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Circle Crop Image

Crop an image into a circle with a transparent background — perfect for avatars.

Processed locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Round profile pictures and avatars are everywhere, but most images come as rectangles. Circle Crop cuts your photo into a perfect circle with a transparent background, so it drops neatly into any avatar slot without a square box around it.

How to circle crop image

  1. 1. Add your image.
  2. 2. It's cropped to a centred circle with transparent corners.
  3. 3. Download the PNG with transparency.

When to use Circle Crop Image

Make a round avatar

Turn a headshot into a circular profile picture that sits cleanly on any background.

Design elements

Create circular badges, stickers or UI elements with see-through corners.

Consistent team photos

Give a set of portraits the same round treatment for an about page.

Why the result is a PNG

The corners outside the circle have to be transparent so the image isn't boxed in — and only formats with an alpha channel, like PNG, can store transparency. That's why circle-cropped images are saved as PNG rather than JPG. Start from a roughly square, centred subject for the cleanest circle.

Frequently asked questions

Does the background become transparent?

Yes — everything outside the circle is transparent, so it blends into any background.

What format do I get?

A PNG, because transparency requires an alpha channel that JPG doesn't have.

Is my image private?

Yes — the crop is done in your browser with no upload.

Your images are processed entirely in your browser and never uploaded — read more on the security page. Looking for more? Browse our full set of image tools or read guides on the blog.