, WhatsApp — at each platform's native size.
  • Drag Focal Point — Drag the square to what matters, or click it: that point becomes the centre of the circle (as far as the photo allows). Zoom in to frame a face from a wider shot.
  • True Round PNG Option — Optional transparent-corner PNG output — actual round image, not just a square that platforms display in a circle. Useful for custom apps, OBS scenes, signatures.
  • All-Platform ZIP — Download every platform's correct size in one ZIP — pre-named per platform. No guessing what dimensions Instagram or LinkedIn want.

How It Works

  1. Drop your portrait — Headshot, selfie, or product photo. The image stays in your browser.
  2. Drag the focal point — Drag the square or click what should be in the middle — usually the face — and zoom to taste. The circle preview updates instantly so you can see if anything important is clipped.
  3. Pick output format — Square JPEG (every platform displays as circle automatically) or true-round PNG with transparent corners (for apps that need an actual round file).
  4. Download — Either grab one platform-specific size, or hit Download All for a ZIP with every platform at the correct dimensions.

Use Cases

  • New job, new headshot — get all your profile pictures updated everywhere in one go.
  • Multiple personas? Different platforms? One source photo, every variant correctly sized.
  • Brand launch: synchronized logo/founder photos across Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Discord — all at native resolution.
  • Streamer/OBS setup: get the transparent-PNG round version for overlays and scene avatars.
  • Photographer client deliverables: cut a portrait shoot into ready-to-post profile pics for every platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are most profile pictures shown as circles?

Every modern platform (Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Discord, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube) renders profile pics as circles in the UI, even though you upload a square. This means anything in the corners of your square gets clipped by the circle. Our preview shows exactly what stays visible, so you can adjust focal point before posting.

What's the "transparent corners" option for?

If you turn it on, the output is a true round PNG with transparent corners. Useful when you need an actual circle file (not just a square that platforms render as a circle) — like Discord servers using custom avatar overlays, OBS scenes, or signatures. Most users want square JPEG; only enable transparent if your use case requires it.

Should I use the per-platform sizes or the master size?

Per-platform sizes are each platform's recommended upload size (Instagram 320, LinkedIn 400, GitHub 500, YouTube 800, etc.). The platforms still make their own smaller copies for display, so a bigger upload is fine too — the master size is one high-res file for that, for archiving, or for platforms not listed here. If your crop holds fewer pixels than a size, the tool tells you that size will be enlarged.

Will my profile picture be clipped?

Square uploads display as circles on most platforms. Anything in the four corners of your square (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right) will be hidden by the circle mask. The round preview in this tool shows exactly what will remain visible. Drag focal point to bring the right content into the center.

What aspect ratio should my source image be?

Any. The crop is always a square: drag it to where you want it and use Zoom to frame tighter. A wide or tall photo simply gives the square more room to move.

Is the image uploaded?

No. Cropping happens via Canvas 2D in your browser. The optional round PNG uses a clip path also in the browser. No network request carries your image. Verifiable in DevTools → Network tab.

Notes from Milo 🐨

2026-10-04

I tried this with a group photo and the face I clicked ended up on the edge of the circle, half cut off. The click was being read as a "bias", not as "put this in the middle". Now the point you click or drag to really becomes the centre, you can see the crop square on your photo, and there's a Zoom slider, so you can pull one face out of a wider shot. A logo with a transparent background no longer gets black corners in the JPEG (white now), a broken file says so instead of leaving a blank page, it tells you when a size would be enlarged from too few pixels, and it fits a phone screen.

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