Crop an image to a circle
Crop a photo to a circle by dragging a round frame over the face or logo you want. The download is a square PNG with transparent corners, so the circle sits cleanly on any background. A 4000 x 3000 photo gives a circle 3000 pixels across. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no signup.
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Outside the circle is transparent in PNG, WebP and AVIF. JPEG has no transparency, so it fills the corners with white.
Every pixel kept exactly. PNG has no quality setting; fewer colours is how it gets smaller.
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Why is my circle a square file?
Because every image file is a rectangle. The circle is a square with its four corners made transparent, and those corners are about a fifth of it.
On a page, a slide or a coloured banner, the corners disappear and only the circle shows. An image viewer may draw a checkerboard there instead, which is how it shows transparency.
Which format keeps the corners clear?
PNG, WebP and AVIF can all hold transparency. JPEG cannot, so it fills the corners with white, and the tool switches to PNG when you choose the circle.
| Format | File size | Corners |
|---|---|---|
| PNG | 1.89 MB | Transparent |
| WebP, quality 82 | 121.2 KB | Transparent |
| AVIF, quality 82 | 171.6 KB | Transparent |
| JPEG, quality 82 | 185.4 KB | White |
PNG opens everywhere, but it stores every pixel, so a photo in a circle makes a large file. If the place you use it accepts WebP, the same circle is about a sixteenth of the size.
How big will the circle be?
As wide as the photo's shorter side. The frame opens as the largest circle the photo holds, centred, and this is how much of each photo stays visible inside it.
| Photo | Its size | Circle | Visible |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phone photo, landscape (4:3) | 4000 x 3000 | 3000 px across | 59% |
| Phone photo, portrait (3:4) | 3000 x 4000 | 3000 px across | 59% |
| Camera photo (3:2) | 6000 x 4000 | 4000 px across | 52% |
| Square post (1:1) | 1080 x 1080 | 1080 px across | 79% |
To make it smaller, drag a corner of the frame inwards, or switch to Pixels and type a width such as 400. The circle keeps its shape either way.
Do I need a circle for a profile picture?
Usually not. LinkedIn and Facebook draw a profile photo as a circle themselves, so they want a square. Upload a square with your face in the middle and let the site cut the circle.
A circle you cut yourself is for places where you place the picture: a slide, a document, an email signature or a web page.
For the square a profile photo needs, see LinkedIn profile photo size.
What happens to your photo?
Your selected photo is processed in your browser, without an image upload to a server. The page may download code and codecs needed for editing.
Save your result before closing the tab; unsaved edits are kept in memory rather than in an online account.
Common questions
Can I crop to an oval instead?
Yes. Choose the circle, then switch to Pixels, unlock the proportions and type a width and height that differ, such as 1080 and 600. The output is an oval with transparent corners.
Why does my circle have white corners?
It was saved as JPEG, which has no transparency. Choose PNG, WebP or AVIF under Save as, and the corners come out clear.
How do I make the circle file smaller?
Save it as WebP if you can, which kept our test circle at a sixteenth of the PNG. Otherwise make it fewer pixels: switch to Pixels and type the width you need.
Need square corners instead? See Crop an image to a square.
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