Does it save a round picture?

No, and that is on purpose. Profile picture uploads expect a square, and each app draws the circle itself. The ring in the editor is a guide for lining up your face, not part of the file.

What size should my profile picture be?

It depends on the platform, and the table above lists what each one's own help says. 400 × 400 covers LinkedIn and X, and GitHub suggests about 500 × 500. For an exact size, crop here, then set it in the image resizer.

Why is my picture too big to upload?

A crop of a phone photo can be several thousand pixels wide. GitHub takes up to 1 MB and X up to 2 MB. Resize it to 500 × 500 and it fits both.

My picture has a transparent background. Will that stay?

Choose PNG under Save as and the transparent parts stay transparent. JPG cannot store transparency, and PNG is accepted by every site in the table that lists its file types.

PFP cropper with a circle guide

Crop any photo to the square that profile pictures need, and line your face up inside the ring so nothing important is cut off when it shows round.

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In a round frame

72 px

40 px

24 px

The shaded corners are about a fifth of the square, and a round frame never shows them.

What the circle cuts off

Discord, Facebook, and plenty of other apps take your profile picture as a square and show it in a circle, so the corners never appear. A crop that looks right as a square can lose an ear, a shoulder, or the top of your head once it is round.

The ring in the editor marks what the circle keeps. Once you crop, the finished picture is shown in a round frame, large and small, before you save it.

Add your photo. It opens as a square in the middle of the photo.
Line up the circle. Drag and resize the box until your face sits inside the ring.
Save and upload. It saves as a square JPG, ready for your profile.

Size and file limits

Each platform sets its own floor and ceiling. A crop from a phone photo is usually thousands of pixels wide, which clears every minimum below but can be over GitHub's 1 MB or X's 2 MB limit.

The finished panel shows the file size. If it is over, set the picture to 500 × 500, which GitHub suggests and which comes out well under 1 MB.

For exact pixels, finish in the image resizer after you crop.

Profile picture sizes, from each platform

Taken from each platform's own help page in November 2026. They change now and then, so each row links to its source.

Platform	What it asks for	File limit	Source
Discord	At least 200 × 200, shown in a circle	Under 10 MB; JPG, PNG, or GIF	Discord blog(opens in a new tab)
LinkedIn	From 400 × 400 up to 7680 × 4320	8 MB; PNG or JPG	LinkedIn Help(opens in a new tab)
X	400 × 400 recommended	Under 2 MB; JPEG, GIF, or PNG	X Help Center(opens in a new tab)
GitHub	About 500 × 500; under 3000 × 3000	Under 1 MB; PNG, JPG, or GIF	GitHub Docs(opens in a new tab)
YouTube	No upload size given; shown at 98 × 98	15 MB; JPG, GIF, BMP, or PNG	YouTube Help(opens in a new tab)
Facebook	320 × 320, shown in a circle	Not stated	Facebook Help(opens in a new tab)

Frequently asked questions

No. The crop happens in your browser, and your photo is never sent to us or anyone else.

Crop your profile picture

Add a photo, put your face inside the ring, and save it as a square JPG.

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