Circle Crop Image Online

Turn a photo into a clean round image with a see-through background, perfect for profile pictures, avatars and badges. The circular cut is rendered on your device and saved as a transparent PNG, so it drops neatly onto any background.

Drag and drop a photo here, or click to choose a file

JPG, PNG and WebP are supported. Files stay on your device.

Image to crop into a circle

Round crop

Position the circle over the part of the photo you want to keep. The area outside the circle becomes transparent.

Preview

The round mask is drawn by your browser onto a transparent canvas. Your photo is not uploaded, so personal pictures stay with you.

Make a Round Image With a Transparent Background

A round avatar looks sharp on chat apps, forums and team pages, but only if the corners are truly transparent rather than filled with white. This circle crop tool masks your photo to a perfect circle and exports a PNG with an alpha channel, so the curved edge sits cleanly on any colour or pattern behind it. Move the circle to centre your face or subject, set an output diameter if you need a specific avatar size, and save.

It is great for social profile pictures, Discord and Slack avatars, podcast and author headshots, app icons and round stickers or badges.

Three Steps to a Round Picture

  1. Add your photo. Drop it in or pick a file, and the circular selection appears over it.
  2. Centre the circle. Drag and resize the round selection so your subject sits inside it, then set a diameter if you want an exact size.
  3. Download the PNG. Save a transparent round image that is ready to upload as an avatar.

Truly Transparent Corners

The four corners around the circle are made fully see-through, not painted white. That is what lets a round avatar blend into a coloured header or a dark mode interface without an ugly square box.

Set the Avatar Size

Many sites prefer a specific avatar size such as 256 or 512 pixels. Type a diameter and your round image is exported at exactly that size, so it stays crisp where you upload it.

Kept Off the Cloud

Profile photos are personal, so this tool keeps them on your machine. The masking happens in the browser and the picture is never sent to a server to be processed or stored.

Why People Use This Circle Cropper

  • Round PNG output: transparent corners that work on any background.
  • Avatar ready: set an exact diameter for the site you are uploading to.
  • Private by design: your photo is processed locally and never uploaded.
  • No branding: nothing is stamped onto your round image.
  • Phone friendly: drag the circle with touch on a mobile or tablet.

Popular Uses for a Round Crop

The most common reason to make a round image is a profile picture. A circular PNG with a transparent background looks right on Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and most forums, because these apps already display avatars inside a circle. By cropping the photo to a circle yourself, the curved edge stays smooth and the corners stay see-through, so your avatar never shows a square box or a stray white border behind it.

Round crops are also handy for a circular logo or badge, a round sticker, or a clean headshot for a team or about page. Centre the circle on a face, set a diameter such as 256 or 512 pixels if the site wants an exact avatar size, and download the PNG. Keep the output as PNG so the transparency is preserved. A JPG cannot store transparency, so it would fill the four corners around the circle with white instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

Add your photo, drag the round selection so your subject is inside it, then click Crop Circle and Download PNG. You get a round image with a transparent background.

Yes. Everything outside the circle is made fully transparent and the file is saved as a PNG, so the round edge looks clean on any background.

No. The circular mask is applied by your browser on your own device. The picture is never uploaded, which keeps personal profile photos private.

Yes. Enter an output diameter in pixels, for example 512, and the round image is exported at that exact size. Leave it blank to keep the size of your selection.

JPG cannot store transparency, so the corners around a circle would turn white. That is why this tool always saves a PNG, which keeps the corners see-through.

Yes. A transparent round PNG is ideal for Discord, Slack, forums and most social profiles where avatars are shown as circles.

Yes. You can position and size the circle with touch, so round avatars are easy to make on a phone or tablet.

Yes, it is free with no sign-up, and no watermark is added to your round image.

Add your photo, drag the round selection over your face, and click Crop Circle and Download PNG. The result is a transparent round avatar you can upload directly to Discord, where it is shown inside a circle.

Load your logo image, position and size the circle around the part you want to keep, and download the PNG. Everything outside the circle becomes transparent, so the circular logo sits cleanly on any colour or page.

White corners mean the file was saved as a JPG, which cannot store transparency. This tool always exports a PNG, so the four corners around the circle stay fully see-through instead of turning white.

A square output of 256 by 256 or 512 by 512 pixels suits most sites. Type the diameter you need into the Output diameter box and the round image is exported at exactly that size.

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