--- title: "Image Cropper" description: "Crop an image to any aspect ratio and download it as PNG or JPEG. Choose a file on your device - it is cropped in the browser and never uploaded." url: https://findutils.com/design/image-cropper/ category: design --- # Image Cropper Crop an image to any aspect ratio and download it as PNG or JPEG. Choose a file on your device - it is cropped in the browser and never uploaded. **Use this tool:** [Image Cropper](https://findutils.com/design/image-cropper/) ## Programmatic access - Browser-only: this tool works on a file, the DOM, or a browser API and has no REST or MCP id. ## Why crop an image in the browser? Cropping is the most common edit anyone makes to a picture, and it is the one most likely to be done on an image that should not leave the machine: a screenshot with a customer name in it, an ID photo, a product shot before launch. Most free croppers upload the file to a server to do arithmetic that a browser can do on its own. This page reads the file from your device, draws the crop box over it, and cuts the export at the image's full resolution without a request carrying the picture anywhere. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is my image uploaded? No. The file is read from your device with an object URL and cropped in a canvas inside the tab. No request carries the picture. Third-party analytics and ads load on the page, as on the rest of the site, but your image is not part of that traffic. ### Does cropping reduce the quality of the image? Not by itself with PNG, which is lossless. The crop is cut from the original pixels rather than the on-screen preview, so the result keeps the source resolution. Exporting as JPEG re-encodes and does lose a little, which is what the quality slider controls. ### What aspect ratios are available? Free, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9. A preset locks the shape while you resize; Free lets the box take any dimensions. ### What happens to transparency when I export as JPEG? JPEG has no alpha channel, so transparent areas are filled with white before encoding. Export as PNG when the transparency matters. ### What is the largest image I can crop? 30 MB. Above that the browser has to hold a very large decoded bitmap in memory, and an application that can stream the file is a better tool for the job. ### Does it remove EXIF data such as GPS location? Re-encoding through a canvas drops most metadata, but do not rely on this page as a privacy scrubber. Use a dedicated EXIF remover when stripping metadata is the actual goal. ### Can I crop to an exact pixel size? Not directly. The live pixel dimensions are shown under the controls so you can drag to the size you need, but there is no numeric entry for width and height yet. ### Is it free? Yes. No signup, no watermark, no usage limit, and no upload. ## Related Tools - [Photo Editor](https://findutils.com/design/photo-editor/) - [Image Color Extractor](https://findutils.com/design/image-color-extractor/) - [Image Eraser](https://findutils.com/design/image-eraser/) - [Favicon Generator](https://findutils.com/design/favicon-generator/) - [Sticker Maker](https://findutils.com/design/sticker-maker/) - [Image to Puzzle](https://findutils.com/design/image-to-puzzle/)