Cut an Image
Cut a fragment out of an image by dragging a rectangle over it. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Files never leave your device
Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Cut an Image
- 1. Drop in an image. Add the photo you want to pull a fragment out of, in any common format. The full picture loads so you can judge where the fragment should sit visually.
- 2. Drag or set Left, Top, Width and Height. Drag a rectangle over the fragment you want, or type exact Left and Top coordinates plus a Width and Height to define it precisely instead of by eye.
- 3. Download the cut-out fragment. Click generate and download the resulting file. It contains just the fragment you marked, sized exactly to the rectangle you drew or entered.
When to use Cut an Image
Cut an Image lets you drag a rectangle over any part of a picture and pull out just that fragment as its own file. Unlike a fixed-coordinate crop, the emphasis here is on visually marking the area on the image itself before extracting it.
- Grabbing a detail from a large photo. A wide landscape or group photo has one small element, a face, a sign, a texture, that you want as its own standalone image without measuring pixel coordinates first.
- Pulling a texture swatch from a reference photo. You are building a mood board and want to cut out just the wood-grain or fabric-pattern section of a larger reference image to reuse elsewhere.
- Isolating a UI element from a mockup. A design mockup exported as one flat image contains a button or icon you need separately, and dragging a box around it is faster than reopening the original design file.
Examples
Cut out a fragment
Input
photo.png + region (60, 60, 400×300)
Output
photo.png containing only the cut-out 400×300 fragment
About the Cut an Image tool
Cut an Image does its work locally, right in the browser. Cut a fragment out of an image by dragging a rectangle over it. There is no upload step, no queue and no account, and your data never travels over the network.
It belongs to the Image Tools collection on EditSafely, a set of 200 small, focused Image utilities that share the same instant, private workspace.
You can shape the output with 4 settings, including Left (px), Top (px), Width (px) and Height (px), and the result refreshes the moment you change one. The finished file is put together in browser memory and saved with the Download button, so it never touches a server on the way to your disk. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
Running locally also makes the tool fast and dependable: results appear as you type or drop a file, there is no server outage that can take it down mid-task, and confidential data can be processed without a second thought.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cut an Image free to use?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
Everything happens locally. Your browser downloads the tool's code once, then does all the processing itself; nothing you enter is transmitted, stored or logged. You can even go offline after the page loads and it will still work.
Which files does Cut an Image accept?
It accepts images in any common format (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF and more). There is no file size cap imposed by a server; very large files are limited only by your device's memory.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. The tool works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet or phone. There is no account to create, no extension to add and no software to install.
How do I save the output?
Click the Download button once the result is ready. The file is built in your browser's memory and handed straight to your downloads folder, without passing through a server.