Crop Image to Circle — Free Online Tool

Last updated: 2026-03-11

Profile pictures on most platforms display as circles: Zoom, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, LinkedIn. But you upload a square image and the platform crops it. Sometimes it cuts off your forehead. Sometimes it centers on your chest instead of your face. Here is how to control the crop yourself.

How Circle Cropping Works

Upload your image. Any format — JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC.
Position the circle. Drag and resize the circular selection over the area you want to keep.
Download as PNG. The area outside the circle becomes transparent. PNG is required because JPEG does not support transparency.

Recommended Sizes by Platform

Platform	Display Size	Recommended Upload
Zoom	Varies	400 x 400 px
Slack	72 x 72 px (display)	512 x 512 px
Discord	128 x 128 px	512 x 512 px
WhatsApp	Varies	500 x 500 px
LinkedIn	400 x 400 px	400 x 400 px
Google Meet	Varies	250 x 250 px minimum

Upload larger than the display size. The platform will downscale, which looks better than upscaling a small image.

Tips for Good Circle Crops

Center your face. For profile photos, your face should be centered in the circle with a small margin above your head.
Leave breathing room. Do not crop too tight — a little background around the subject looks more natural.
Check at small sizes. Your profile picture will often display at 32-72px. Make sure it is recognizable at that size.
Use a solid or simple background. Busy backgrounds become distracting at small sizes.

Crop your image to a circle — free, instant, transparent background.

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Related Tools

Image Cropper — Crop to any shape

Image Resizer — Resize to exact dimensions

Background Remover — Remove backgrounds

Image Compressor — Reduce file size

Convert to PNG — Save with transparency

Convert to JPG — Convert format

According to MDN Web Docs, CSS clip-path with circle() creates circular crops natively in browsers.

As Google web.dev recommends, PNG is the correct format for images requiring transparency.