How to crop an animated GIF
- Drop your GIF onto the upload area (max 50 MB).
- The first frame appears with a draggable selection rectangle. Drag the corners to select the region you want to keep.
- Click Crop GIF. Each frame is cropped identically and re-encoded.
- Download the cropped result.
Tips for clean crops
Watch for moving subjects. The crop is fixed for the whole animation, so if a character walks across the GIF you may need to widen the selection to keep them inside.
Crop before resizing. If you also want to shrink the GIF, crop first — then run the result through the resizer. You'll get a sharper output than scaling the whole frame.
Keep the aspect ratio in mind. Square or 16:9 crops travel better on social media than oddly proportioned slivers.
Common use cases
- Removing logos or watermarks from a corner.
- Focusing on the subject — cut out distracting backgrounds.
- Extracting a specific scene from a longer screen recording.
- Reformatting a landscape GIF for a portrait Instagram story.
FAQ
Does cropping reduce file size? Yes — fewer pixels per frame means a smaller GIF.
Can I drag the selection precisely? The selection rectangle uses pixel coordinates, so you can resize and move it pixel-by-pixel using your arrow keys.
Does animation length stay the same? Yes. We preserve every frame's original delay.