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GIF Cropper

Cut an animated GIF down to the part that matters. Drag a box over the first frame – optionally locked to square, 16:9, 9:16 or 4:5 – or type exact coordinates, and every frame of the animation is cropped the same way. The timing and looping are kept, and the smaller area usually makes the file noticeably smaller too.

  • Files stay on your device
  • No sign-up
  • Free to use

How to use GIF Cropper

  1. Drop a GIF onto the page.
  2. Drag a box on the first frame or enter the coordinates.
  3. Lock a shape if you need one.
  4. Crop and download.

GIF Cropper features

Visual selection

Drag on the first frame.

Shapes

Free, 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:5.

Exact numbers

X, Y, width and height.

Whole animation

Every frame cropped.

Smaller files

Less area, fewer bytes.

Private

Processed in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

When to use GIF Cropper

  • Removing borders and black bars.
  • Focusing on the action in a reaction GIF.
  • Square GIFs for avatars and feeds.
  • Cropping screen-recording GIFs to one window.

GIF Cropper FAQ

Can the crop follow a moving object?

No, the same rectangle is used for every frame. Choose an area that contains the motion throughout.

Does cropping reduce quality?

No. The remaining pixels are kept; the GIF is re-encoded with a palette suited to the cropped area.

Can I crop a still GIF?

Yes, still GIFs work too.

How do I get an exact size?

Type the width and height into the fields; the box updates in the preview.

Why does the first run take longer?

Re-encoding uses FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly (about 32 MB), which is downloaded once and then cached.

Is my file uploaded?

No. Everything runs in your browser.

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Cropping animated GIFs

Animated GIFs made from screen recordings or videos often include more than needed: window borders, black bars, empty background. Cropping removes that area, which focuses the viewer on the subject and reduces the file size at the same time.

The cropper shows the first frame with your selection highlighted. Drag to draw the box; with a fixed shape, the height follows the width automatically. The coordinates are always shown and can be adjusted precisely.

FFmpeg then decodes every frame in full, cuts out the same rectangle and encodes a new GIF with a palette built from the cropped frames. Because the palette only has to cover the remaining area, colours are often reproduced better than in the original.

Combine cropping with the GIF Resizer for an exact target size, or with the GIF Compressor to make the result as small as possible.

Cropping before compressing is usually the most effective way to shrink a GIF: removing a quarter of the area removes a quarter of the pixels in every frame, with no loss in the part you keep. Crop first, then resize or compress if the file is still too large.

Everything happens in your browser.

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