Crop GIF

Crop an animated GIF while keeping every frame and the animation. Draw a crop box, adjust it, and download your cropped GIF — all in your browser.

Drop a GIF here or click to upload

Animated or static GIF files

Crop Without Losing the Animation

Most crop tools flatten a GIF to a single frame. This one crops every frame identically and re-encodes the animation so your GIF keeps moving — just tighter framed.

When to Crop a GIF

Animated GIFs are often captured larger than they need to be. A screen recording grabs the whole desktop when only one window matters, a reaction GIF drags distracting background along with it, and a meme carries dead space around the punchline. Cropping cuts every frame to the same rectangle while keeping the original frame delays, so the motion and timing of your GIF stay exactly as they were — only the framing changes.

Cropping is also the fastest way to shrink a GIF. Because a GIF stores pixel data for every single frame, removing unwanted areas reduces each frame at once — trimming half the canvas can cut the file size dramatically. That matters anywhere GIFs face upload limits, such as chat apps, forums and email signatures.

  • Tighten screen recordings to a single window, menu or button for tutorials and bug reports.
  • Cut reaction GIFs down to the face or action that carries the joke.
  • Make square or banner-shaped versions of an animation for social posts.
  • Reduce file size to fit chat, forum or CMS upload limits without shortening the clip.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about cropping GIFs.

Yes. Every frame is cropped to the same area and the animation is fully preserved.

No. Cropping and re-encoding both run in your browser.

Completely free, with no watermark and no signup.

Yes. Type the width and height into the Crop W and Crop H fields, then drag the box on the preview to position it. The values update live as you drag.

Usually, yes. Cropping removes pixels from every frame, so there is less image data to store. Lowering the quality slider shrinks the file further, while the best setting keeps colors closest to the original.

Yes. A static GIF is treated as a one-frame animation: the frame is cropped and saved as a GIF, exactly like an animated file.