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Crop GIF

Crop GIF files to the part you want. Drag the box or type exact pixels; free, no upload, and every frame keeps its timing.

Examples

Original: 512×512 dog GIF cropped to a 320×320 square around the dogBefore
Crop GIF result: 512×512 dog GIF cropped to a 320×320 square around the dogAfter

How to crop a GIF online

Cropping an animated GIF takes three steps, all inside your browser tab.

  1. 1

    Pick your GIF

    Click the picker or drop the file on the big preview area. The first frame appears with a crop box on it. Options you set stay in place when you pick another file later.

  2. 2

    Set the box

    Drag the box or any of its four corners, or type X, Y, width and height in pixels. Choose Free, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 or 9:16 to lock the shape.

  3. 3

    Crop and download

    Press Crop GIF. The result shows the new size in pixels, the file size before and after, and the frame count. Download saves a .gif, or Start over loads another file.

What people crop GIF files for

Pick the shape first, then drag the box to fit.

Square avatars and emoji

Crop GIF files to a square: lock 1:1 and drag the box over the face or object. A square GIF fits profile pictures and sticker slots without the app cutting it for you.

Vertical stories

Lock 9:16 to turn a wide clip into a tall one. Play the loop first so the subject stays inside the box in every frame.

Black bars from video

A GIF made from widescreen video often has bars at the top and bottom. Type the Y and height values to cut them off.

Closer on the action

Cut away empty space around a reaction so the part that moves fills the frame. Use the numbers when a tight crop must be exact, for example to crop a GIF to the same size as another one.

Slides and documents

Lock 16:9 to match a slide layout, or 4:3 for older templates. The box keeps the ratio while you resize it, so you can crop a GIF for a slide without stretching it.

Clutter at the edge

Trim a stray cursor, a UI strip or a border from a screen recording, as long as the part you keep stays in the frame.

Why crop GIF files with this cropper

  • One box for every frame

    This GIF cropper applies the same crop to every frame, so timing and looping carry over to the cropped file. It is a crop, not a re-recording.

  • Pixels stay as they were

    In our test, a 1:1 crop of a 640x360 GIF gave a 360x360 file in 1.0 s, and the pixels matched the source region.

  • Drag it or type it

    Move the box, pull its four corners, set X, Y, W and H, or lock an aspect ratio. Switch between them as you go.

  • No cap on files

    There is no limit on how many GIFs you crop here, no watermark and no sign-up. Your own device sets the practical ceiling for big files.

Your file and the limits

Nothing is uploaded

The GIF is read and cropped by your browser on your device. It is never sent to our server.

Free, no strings

Cropping costs nothing. There is no watermark, no sign-up and no limit on how many files you crop.

One fixed box

The box does not follow a moving subject. If the subject leaves the box in some frames, that part is cut in those frames too, so play the whole loop before you crop. Crops are rectangles only: there is no circle or freehand shape. Only Chrome on a Mac has been tested so far.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can crop an animated GIF and keep it animated. Open the file, set the box and press Crop GIF. The crop is applied to every frame, and the result is still an animated GIF.

Right here. The tool runs in your browser, costs nothing, adds no watermark and needs no sign-up.

No. Your browser processes the file on your device, and it never reaches our server.

The whole animation. The box is drawn on the first frame and applied to every frame, with the same timing.

Choose 1:1 in the aspect menu, then drag the box over the part you want. You can also type equal width and height.

Yes. Enter X, Y, width and height in pixels. The box on the preview follows the numbers.

Only if the box covers it in every frame. The box is fixed, so play the loop first and size the box for the frame where the subject sits furthest out.

Yes, on other pages of this site: speed, text, rotation and more are in the GIF editor, and trimming file size is in the GIF compressor.

Cropping cuts away the edges. To scale the whole picture up or down, use the GIF resizer instead.

The cropped GIF has fewer pixels in every frame. The result line shows the size before and after, so you can see the change. To shrink it further, crop first and then run the file through the GIF compressor.

We set no limit on file size or count. Large GIFs are handled by your own device, so a huge file takes longer and needs more memory.

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