Round Image
Crop to a circle for a profile pic.
Crop to a circle for a profile pic.
How to use Round Image
- Upload the picture you want to crop
- Let the tool cut it into a centered circle
- Download the round PNG with a transparent background
About Round Image
Round Image crops a photo into a circle, keeping the centre and cutting the corners away, so you get a clean circle crop instead of a square. The result is saved as a PNG with a transparent background, which means the area outside the circle is see-through rather than filled with white. That is exactly what you need for a round profile picture, a forum avatar, or a circular logo that has to sit on any colour without a visible box around it.
It runs online in your browser and answers the everyday "how do I crop an image into a circle" question without opening a full design app or hunting for where the mask option is hidden. If your picture is not square, the circle is taken from the middle, so a roughly square image, or one you crop square first, gives the tidiest result. Because the output is a transparent PNG, you can drop it straight into Canva, Google Slides, a document, or a website and the corners stay clear rather than showing a white box behind the circle.
The whole crop happens on your own device using the browser's canvas. Nothing is uploaded to a server, there is no account or sign-up, and there are no limits or watermarks. It is free, and it does the one thing.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I crop an image into a circle?
- Open your image in the tool and it crops it to a circle automatically, taking the round area from the centre. You then save the result as a transparent PNG, ready to use as a round avatar or profile picture. There is nothing to draw or drag.
- Is Round Image free, and is there an account?
- Yes, it is free and there is no account or sign-up. There are no usage limits and no watermark, so you can round as many images as you like.
- Is my image uploaded to a server?
- No. The crop happens in your browser using the canvas, so the picture stays on your own device and is never uploaded. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.
- How do I crop an image into a circle in Canva?
- In Canva you add a circular frame from Elements > Frames, then drag your photo into it to mask it. If you just need a circular image to use elsewhere, this tool is quicker: it gives you a transparent PNG circle you can drop straight onto any Canva design without setting up a frame.
- How do I crop an image into a circle in Google Slides?
- In Google Slides you select the image, click the small arrow next to the Crop button, choose Shapes, and pick the oval to mask it. As an alternative, crop the image to a circle here first and insert the transparent PNG, so the corners are already clear and you skip the masking step.
- What happens if my image is not square?
- If the picture is not square, the circle is taken from the centre, so it helps to start with a roughly square image or crop it square first. Anything outside the circle becomes transparent.
- Why is the file a PNG and not a JPG?
- The output is a transparent PNG, because JPG cannot hold transparency. If you later save or convert it to JPG, the transparent corners will fill with a solid colour, usually white.
- Can I crop the image into shapes other than a circle?
- This tool crops to a circle only, which covers the common round-avatar and circular-logo case. It does not do squares, rounded rectangles, or custom shapes; it focuses on doing the circle crop cleanly.
- Does it work online without installing anything?
- Yes. It is a browser tool, so it runs online with no download or install. Open the page, crop your image to a circle, and save the PNG.
- Can I use the round image as a profile picture or avatar?
- Yes, that is the main use. The transparent PNG sits neatly on any background, so it works as a round profile picture, a Discord or forum avatar, or a circular badge on a site.