Resize an image to 1080 × 1080
Exact width and height in pixels. Without the upload.
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How the resizer handles pixels, the ratio lock, enlarging and transparency, with its common questions, is on the resize page.
Squaring a photo at 1080 × 1080: crop first, or it gets squeezed
A square post or profile picture needs equal sides. This page opens the resizer with 1080 × 1080 filled in and Keep aspect ratio off, so a photo of any other shape is forced into the square. We tried our 25 photos that way, then cut each to a 1:1 square first.
Photos forced into the square
| Photo shape | Photos | Squeezed or stretched | Width change | Refused: too small | Median file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:2 | 12 | 12/12 | −34% to −33% | 0 | 244.8 KB |
| Between 1:1 and 16:9 | 4 | 4/4 | −42% to −28% | 0 | 317.3 KB |
| 4:3 | 3 | 3/3 | −25% | 0 | 298.5 KB |
| 3:4 | 1 | 1/1 | +34% | 0 | 233.7 KB |
| Wider than 16:9 | 2 | 1/2 | −90% to −71% | 1 | 105.6 KB |
| 16:9 | 2 | 2/2 | −44% | 0 | 356.1 KB |
| 2:3 | 1 | 1/1 | +50% | 0 | 173.1 KB |
Width change is how much wider (+) or narrower (−) the picture looks in the square. Refused means a side was shorter than 1080 px.
Source: our test on 2026-11-10 (harness eacd79c, site code eacd79c), headless Chromium 145 on a desktop Mac, 25 CC0 photos. How we test
Cut to a 1:1 square, then resized
| Kind | Files | Crop kept (median) | Resized | Square smaller than 1080 px | Already 1080 × 1080 | Median file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photos | 25 | 67% | 24 | 1 | 0 | 264.4 KB |
| Screenshots | 5 | 63% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 187.0 KB |
| Graphics | 5 | 100% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 96.5 KB |
Crop kept is the share of the original picture inside the largest centred square. A square crop has equal sides, so the resizer showed no shape warning after it.
Source: our test on 2026-11-10 (harness eacd79c, site code eacd79c), headless Chromium 145 on a desktop Mac, 25 CC0 photos and 10 images we made. How we test
How to make a clean square
- Open the crop tool and choose 1:1. The box starts in the middle; drag it over the face or the product, and make it as large as the picture allows. Save the crop.
- Add the square above. 1080 and 1080 are filled in.
- If it says the dimensions enlarge the image, the square is smaller than 1080 px. Tick Allow enlargement only if the post must be that size.
- Press Resize image and download.
- If the upload also has a KB limit, compress the square afterwards.
When the square goes wrong
Faces look squashed.
With Keep aspect ratio off, the resizer forces the picture into the square, and 24 of our 25 photos came out squeezed or stretched. A 3:2 landscape came out 33% narrower, and a 2:3 portrait 50% wider. Crop to 1:1 first; the resizer never crops.
Cropping cut off too much of my photo.
A square keeps only the short side's worth of a long picture. The largest centred square kept a median 67% of our photos, and 10% of a very wide panorama. Move the box to the part that matters before you save.
It says these dimensions enlarge the image.
The square is smaller than 1080 px. That happened to 1 of our photos, only 864 px tall, and to 5 of 10 screenshots and graphics, the smallest only 800 px wide. Tick Allow enlargement if you must, and expect softness.
I also need the square under a KB limit.
Resize first, then compress. Our squares came out at a median 264.4 KB. In a chained test, resizing to 1080 × 1080 and then compressing to 200 KB, 24 of 25 photos met the target; 1 was refused at the resize step for being too small.
Other pages for this job: Resize image to 1920 × 1080 · Crop image · Resize image · Image size guide · Resize first or compress? · Exact size without stretching