Circle Crop Image
Crop a photo into a perfect circle with a transparent background.
Drop a picture to crop into a circle
or select to choose from your device
Files are processed on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
How to use Circle Crop Image
- Add a picture.
- Drag the circle over the part you want and resize it with the corners.
- Select Crop circle and download to get a PNG that is transparent outside the circle.
How it works
The picture is cropped to the square around your circle, and everything outside the circle is made fully transparent, with a smooth, anti-aliased edge. The result is saved as PNG, because JPG cannot store transparency and would fill the corners with a solid colour.
A round image is what you need for avatars in documents and slide decks, team pages, logos, stickers and badges. Note that most social networks (Instagram, LinkedIn, X, WhatsApp) apply their own circular mask to a square upload; for those, a square crop with your face centred is enough and uploads more reliably than a transparent PNG. Use the circle when you are placing the picture yourself, on a page, slide or design.
The crop is made at the original resolution of your photo, on your device.
Example
A 3000 × 2000 portrait: place a 1600 px circle over the face and download a 1600 × 1600 transparent PNG, ready for a team page.
Frequently asked questions
Is the background transparent?
Yes. Everything outside the circle is transparent in the downloaded PNG.
Why does my circle have white or black corners elsewhere?
The program you pasted it into, or a conversion to JPG, has removed the transparency. Keep the file as PNG.
Do I need a circle for my profile picture?
Usually not. Most platforms crop a square photo into a circle themselves. Use Crop image with the 1:1 ratio for those.
Can I crop an oval instead?
No, the shape is a true circle. For rounded rectangles and pill shapes use Round image corners.
What size will the result be?
The diameter you choose, in pixels of the original photo. Resize it afterwards with Resize image if you need exact dimensions.
Limitations
- A perfect circle only: no ovals or other shapes.
- Output is PNG (or WebP), since JPG has no transparency.
- One picture at a time.
Last reviewed November 9, 2026. How we build and test tools.