Crop GIF Online
By Calvin Sun
Crop animated GIFs online while keeping every frame, playback speed, and loop. Choose a free area, square, circle, or aspect ratio — processed locally in your browser with no watermark.
Upload a GIF
Drop a GIF here or click to browse
GIF only · Max 10 MB
Your file stays on your device
About this GIF cropper
- • Crop every animation frame with the same area — freeform, square, circle, or aspect ratio.
- • Frame delays and playback speed stay the same after cropping.
- • 100% local browser processing — your GIF never leaves this device.
- • Free to use, no account, and no watermark on the download.
Re-encoding a GIF may change colors slightly because of the 256-color palette. Cropping does not guarantee a smaller file size.
A GIF cropper lets you crop a GIF online by keeping only the picture area you need. Unlike trimming, cropping is spatial: every frame is cut to the same rectangle or circle while the animation keeps playing.
"The Graphics Interchange Format is a color raster image format that supports animated sequences of frames."— W3C GIF89a specification
- Crop animated GIFs without losing frame order or delays
- Freeform, square, circle, and common aspect ratios
- Exact pixel X, Y, width, and height controls
- Transparent GIF support where the format allows
- Local processing with no watermark
Use this free GIF cropper to tighten margins, make avatars, or reframe social clips while keeping the motion intact.
Three steps are enough to crop an animated GIF in the browser.
"Canvas provides a surface and APIs for drawing graphics in the browser, including per-pixel image data used for client-side editing."— MDN Canvas API
- Upload your GIF. Drop a file or click to browse. Decoding stays on your device.
- Select the area you want to keep. Drag the crop box while the animation plays so moving subjects stay inside.
- Crop and download. Click Crop GIF, preview the result, then download the cropped animation.
The same crop coordinates are applied to every frame so timing and loop behavior stay consistent.
A few practical tips help you get a cleaner cropped animation.
- Watch the full loop before cropping so motion stays inside the box
- Use 1:1 or Circle for avatars and sticker-style clips
- Enter exact pixels when you need a specific output size
- Keep transparency on for circle crops and transparent source GIFs
- Expect file size to change after re-encoding — crop is not a compressor
- On mobile, use touch handles; on desktop, drag corners or type values
Cropping removes edges; it does not resize the whole scene. For speed or duration changes, use a dedicated speed or trim tool instead.
Crop GIF
Removes unwanted edges of the picture. Output width and height match the selected area; animation timing stays the same.
Resize GIF
Scales the whole GIF to a new width and height. The full scene stays visible, just smaller or larger.
Trim GIF
Cuts time or frames from the start or end. The picture size stays the same; only duration changes. Trim GIF
Frequently asked questions
Yes. This tool crops every frame with the same coordinates so the animation continues at the original frame delays.
Upload your GIF, drag the crop box (or enter pixel values), choose Crop GIF, then download the result. No install is required.
Yes. Choose Circle mode for a 1:1 crop with transparent pixels outside the circle. Keep transparency enabled when exporting.
Yes. Enter exact width and height, or lock an aspect ratio such as 1:1 or 16:9, then adjust position with X and Y.
Cropping removes pixels outside the box; it does not upscale. Re-encoding to GIF may slightly change colors because of the 256-color palette.
No. By default each frame keeps its original delay, so the cropped GIF plays at the same speed.
Yes. Transparent regions inside the crop stay transparent when you export with transparency preserved. Circle crops also use transparency outside the circle.
No. Decoding, cropping, and encoding run entirely in your browser. Files are not uploaded to OmniGIF servers.
Cropping changes the picture area (spatial). Trimming changes which frames or how long the GIF plays (temporal). This page is a spatial GIF cropper only.
Yes. Any modern browser with canvas support works. Touch cropping is available on phones and tablets.
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