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Make a PNG Square

centre-crop to a perfect square · batch · nothing uploaded

Crop an image to a perfect square by trimming the longer sides equally from the centre — the fastest way to get a square avatar or a uniform thumbnail. Drop one file or a batch; it all runs in your browser, nothing uploads.

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    How it crops

    The tool takes the shorter side as the square's size and crops the longer side evenly from both ends, keeping the centre of the image. A 1600×900 photo becomes 900×900, losing equal strips from left and right. Nothing is stretched — the result is a true, undistorted square.

    FAQ

    How do I crop a photo to a square?

    Drop it above and click Square — it centre-crops to a perfect square and offers a download. Runs in your browser.

    Can I keep the whole image and pad instead of crop?

    Yes — use Change canvas size or Fit in a rectangle to add padding to a square instead of cropping.

    I want a round avatar.

    Use Circle crop for a round result with transparent corners.

    Part of: Ship a favicon and app icons

    One square master, then every size a browser, a Mac and a phone each insist on separately.

    1. 1 Square Pad the master to a true square first
    2. 2 Favicon kit Every PNG size plus the .ico and the web manifest
    3. 3 PNG to ICO Just the multi-resolution Windows .ico
    4. 4 PNG to ICNS The macOS .icns bundle
    5. 5 Transparency checker Check the corners are actually transparent

    All 28 step-by-step workflows

    Part of: Cut stickers and emoji out of artwork

    Trim before you outline. An outline drawn around the canvas edge instead of the artwork is the single most common way this goes wrong.

    1. 1 Background Key the flat background out to transparency
    2. 2 Auto-trim Crop to the artwork itself
    3. 3 Add outline The white sticker border
    4. 4 Drop shadow Lift it off whatever it lands on
    5. 5 Square Pad to the square most sticker packs require
    6. 6 Resize Down to the pack size (512px for most)

    All 28 step-by-step workflows