# Circle Crop — Round Profile Pictures and Avatars

> Crop any photo into a circle, square, rounded square, hexagon or heart.

To circle crop an image, upload it and choose the circle shape and an output size — 512 × 512 suits most profile pictures. The image is scaled to cover the shape and centred, then masked, so the subject is not squashed. Export as PNG or WebP to keep the area outside the circle transparent.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/circle-crop-image
**Category:** Image Tools (https://convertto.tech/c/image-tools)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Select your images — the file stays on your device and is never uploaded.
2. Choose the shape.
3. Set the output size.
4. Set the padding.
5. Pick the background.
6. Choose the format.
7. Press Run, then download the result when it is ready.

## FAQ

### Why does my circle have a white square around it?

You exported as JPG, which cannot store transparency, so everything outside the circle was filled. Export as PNG or WebP instead — those keep the alpha channel and the circle sits cleanly on any background.

### Most sites already crop avatars to a circle — why do this?

They crop for display, not for the file. Download the picture and it is still square. Pre-cropping matters when the image goes somewhere with no mask of its own: an email signature, a slide, a PDF, or a site that shows a square.

### What is a squircle?

The rounded-square shape iOS uses for app icons. It is a superellipse rather than a rounded rectangle — the curve starts earlier and flows into the straight edge with no visible join, which is why an icon rounded with a plain radius looks subtly wrong beside real ones.

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