You need a square crop, with the subject sitting inside a 1:1 frame. Drag the square over the part that matters, and download a photo that is actually square.
The square preset is 1:1, labeled Instagram Post. You drag that box until the face, the product, or the detail sits where you want it, then you download. The crop runs locally in the browser. JPG, PNG, and WebP are the pictures you can open here. When you save a JPEG or a WebP, the export quality is 0.92, a clean file for sharing. The same crop tool also offers freeform, a 4:5 frame, a 16:9 frame, and a Facebook preset at 1.91:1. This page stays with the square, because a square is the shape you came to make. The box is something you drag. You place it, you resize it while it stays 1:1, and you keep the subject inside.
Think about what the square will cut. A landscape photo loses the sides. A full-body shot loses headroom or the feet if you center too tightly. Drag until the eyes, the logo, or the product sit in the calm part of the frame, with a little room around them. Then look at the corners of the box. A hand, a hat, or a label should still be inside if it belongs in the picture. Download, open the file, and confirm it looks square in your photo app. If the subject feels cramped, come back and drag a slightly wider square. The original photo stays yours to crop again.
Image Cropping Guide
Crop Image to Square: a 1:1 frame for the photo
Drag the 1:1 square over the subject, keep the part that matters, and download a square JPG, PNG, or WebP from your browser.
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A 1:1 box you place over the subject
The square preset is the simple version of cropping: one shape, dragged by hand, saved when the subject looks right. It is labeled Instagram Post because a square is the frame many posts still use, and it is just as useful for an avatar, a product tile, or any place that asked for 1:1. You are choosing the window, not retyping the whole photograph. Slide the box, include the detail a viewer needs, and leave out the clutter at the edge of the original shot. JPG, PNG, and WebP come in, and those are the files you can save. JPEG and WebP leave at quality 0.92, so the download is a tidy square you can attach or upload. Take one careful look at the corners before you save, because the crop is exactly the box you see.
How it works
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Open a JPG, PNG, or WebP
Add the photo you want as a square. Those three formats are the ones this crop accepts. The work stays in the browser, and the square preset is the 1:1 box to start from.
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Drag the 1:1 box over the subject
The preset is labeled Instagram Post. Move and resize the square until the subject sits well inside it. The box stays 1:1 while you drag, so the download will be square.
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Download JPG, PNG, or WebP
Export when the corners look right. JPEG and WebP save at quality 0.92. Open the file and confirm the subject survived the crop, then use that square wherever it needs to go.
Use cases
A profile photo
Drag the square so the face is centered with a little room around the hair. Download and use the file where a round or square avatar will show it.
A product tile
Place the 1:1 box on the product, keep the label inside, and export. A square tile is easier to scan in a grid than a wide snapshot of the table.
A post that wants a square
The preset is labeled Instagram Post, and the file is a 1:1 image you can upload anywhere a square fits. Check the edges, then download JPEG, PNG, or WebP.
Problems we solve
The crop sliced something important
Slide or enlarge the square until the hand, the hat, or the label is inside the box. The download matches the box you see, so fix the frame before you save.
The photo feels cramped
The square is tight on a wide scene. Pull the box out to include more context, or accept a closer view and center the one detail that matters. Export again from the original.
Image tool ecosystem
After you crop image, shrink exports with our compressor, isolate subjects with the background remover, or normalize Apple HEIC files first.
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Cropped in the browser
The square is drawn locally. You drag the 1:1 box, preview the result, and download without sending the photo away to be cropped.
A known export quality
JPEG and WebP leave at quality 0.92. PNG is available too. The input side is JPG, PNG, and WebP, and the square preset is the frame this page is here to make.