Facebook Cover Photo Cropper
Get your Facebook cover right the first time. Crop and position your image visually to ensure no important details are cut off when you upload it to your profile.
Last updated: August 2026
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Meta publishes two numbers for the cover photo and they answer different questions. The minimum accepted size is 400×150 pixels — below that the upload is refused. The size it says loads fastest is 851×315 as an sRGB JPG under 100 KB, which is a performance recommendation rather than a requirement. Most guides quote the second and call it "the Facebook cover size"; it is really the size Meta optimises for.
Both figures come from the help article about Facebook Pages, and that scope matters more than it sounds. If you are setting a cover on a Page, these are your numbers. If you are setting one on a personal profile, that is a different surface which Meta documents elsewhere, and there is no reason to assume the Page figures carry over. Check which one you are actually editing before you commit to a crop.
There is also an inconsistency worth knowing about, because it explains a lot of contradictory advice. The same Meta article labels the cover ratio 2.4:1 in one place and 16:9 in another, while 851×315 actually works out to roughly 2.7:1. Three different answers in one document. The pixel figures are unambiguous and the ratio labels are not, so crop to the pixels and ignore the labels entirely — including the ones repeated by every sizing guide that copied one of them.
Facebook Page cover photo dimensions
Every figure below is from Meta's own help article on Page profile picture and cover photo dimensions.
| Element | Value | What it means for your crop |
|---|---|---|
| Cover photo minimum | 400×150 | The hard floor — anything smaller than 400×150 is rejected. It is low enough that the real risk is not failing the check but uploading something Facebook then has to enlarge. |
| Cover photo, fastest loading | 851×315 | Meta states a cover "loads fastest" at 851×315 as an sRGB JPG under 100 KB. Crop to this shape, then use Compress Image to reach the 100 KB target rather than dropping resolution to get there. |
| Profile picture overlap (mobile) | ≈40 px | Meta describes the profile picture as covering the cover photo by approximately 40 pixels on mobile. It is stated as an approximation, so treat the lower-left as unavailable rather than measuring against it. |
| Page profile picture | 320×320 | 320×320 is what Meta says is needed for best quality; it is displayed at 176×176 on desktop and 196×196 on mobile, cropped to a circle. Crop Image to Square (1:1) is the frame for it. |
The aspect ratio is deliberately not given as a row. Meta's article states it as 2.4:1 in one place and 16:9 in another, and neither matches the 851×315 pixel figure it also publishes — so this table quotes the pixels, which are unambiguous.
How to crop a photo to Facebook cover dimensions
- 1
Add your photo
Drop it into the box above. The image is decoded by your browser and never uploaded, which matters for event or workplace photos that are not public yet.
- 2
Set a wide, shallow frame
Use the free-form frame and pull it to the proportions of 851×315. Cropping larger than that on the same shape is fine and often better — you can scale down afterwards without losing sharpness.
- 3
Keep the lower-left clear
Your profile picture sits over that corner, and it overlaps further on mobile than on desktop. Compose so nothing you need read lives there — move the subject right of centre.
- 4
Crop, then compress
Download the crop. If you want to hit the "loads fastest" target, run it through Compress Image to get under 100 KB rather than shrinking the pixel dimensions.
Pro tip: Design for the crop you cannot see. Facebook shows the same cover file at different proportions on desktop and mobile, trimming it differently on each, so the only region guaranteed to survive both is the horizontal middle band. Keep faces, logos and text inside that band and away from the edges. A cover that looks perfectly balanced in a desktop browser and loses its text on a phone is almost always one composed edge to edge.
Troubleshooting: If the cover looks blurry after uploading, the crop was smaller than 851×315 and Facebook enlarged it — re-crop the same shape from a larger original. If Facebook rejects the file, check it against the 400×150 minimum. If part of your design disappears on a phone but not on a desktop, it is sitting in the region mobile trims; move it towards the horizontal centre. And if the image looks stretched rather than trimmed, it was resized into the cover dimensions instead of cropped to them.
Once cropped, Resize Image for Facebook Cover sets an exact output size. Other wide covers have the same overlap problem in a different ratio — Crop Image for LinkedIn Background Banner is 4:1, and Crop Image for Twitter Header is wider still. For the profile picture that sits on top of this cover, use Crop Image to Square (1:1), or open the full Crop Image tool for free-form framing.
Frequently asked questions
What size is a Facebook cover photo?
Meta publishes two figures for Page covers: a 400×150 minimum, and 851×315 as the size that loads fastest when supplied as an sRGB JPG under 100 KB. The second is what most guides quote as "the" cover size, though it is a performance recommendation rather than a requirement.
What aspect ratio is a Facebook cover photo?
Meta's own article is inconsistent here — it labels the ratio 2.4:1 in one place and 16:9 in another, and neither matches 851×315, which is roughly 2.7:1. The pixel dimensions are the reliable target. Crop to those proportions and disregard the ratio labels.
Why does my Facebook cover look different on mobile?
Because Facebook crops the same file differently on each surface, and your profile picture overlaps it by approximately 40 pixels on mobile. The horizontal middle band is the only part reliably visible everywhere, so anything important belongs there rather than near an edge.
Do these dimensions apply to a personal profile cover too?
Not necessarily. The article these figures come from is specifically about Facebook Pages, and Meta documents personal profiles separately. If you are editing a personal profile cover, check the guidance for that surface rather than assuming the Page numbers transfer — the layouts are not the same.
Is my photo uploaded when I crop a cover here?
No. The crop runs entirely inside your browser on your own device. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or logged, and the tool keeps working with your connection switched off — which is a simple way to confirm the file is going nowhere.
Looking for the full-featured version? Open the main Crop Image tool.
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