How to use Crop Image in Circle
- Add a photo, a logo or several pictures: JPG, PNG, WebP or iPhone HEIC. On a computer you can paste a screenshot.
- The Circle shape is already chosen. Drag the round window over the face or logo, and drag a corner handle to make it bigger or smaller; arrow keys nudge it.
- Open "Size and format" to set the width, such as 400 pixels for a profile picture. PNG keeps the corners see-through; JPG fills them white.
- Click "Crop", then save the round picture or share it from your phone. With several pictures, "Crop & next" goes through them and they download together as a ZIP.
Why use Crop Image in Circle
- See-through corners
- The circle is saved as a PNG without a background around it, so it sits cleanly on any colour: a slide, a dark website header, a document or a sticker.
- A perfect circle every time
- The window is locked to a square, so the result is a true circle, never an oval, at the width you type or at the full size of the crop.
- Cut from the full-size photo
- The circle is cut from the full-resolution photo, not from the preview, and its edge is smoothed so it does not look jagged.
- Many pictures in one go
- Add a team's headshots and cut each one into a circle with "Crop & next"; "Same for all" keeps the circle for every photo, and the ZIP holds them all.
About this tool
A round picture is what most people want for a profile photo, a speaker or team page, an email signature or a logo badge. WhatsApp, Instagram and LinkedIn show a square upload as a circle by themselves, so there a square crop is enough. A circle crop matters where you place the picture yourself: in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, a Word document or a web page, a square photo stays square unless its corners are already cut away. Cutting the circle here, with a transparent background, saves building a mask in each program.
Only PNG and WebP can hold transparency. A JPG has no see-through pixels, so the corners outside the circle are filled white, which looks right on a white page but shows as a white square on a coloured one. That is why a JPG photo cut as a circle comes out as a PNG unless you pick another format. A PNG of a photo is larger than a JPG of it; if a site limits the file size, set a smaller output width, as 400 pixels is plenty for an avatar.
Frequently asked questions
How do I crop an image in a circle without a background?
Keep PNG (what a JPG photo cut as a circle is saved as) and everything outside the circle is saved fully transparent: place the file on a coloured slide or page and only the round picture shows. JPG cannot store transparency, so it fills the corners white.
Should I upload a circle for my WhatsApp DP or Instagram profile picture?
Not usually. WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn take a square picture and cut their own circle from it, so crop those as Square 1:1 to give them the whole picture. Use the circle for slides, documents, websites and email signatures, where nothing cuts it for you.
Can I make the circle a certain size in pixels?
Yes. Under "Size and format", type the width, for example 400 for an avatar or 1080 for a social post, and the circle is saved at that width and the same height. Leave it empty to keep every pixel of the crop.
Can I move or resize the circle?
Yes. Drag inside the circle to move it and drag any of the eight handles on its square to resize it; it stays a perfect circle. On a computer the arrow keys move it one pixel at a time, or ten with Shift.
Does it work on an iPhone or Android phone?
Yes. Open the page, choose the photo (iPhone HEIC photos open directly), drag the circle with your finger and tap "Crop". The round PNG is saved through the share sheet: Save to Files or Photos on an iPhone, Downloads on Android.
Is the photo sent anywhere to be cut?
No. The circle is cut by your own browser, on your device; the photo is never sent to a server.
Photo ko round kaise kare? (How do I make a photo round on my phone?)
Photo chunein, circle ko ungli se sahi jagah layein aur "Crop" dabayein: square photo bhi round shape me crop ho jati hai, online aur bina app ke. Open this page on your phone or computer, choose the photo, drag the circle over the part you want and tap "Crop"; the round picture is saved as a PNG with a transparent background around it.
Built and maintained by Saad Naeem
AI engineer, Doha · Updated