How do I crop a photo into a circle?

Open the Circle Crop page in img-tools, then drag and drop, paste, or click to load a JPEG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF image. Drag the photo to reposition it inside the circle and use the zoom slider to frame it, then click Export / Download to save a round avatar as PNG with transparent corners (or WebP, or JPEG with a white fill). It's completely free and runs entirely in your browser via the Canvas API, so nothing is ever uploaded.

Are images uploaded to a server?

No. The circular crop is computed entirely in your browser with the Canvas API; images never leave your device.

Is the area outside the circle really transparent?

Yes — when you export as PNG or WebP. The output is a square image (the circle’s bounding box) with transparent corners, ready to drop onto any background. JPEG cannot store transparency, so it fills the outside with white instead.

What resolution is the result?

Full source resolution. The exported square matches the crop area’s size in original pixels — nothing is downscaled.

Is the Circle Crop / Round Avatar tool free?

Yes — cropping a photo into a perfect circle and downloading a transparent PNG avatar is completely free, forever. No account, no sign-up, and no limit on how many images you crop. Everything runs in your browser using the Canvas API; your images are never uploaded to any server. The site is ad-supported.

Does it work offline?

Yes. The tool uses the Canvas API and needs no server connection.

What formats are supported?

Input: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF. Output: PNG (default, transparent), WebP, or JPEG (white background).

Is there a file size limit?

No artificial limit. The practical limit is your device’s available memory (typically tens of MB or more). Very large images may take longer to process.

Circle Crop / Round Avatar

Circle Crop is a free browser-based tool that crops any photo into a perfect circle: drag to reposition, zoom to frame, and export a round avatar as PNG with a transparent background. Everything runs on your device; the image is never uploaded.

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How do I crop a photo into a circle?: Open the Circle Crop page in img-tools, then drag and drop, paste, or click to load a JPEG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF image. Drag the photo to reposition it inside the circle and use the zoom slider to frame it, then click Export / Download to save a round avatar as PNG with transparent corners (or WebP, or JPEG with a white fill). It's completely free and runs entirely in your browser via the Canvas API, so nothing is ever uploaded.
Are images uploaded to a server?: No. The circular crop is computed entirely in your browser with the Canvas API; images never leave your device.
Is the area outside the circle really transparent?: Yes — when you export as PNG or WebP. The output is a square image (the circle’s bounding box) with transparent corners, ready to drop onto any background. JPEG cannot store transparency, so it fills the outside with white instead.
What resolution is the result?: Full source resolution. The exported square matches the crop area’s size in original pixels — nothing is downscaled.
Is the Circle Crop / Round Avatar tool free?: Yes — cropping a photo into a perfect circle and downloading a transparent PNG avatar is completely free, forever. No account, no sign-up, and no limit on how many images you crop. Everything runs in your browser using the Canvas API; your images are never uploaded to any server. The site is ad-supported.
Does it work offline?: Yes. The tool uses the Canvas API and needs no server connection.
What formats are supported?: Input: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF. Output: PNG (default, transparent), WebP, or JPEG (white background).
Is there a file size limit?: No artificial limit. The practical limit is your device’s available memory (typically tens of MB or more). Very large images may take longer to process.

A “circle crop” is technically a square image whose corners outside the inscribed circle are made transparent — PNG and WebP support this, JPEG does not.
Round avatars exported as PNG with transparency adapt to any background, which is why profile pictures are usually stored that way.
Cropping locally in the browser means the photo is never transmitted — the original file on disk is also left untouched.
The largest circle that fits an image has a diameter equal to the image’s shorter side.
Canvas re-encoding drops EXIF metadata such as GPS location from the exported copy.

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Circle Crop / Round Avatar