Crop a JPG Picture
Cut a rectangular region out of a JPG and discard the rest. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
Runs on your device, nothing uploaded
Drop an image anywhere on this page
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Accepts JPG
Your JPG photos never leave this tab
Crop a JPG Picture is JavaScript that your browser has already downloaded, and it does the whole job on your own machine. On a normal site, 200 photos straight off a camera means 1.6 GB uploaded, a wait in somebody's queue, and 240 MB downloaded again. Here it means 0 bytes up and 0 bytes down.
- No upload
- No file size limit
- Works offline once loaded
- Nothing stored or logged
How to use Crop a JPG Picture
- 1. Drop in the JPG. Add the picture to crop. A selection box appears in the middle of it, with everything outside the box dimmed to show what will be cut away.
- 2. Pick a shape. Choose Free for any shape, Original to keep the picture's proportions, or a ratio such as 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9 for social posts and slides. The box reshapes around its centre.
- 3. Move and resize the box. Drag inside the box to move it and drag its handles to resize it; a grid appears while you drag to help with composition. Arrow keys nudge it by a pixel, or ten with Shift. Exact position and size sits folded under the settings.
- 4. Crop and download. Press the crop button, check the result, then click Download. The file is saved with -cropped added to its name.
When to use Crop a JPG Picture
Crop a JPG Picture cuts out a specific rectangular region from a photo and throws away everything else. It is the tool to reach for whenever a photo has the right subject but too much surrounding clutter, or the wrong aspect ratio for its destination.
- Isolating a subject from a wider shot. A group photo has one person you want to feature on its own. Cropping to the region around them removes the rest of the group and any background clutter.
- Fixing an aspect ratio mismatch. A landscape photo needs to fit a square profile picture slot; cropping a centered square region gives a properly framed result instead of a squashed image.
- Removing an unwanted edge element. A photo has a stray finger or object at the edge of the frame. Cropping just inside that edge removes the distraction while keeping the main subject intact.
- Extracting a detail for closer inspection. A wide product photo has fine print in one corner that needs to be pulled out and viewed at a larger relative size in a separate crop.
Examples
Crop the center subject
Input
photo.jpg + region (250, 120, 400×300)
Output
photo.jpg containing only the selected 400×300 region
About the Crop a JPG Picture tool
Crop a JPG Picture is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Cut a rectangular region out of a JPG and discard the rest. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored anywhere.
This page is one of 145 JPG utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
You can shape the output with 5 settings, including Aspect ratio, Left (px), Top (px) and Width (px), and the result is made when you press the button. 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.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive images such as ID scans, screenshots of internal systems or personal photos. It is also quick, since the pixels are processed on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Does Crop a JPG Picture cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,943 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
Which files does Crop a JPG Picture accept?
It accepts JPG and JPEG photos. 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?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
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.