Crop Image to a Circle (Transparent PNG)
Crop an image into a circle or rounded square online. Drag and zoom to frame it, add a border or background, and save a PNG, WebP or JPG. No upload.
Drag to position. Scroll, pinch or use the slider to zoom. Arrow keys and + / − also work.
512 × 512 px PNG, circle with transparent corners
How to crop an image into a circle
- Choose, drop or paste an image: JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC, AVIF, TIFF or BMP. A sample picture is shown until you do.
- Drag the picture to position it inside the circle. Zoom with the slider, the mouse wheel or a two-finger pinch. With the crop area focused, the arrow keys move it (hold Shift for bigger steps), + and − zoom, and 0 resets.
- Choose the shape, the output size and format, and optionally a border and a background colour. The small preview shows the exact file.
- Press Download, or Copy image to paste it straight into another app.
Shapes and formats
Every image file is a rectangle; a round picture is a square one whose corners are fully transparent. That needs an alpha channel:
| Format | Transparent corners | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| PNG | yes, lossless | profile pictures, logos, further editing |
| WebP | yes, far smaller for photos | websites and apps |
| JPG | no, filled with the background colour | sites that reject transparency |
The edge is anti-aliased: pixels on the rim are partly transparent, so the outline looks smooth on any background instead of jagged. Besides the circle there is a rounded square, the shape of app icons and some profile photos, whose corner radius is a percentage of the width (20 to 25% gives an app-icon look), and a plain square for a square crop.
How the crop is calculated
At 100% zoom the shorter side of your image exactly spans the shape, so it is always filled. Dragging is limited so you cannot pull the image away from the edge. Zooming out below 100% shrinks the whole picture inside the shape; the uncovered area stays transparent or takes the background colour, which is handy for logos. The crop is stored relative to the shape, not in screen pixels, so the file matches the preview at every output size.
The editor shows a lighter copy of large photos to stay fast, but the download is drawn from the original pixels with high-quality resampling. If the crop covers fewer source pixels than the output size, the image has to be enlarged and will look soft; the tool tells you when that happens. The photo’s EXIF rotation is applied first, and no metadata, such as the GPS location, is copied to the new file.
Choosing a size
Profile photo slots are small on screen but are shown at two or three times the resolution on phones, so bigger files stay sharper: 256 px suits icons and chat avatars, 512 px most profile pictures, and 1024 px or more high-resolution profiles and prints. A border is drawn inside the shape, so the file stays exactly the size you chose; its width is in pixels of the file, so for 512 px, 8 to 16 px gives a clear ring.
Frequently asked questions
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The image is loaded and cropped by your browser on this page. Nothing is sent to a server, and the download is created locally.
Why does my circle image have a white or black background in some apps?
The corners are transparent, and some apps or older viewers show transparency as white or black. Websites that support PNG will show it round. To get a fixed colour instead, choose Colour, whole square as the background.
Can I save it as a JPG?
Yes. JPG cannot store transparency, so choosing JPG fills the corners with the background colour, white unless you pick another. For a round image with see-through corners, use PNG or WebP.
Can I crop an iPhone HEIC photo?
Yes. HEIC and TIFF files are decoded right here on the page, even in browsers that cannot display them, and the photo keeps its rotation. AVIF photos open in any browser that can show AVIF, which current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari all can.