File4Edit

Crop image

Crop an image to exactly the area you want, free and in your browser with no upload. Drag the handles or type pixel values, and lock the shape to 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16 or the golden ratio.

Drag the handles, or type exact numbers. Arrow keys nudge; hold shift to resize.

In detail

Crop cuts an image down to a rectangle you choose, either by dragging the handles on the canvas or by typing exact X, Y, width and height values. The typed fields and the canvas are two views of the same rectangle, so changing one updates the other immediately.

Seven aspect locks are on offer: free, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16 and the golden ratio. Crop works on one image at a time, because a selection only makes sense for the picture it was drawn on. To cut the plain border off a whole batch, use Trim whitespace and borders; to crop one photo to every social size at once, use Resize image for social media.

Crop image at a glance

Input
JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC, GIF (first frame), BMP, TIFF, SVG and other image formats, or the first page of a PDF
Output
The original format, WebP, PNG or JPEG
What it does
  • Drag handles or exact pixel values
  • Aspect locks: 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16 and golden ratio
  • Keyboard nudging a pixel at a time
  • Live output size readout
  • Quality control for lossy formats
Who it is for
Anyone framing a photo, cutting a screenshot down, or making a square or 16:9 image.
Limits
  • One image at a time.
  • A PDF is cropped from its first page, rendered at 150 DPI, and saved as an image.
  • SVG and TIFF sources are saved as PNG.
Privacy
Runs entirely in your browser: the file is never uploaded, and nothing is kept after you close the tab.

How to crop an image

  1. Add one image Drop a single file. Crop handles one image at a time — drop several and the first is kept, with a note saying so.
  2. Choose an aspect ratio Leave it on Free to drag any shape, or lock 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16 or the golden ratio. "Select the whole image" then gives you the largest centered rectangle of that ratio that fits.
  3. Set the region Drag the handles, or type X, Y, width and height. Arrow keys move the selection a pixel at a time, shift moves it 10 px, and Tab reaches the handles.
  4. Pick the output format Keep, WebP, PNG or JPEG. A quality slider appears for the lossy formats; the output size readout updates as you drag.
  5. Apply and download Press Apply to write the crop, check the preview, then download.

Crop image: common questions

Can I crop several images at once?

No. Crop is deliberately one file at a time, because the selection rectangle is specific to each image — drop a batch and File4Edit keeps the first and tells you. For cutting away uniform borders across a batch, the trim tool does that in bulk.

Can I crop a page from a PDF?

Yes. The first page is rendered at 150 DPI and then cropped, and the page says so on screen. The result is written as an image, not back into a PDF — PDF goes in but does not come out of this tool.

What happens if I type a region that runs off the edge?

The origin is honored and the size gives way: a rectangle hanging over the right edge is shrunk to fit rather than slid back into frame, so dragging a handle past the edge stops the handle instead of moving the whole selection. SVG and TIFF sources are written as PNG, since neither can be written back.