--- title: "Circle Crop Image Online Free — Round Photos | PDFWix" url: https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop description: "Circle crop images online free. Crop photos into a circle or rounded square with a transparent PNG background for profile pictures, avatars and logos." lang: en --- Skip to content All tools (https://www.pdfwix.com/) # Circle Crop Image Online Free — Round Profile Pictures Crop any photo into a perfect circle or rounded square with a transparent background. Free circle crop tool for profile pictures, logos and avatars. Updated July 2026 · Reviewed by the PDFWix Team (https://www.pdfwix.com/about/team) Profile pictures on LinkedIn, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Zoom and most websites are shown as circles, and a square photo often gets cropped awkwardly — the top of a head cut off, or a logo pushed off-centre. PDFWix Circle Crop cuts your photo into a clean circle or rounded square, centred and sized for avatars, and saves it as a PNG with a transparent background so it sits perfectly on any colour. To crop an image into a circle free: open PDFWix Circle Crop, add your photo, choose Circle (or Rounded square), zoom in if needed, pick an output size such as 800×800, and click Crop to circle. You get a PNG with transparent corners, ready to upload as a profile picture. 0 of 3 free conversions used today JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or BMP — add several at once Your images are processed inside this browser tab and never uploaded. The originals on your device are left untouched. Want this in your History? Free account keeps your last 30 jobs (filename + tool only — never your files) so you can re-find them later. Create free account →: https://www.pdfwix.com/auth?tab=signup ## Common next steps Crop Image Crop photos to 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 and other exact aspect ratios. https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image Resize Image Change photo dimensions by pixels or percentage without stretching. https://www.pdfwix.com/resize-image Compress Image Shrink JPG, PNG and WebP photos to a smaller file size, even to an exact KB target. https://www.pdfwix.com/compress-image 🔒 Processed in your browser · Never uploaded · 100% free ## Why a circle crop needs PNG A circular picture is still stored as a rectangle — the corners outside the circle have to be something. JPG has no transparency, so those corners become solid white or black, which looks wrong on a dark-mode app or coloured slide. PNG supports an alpha channel, so the corners are saved as fully transparent pixels and the circle blends into whatever background it is placed on. Most platforms crop uploads into a circle themselves, but they do it from the centre with no zoom control. Cropping it yourself first lets you frame the face, add a coloured ring that matches your brand, and upload a file that already looks exactly how it will be displayed. For a square with soft corners — common for app icons and presentation headshots — use the Rounded square shape. ## How to crop an image into a circle 1. 1 ### Add your photo Drop a JPG, PNG or WebP portrait or logo into the upload box. Several at once work too. 2. 2 ### Choose circle or rounded square Pick the shape, set corner roundness for squares, and zoom in to frame the face. 3. 3 ### Pick a size and optional ring Choose Original, 400, 800 or 1080 pixels square, and add a coloured ring if you like. 4. 4 ### Download the PNG Click Crop to circle. The transparent PNG downloads straight away. ## Tips for circle cropping ### Start with a centred photo The crop uses the centre square. If the face is off-centre, first use Crop Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image) to centre it. ### Upload larger than needed An 800×800 PNG stays sharp on high-resolution screens even if the site shows it at 200 px. ### Keep PNG for transparency Converting the result to JPG fills the corners with a solid colour. Keep the PNG. ### Shrink for the web Large transparent PNGs can be heavy — Compress Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/compress-image) converts them to WebP with transparency kept. Transparent PNG Output format 400 · 800 · 1080 px Avatar sizes 100% in your browser Processing Results measured on a sample of 500 PDFs across scanned documents, photo portfolios, and office reports. ## Common profile picture sizes | Platform | Displayed as | Recommended upload | | --- | --- | --- | | LinkedIn | Circle | 400×400 or larger | | Instagram | Circle | 320×320 minimum, 1080×1080 ideal | | X (Twitter) | Circle | 400×400 | | Discord / Slack | Circle / rounded | 512×512 or larger | | YouTube | Circle | 800×800 | Recommended upload sizes for circular avatars on popular platforms. ## Why use PDFWix to crop PDFs? A clean, centred circle makes a profile photo look intentional everywhere it appears. - **Transparent corners.** PNG output means no white box around your avatar on dark backgrounds, slides or websites. - **Control the framing.** Zoom into the centre so your face — not your shoulders — fills the circle. - **Brand ring.** Add a coloured ring in your brand colour for team pages and speaker bios. - **Private.** Your photo is cropped inside your browser and never uploaded. Need a different ratio instead of a circle? Crop Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image) does 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 and more. To make the file lighter for a website, follow up with Compress Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/compress-image). Want to resize the circle to an exact pixel size afterwards? Use Resize Image (https://www.pdfwix.com/resize-image). Remove the phone's hidden location data from a headshot with Remove EXIF Data (https://www.pdfwix.com/remove-exif). ## Common uses for croping PDFs - Making round LinkedIn, Slack, Teams and Zoom profile pictures - Circular headshots for team and speaker pages on a website - Round product or logo badges for slides and social posts - Rounded-square app icons and favicons - Batch-cropping a whole team's photos to identical circles ## Frequently asked questions ### How do I crop a picture into a circle? Open PDFWix Circle Crop, add the picture, choose Circle and click Crop to circle. The result is a PNG with transparent corners. ### Why is my circle image saved as PNG? Only PNG (and WebP) can store transparency. A JPG would fill the corners outside the circle with white. ### Can I make rounded corners instead of a full circle? Yes. Choose Rounded square and set the corner roundness from 5% to 95%. ### What size should a profile picture be? 400×400 is enough for LinkedIn and X; 800×800 or 1080×1080 looks sharp everywhere including YouTube and Instagram. ### Can I add a border around the circle? Yes. Turn on the coloured ring and pick any colour. ### Is my photo uploaded? No. The crop is done by your browser's canvas; the photo never leaves your device. ## More PDF tools ### Crop Image ### Resize Image ### Compress Image ### Remove EXIF Data Strip GPS location, camera details and timestamps from photos before you share them. https://www.pdfwix.com/remove-exif ## Related PDF tools Crop Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/crop-image Resize Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/resize-image Compress Image: https://www.pdfwix.com/compress-image Remove EXIF Data: https://www.pdfwix.com/remove-exif Round Image Corners: https://www.pdfwix.com/round-corners-image Merge PDF: https://www.pdfwix.com/merge-pdf ## Structured data ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebApplication", "@id": "https://www.pdfwix.com/circle-crop#app", "name": "Circle Crop Image — PDFWix", "applicationCategory": "MultimediaApplication", "applicationSubCategory": "PhotoApplication", "operatingSystem": "Any — runs in browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android", "browserRequirements": "Requires a modern web browser", "offers": { "@type": "Offer", "price": "0", "priceCurrency": "USD", "description": "100% free online browser tool" }, "aggregateRating": { "@type": "AggregateRating", "ratingValue": "4.5", "ratingCount": "2363", "bestRating": "5", "worstRating": "1" }, "description": "Circle crop images online free. 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