Circle Crop Image Online
CircleCrop is a free circle cropper. Crop your photo into a circle and download a PNG with transparent corners. No sign-up, no watermark, and your photo never reaches our servers.
- PrivateYour photo never reaches our servers
- 100% in your browserNothing to install
- 100% freeNo sign-up
- No watermarkJust your photo in the file
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How to crop an image into a circle
To crop an image into a circle, open your photo in CircleCrop, drag and zoom until the part you want sits inside the circle, then press Done and download a PNG. It is free, runs in your browser, needs no sign-up and leaves no watermark.
You get a square PNG with transparent corners, so only your round crop shows, on any background that keeps transparency.
Choose a photo. Pick a file, take one with your phone's camera, or drop or paste it here. You can also open an image from its link, or from Google Drive or Dropbox.
Frame the circle. Drag to move, pinch or scroll to zoom, and rotate in 90-degree steps or flip if needed. Made a slip? Undo and redo are there.
Add a ring or a color. Both optional: a border around the circle, or a background color behind the photo.
Press Done, then Download. Choose PNG, WebP or JPEG and a size in the File tab. On iPhone the button says Save and opens the share sheet.
To keep the whole picture inside the circle, see profile picture without cropping.
To add a ring to your circle, see how to add a border to a circle image: its thickness, inside or outside, and its color.
More than a circle cropper
Paste, drop or open from a link
Paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V, drop a file, choose one, or open an image from its link where the hosting site allows it. On a phone, you can also take a photo with the camera.
Google Drive and Dropbox
Open a photo from Google Drive or Dropbox and save the finished circle back to your own account. The file goes straight between your browser and your account. Drive asks only for the drive.file permission, and Dropbox saves only into the Apps/CircleCrop folder.
The size you need
The full size of your crop, up to 4096 px, or 256, 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096 px when the crop is at least that big. CircleCrop never enlarges a photo, and a warning shows when your crop is under 512 px, because it may not look sharp.
Undo, redo, rotate and flip
Rotate in 90-degree steps, flip horizontally or vertically, and undo or redo any change. Reset starts over, and 1:1 shows the photo at its real size.
Private by design
Nothing is uploaded to us. The photo is opened and cropped in your browser, and saved where you choose. Read how CircleCrop handles data.
How do I fit a whole picture in a circle?
To fit a whole picture inside a circle without cutting anything off, switch CircleCrop to Whole photo. The entire picture sits inside the circle, and the space around it stays transparent or takes a background color you choose.
With Whole photo off, the photo fills the circle and its edges are cut. A wide or tall picture is where Whole photo helps most.
Circle crop on a white or colored background
To put your circle on a white or colored background, save it as a JPEG: the corners take white or the background color you choose. In PNG and WebP the corners stay transparent, and the color fills the space around the photo inside the circle. Pick white, a color suggested from the photo, any color, or one picked with the eyedropper.
Circle crop with a border
To add a border to a circle image, turn on the ring in CircleCrop, set its thickness, put it inside or outside the circle, and pick white, a color suggested from the photo, any color, or the eyedropper. The ring is saved with the picture, so a PNG keeps it together with the transparent corners.
With the ring inside, the file keeps its size and the ring covers the edge of the photo. With the ring outside, none of the photo is covered, and the file grows by twice the ring's width.
Use the ring for a profile picture frame, a logo outline or a badge. It is part of the same tool, so there is nothing else to open.
Why does my round photo look square or have white corners?
A round photo looks square or shows white corners because every image file is a rectangle, and JPEG cannot store transparency, so it fills the corners with white or the color you pick. Save as PNG or WebP and the corners stay transparent. CircleCrop saves PNG by default.
A circular image is really a 1:1 square file with empty corners. PNG and WebP keep those corners transparent, so only the circle shows wherever transparency is kept. The circle itself is never stretched into an oval.
Circle crop on iPhone and Android (HEIC photos)
You can crop a photo into a circle on an iPhone or Android phone in the browser you already use, with no app to install. Choose a photo or take one with the camera, and drag to frame it. HEIC photos from an iPhone open in any current browser.
On Android there is a Take photo button, and on iPhone one button opens the system picker. When you finish, the iPhone button says Save and opens the share sheet, where you choose where the circle goes.
Free round profile picture maker
To make a round profile picture, crop your photo or headshot into a circle with your face near the middle and save a square PNG. CircleCrop shows the circle while you frame it, so you see what stays in before you save. Use it as a pfp circle cropper for a circle profile picture, a dp or an avatar.
If your whole profile pic must stay visible, use Whole photo and add a background color or a ring.
Round pfp or dp for Discord, WhatsApp, Instagram, Teams and Zoom
Make a round pfp or dp for Discord, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Microsoft Teams or Zoom: crop your photo into a circle and save it as a PNG or JPEG. Check each platform's own help page for the sizes and file types it accepts.
Profile picture sizes from X, LinkedIn, Slack and YouTube
From each platform's own help page, checked October 2026.
CircleCrop saves your crop's own size, or 256, 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096 px when the crop is at least that big, and never larger than the crop (an outside ring adds twice its width). The File tab shows the file size before you download.
- X recommends 400 by 400 pixels, in a JPEG, GIF or PNG file under 2 MB. CircleCrop has no 400 px size, so choose 512 px. Even as a PNG, that stays under 2 MB. Save a PNG or JPEG, not WebP.
- LinkedIn accepts 400 by 400 up to 7680 by 4320 pixels, in a PNG or JPG file up to 8 MB. Choose 512 or 1024 px. Both always stay under 8 MB, and 256 px is too small. Save a PNG or JPEG, not WebP.
- Slack asks for a minimum of 512 by 512 and no more than 1024 by 1024 pixels. Choose 512 or 1024 px.
- YouTube shows the picture at 98 by 98 pixels and accepts a JPG, GIF, BMP or PNG file up to 15 MB. 98 px is the display size, not a minimum. 512 or 1024 px always stays under 15 MB.
Which photo formats does this tool open and save?
CircleCrop saves PNG, WebP or JPEG, and opens every format below.
- Opens
- JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, GIF (first frame if animated), BMP, TIFF, SVG, ICO, JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, PSD, the preview inside camera RAW files, and AVIF where your browser opens it
- Saves
- PNG and WebP with transparent corners, or JPEG with filled corners
What are the limits of this circular crop tool?
CircleCrop makes circles only, one photo at a time, and it never enlarges a photo. You get the crop's own size, or 256, 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096 px when the crop is at least that big, up to 4096 px. The file is never wider than 4096 px, so near that size an outside ring leaves less room for the photo, and your device's own limits can lower it too.
- Only PNG is lossless. At the crop's own size, every pixel inside the circle is copied exactly. JPEG and WebP are saved at a set quality, so they compress.
- AVIF depends on your browser. It opens where your browser can read it, and CircleCrop never saves AVIF.
- Animated images open as their first frame. This holds for GIF, WebP, APNG and AVIF, and the tool tells you.
- JPEG has no transparency. The corners are white, or the color you choose.
- WebP carries no DPI. 300 DPI is written into PNG and JPEG only.
- Small crops get a warning. Under 512 px the file may not look sharp.
- Images only. It does not crop video, and only the corners outside the circle become transparent: the background behind the person or object in your photo stays.
Frequently asked questions
Is CircleCrop really free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark on the file, nothing to install and no limit on how many photos you crop, one at a time.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
Not to us: your photo is opened and cropped in your browser and never reaches our servers. If you choose Google Drive or Dropbox, your browser exchanges it directly with your own account. Visits are counted on our server, and the page reports only failures, without cookies and with no stored IP address. A failure report says what failed, never the photo, its name or its metadata. With Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control on, no visit is counted and no report is sent.
Can a circle crop keep a transparent background?
Yes. PNG and WebP keep everything outside the circle transparent. JPEG cannot store transparency, so it fills the corners with white or your background color. Only the corners become transparent: the background behind the person or object in your photo stays.
Should I save as PNG or JPG?
PNG for a profile picture, an avatar, a logo or anything that needs transparent corners. JPG when a white or colored background is fine. WebP keeps transparency in a smaller file, but X and LinkedIn list only PNG and JPG (and GIF on X).
What size should a profile picture be?
It depends on the platform: X recommends 400 by 400 pixels, LinkedIn accepts 400 by 400 up to 7680 by 4320, and Slack asks for 512 to 1024 pixels. A 512 px PNG or JPEG meets the published limits of all three. For any other platform, check its own help page. For print, keep the full size of your crop, up to 4096 px.
Can I make a pfp circle with a border?
Yes. In the Ring tab, set the thickness, choose inside or outside, and pick white, any color, or one from the photo with the eyedropper. The ring is saved with the picture.
Can I fit my whole profile pic in a circle without cutting it?
Yes. Tap Whole photo and the entire picture sits inside the circle. The space around it stays transparent or takes your background color.
Can I crop a photo into a circle on my iPhone or Android?
Yes, in the browser you already use, with nothing to install. On iPhone, HEIC photos open as they are, and Save opens the share sheet, where you choose Photos, Files or an app.
Can I crop a square image into a circle?
Yes. CircleCrop makes a square picture round: it cuts the corners away and leaves the round picture in a square file, with transparent corners in PNG or WebP and white or colored corners in a JPEG. The circle is never stretched. Use Whole photo to keep the corners of the picture inside the circle.
Can I circle crop a photo without losing quality?
Yes, if you save a PNG at the crop's own size: every pixel inside the circle is copied exactly from your photo, and only the edge of the circle is smoothed. CircleCrop never enlarges a photo. A smaller size you choose has fewer pixels, and JPEG and WebP are saved at a set quality, so they compress.
Can I crop a logo into a circle?
Yes. Open the logo file, center it in the circle and save it as a PNG with transparent corners. Use Whole photo if the logo must stay uncut, and add a ring or a background color to match your brand. CircleCrop crops an existing logo file. It does not design a logo.
Do I need Photoshop, Canva, PowerPoint or an app?
No. CircleCrop does the circle crop in your browser, with nothing to install and no sign-up. Open a photo, drag and zoom it into the circle, and download a PNG with transparent corners. It crops circles only, one photo at a time.
Does it work on a Mac or a Windows PC?
Yes. It runs in the browser on a Mac or a Windows PC, with nothing to install. On a computer you choose, drop or paste a photo, and there is no camera button.