⭕ Round profile pictures

Circle Crop Image with Transparent Corners

Turn any photo into a round avatar, logo badge or sticker. Drag and zoom to frame the face, add a border ring if you like, and save a crisp PNG, all inside your browser.

  • ✓ Circle or rounded square
  • ✓ 256 to 4096 px output
  • ✓ Transparent PNG by default
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Drop your image here

or click to select — JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or AVIF up to 50 MB. Your photo never leaves your device.

What is a circle crop tool?

A circle crop tool cuts a round shape out of a photo and makes everything outside the circle transparent. The result is a square PNG file whose corners are see-through, so the image looks round on any background: a website, a slide, a video thumbnail or a printed name badge. No image editor or layer masks are needed.

This tool lets you choose exactly which part of the picture lands inside the circle by dragging and zooming. You can switch to a rounded square for app-style icons, pick an output size from 256 to 4096 pixels, fill the background with a colour instead of transparency, and add a coloured ring around the edge. A live preview shows the exact result before you save.

How to crop an image into a circle in 5 steps

  1. Open a photo

    Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP or AVIF onto the box.

  2. Frame it

    Drag the photo and zoom until the subject is centred.

  3. Pick a shape

    Circle, or rounded square with any corner radius.

  4. Choose size and style

    Set pixels, background and an optional ring.

  5. Download

    Save the transparent PNG or a JPG.

Supported formats

PNGinput · output

Default output, with transparent corners.

JPG / JPEGinput · output

Output only with a colour background.

WebP / AVIFinput

Opened if your browser supports them.

GIF / BMPinput

GIFs use the first frame.

One image at a time, up to 50 MB. Output is square, 16 to 4096 pixels per side. Photos above 16.7 megapixels are first scaled to a working copy of that size.

How does it work?

The photo is decoded in your browser with its camera orientation applied. Your drag and zoom define a square region of the original image. On download, the tool creates a canvas at the output size, clips it to a circle or rounded square, draws that region of the photo into it with high-quality scaling, then strokes the ring inside the edge. Pixels outside the shape stay fully transparent.

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Private

No uploads, no account, no watermark.

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Smooth edges

Anti-aliased curves, not jagged stair-steps.

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Touch friendly

Pinch to zoom and drag with one finger.

Do you need a circle crop for a profile picture?

Usually not for uploading. Instagram, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord and most other platforms ask for a square image and apply the circular mask themselves. What matters there is framing: keep the face centred with some space around it, because the corners will be hidden.

That makes this tool useful in two ways. First, use it as a preview: the circle shows exactly what will survive the platform's mask. Download the result and upload it; the transparent corners do no harm. Second, use the round PNG wherever you place the picture yourself, such as an email signature, a team page, a slide deck, a stream overlay or a document, where a square photo would look boxy.

Some sites convert profile uploads to JPG, which cannot store transparency, so the corners may turn white or black. Because they sit outside the displayed circle, this rarely shows.

Which size should you choose?

Profile pictures are displayed small but stored larger so they stay sharp on high-density screens. Most platforms recommend uploads somewhere between 400 × 400 and 800 × 800 pixels, though the exact numbers change; check each site's help pages for current values.

  • 256 px: chat apps, forum avatars and email signatures.
  • 512 px: a safe all-round choice for profile pictures.
  • 1024 px: websites, slides and anything that may be shown large.
  • Custom: up to 4096 px for print, or an exact size a site demands.

Choosing a size bigger than the cropped area of your photo enlarges it, which looks soft. If your source is small, consider the image upscaler first.

Rounded squares, rings and logos

A rounded square suits app icons, product thumbnails and brand marks. A radius of about 20% gives a soft, modern corner, while 50% turns it back into a circle.

A border ring separates the picture from busy or similarly coloured backgrounds. White rings look clean on dark pages; your brand colour adds instant recognition. Keep the width modest, around 2–4%, so the ring frames the photo without eating into it. The ring is drawn inside the shape, so the output stays exactly the size you chose.

Framing tips for faces: zoom until the head fills roughly two thirds of the circle, leave a little space above the hair, and place the eyes slightly above the centre line. A tight crop reads better at thumbnail size than a full-body shot, because a profile picture is often shown smaller than a fingernail. If the photo is tilted, straighten it first with the rotate tool.

For logos with a plain background, remove it first with the transparent background tool, then zoom below 100% here so the whole mark fits comfortably inside the circle.

Frequently asked questions

Open the photo in the tool above, drag it so the subject sits inside the circle, and zoom with the slider, mouse wheel or a pinch. Pick an output size and press Download. You get a square PNG whose corners are transparent, so it appears round anywhere you use it.
Every image file is a rectangle, so a round picture is stored as a square with transparent corners. Open it in a viewer with a dark or checked background and you will see the circle. Placed on a web page or slide, only the round part is visible.
Either the file was saved as JPG, which cannot hold transparency, or the app showing it fills transparent areas with a colour. Keep the Transparent background option, which always saves PNG, and check the image somewhere that supports transparency, such as a browser tab.
No. The image is opened and cropped by your own browser, and the file is created on your device. Nothing is sent to a server, so it is safe for personal photos and unreleased logos. Once the page has loaded, the editor keeps working even offline.
Yes. Choose Rounded square and set the corner radius from 0% (sharp square) to 50% (circle). Around 20% to 25% gives the soft corners typical of app icons. The ring and background options work the same way for both shapes.
Zoom out below 100%. At 100% the shorter side of the photo exactly fills the circle; lower values shrink the picture so all of it fits, leaving transparent or coloured space around it. This is handy for logos and wide group photos.
512 × 512 pixels is a safe choice for most social networks and chat apps, and 1024 suits websites. Platforms commonly recommend between 400 and 800 pixels square, but requirements change, so check the help pages of the site you are uploading to.
Yes. Tick Add a border ring, then choose its colour and width as a percentage of the image size. The ring is drawn just inside the edge, so it is never cut off and the output keeps the exact pixel size you selected.
Yes. Drag with one finger to move the photo and pinch with two to zoom. The settings panel sits below the preview. On iPhone, the PNG may open in a preview first; tap Share, then Save Image to add it to Photos with transparency intact.
No. The browser draws the curve with anti-aliasing, so edge pixels are partly transparent and blend smoothly into any background. For the cleanest result at large sizes, start from a photo with at least as many pixels as your chosen output.