Crop an Instagram Story (1080x1920)

Locked to 9:16, cropped in your browser.

An Instagram story is 1080x1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical frame. Crop your image to this ratio so it fills the whole screen with no bars. Instagram covers the top with the profile row and the bottom with the reply bar, so keep faces and text in the middle, roughly 250 pixels clear of the top and bottom edges. Nothing is uploaded.

The spec

Aspect ratio	9:16
Best for	Instagram and Facebook stories at 1080x1920, with the top and bottom kept clear for interface overlays.

The crop runs on a canvas in your browser. Your image never leaves your device, so this works offline and nothing is stored anywhere. The download is cut from the full resolution of your file, not the on-screen preview.

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Questions people ask

What size is an Instagram story?

An Instagram story is 1080x1920 pixels, a 9:16 vertical ratio that fills the whole phone screen. Crop your image to 9:16 and export at that size so it displays with no bars and no forced re-crop when you upload.

Where are the story safe zones?

Instagram overlays your profile and name across the top and the reply bar and icons across the bottom. Keep faces and text roughly 250 pixels clear of the top and 250 clear of the bottom so nothing important sits under the interface.

Is my image uploaded?

No. The crop runs on your own device in the browser. Nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is saved.