Video tool · Free

Crop a Video for Facebook

Reframe any video to 1:1 at 1080 x 1080, the shape the Facebook feed actually wants. Free, in your browser.

Free to startIn your browserUp to 500 MB
How it works

Crop for Facebook in 3 steps

1

Upload your video

Drag and drop a file, or click to browse. Up to 500 MB, nothing to install.

2

1:1 is already selected

The crop is pre-set to 1:1 for Facebook. Switch ratio in the panel if you need a different placement.

3

Crop and download

We process the crop on our servers. Create a free account to download, or keep editing in REQO.

Facebook video sizes

Square video earns more of the feed on mobile than landscape without committing you to a fully vertical crop, which is why 1:1 at 1080 x 1080 remains the safe default for Facebook feed posts.

Facebook Reels and Stories are full-screen 9:16 at 1080 x 1920, exactly like Instagram. If the clip is going there rather than the feed, crop vertical instead.

Most Facebook video is watched with the sound off first. Burned-in captions matter more than framing here, and REQO can generate and style them from the same file.

PlacementAspect ratioFrame size
Feed (square)1:11080 x 1080
Feed (portrait)4:51080 x 1350
Reels and Stories9:161080 x 1920
Landscape16:91920 x 1080

Cropping is not resizing

Cropping changes what is inside the frame by cutting the edges away. Resizing keeps the whole frame and changes how many pixels it is drawn with. Going from a landscape recording to a vertical post is a crop, and something has to leave the picture.

If your video is already 1:1 and you only need it at a different resolution, use the resize tool instead, it is free too and linked below.

FAQ

crop for facebook: questions

What is the best video ratio for Facebook?

1:1 or 4:5 for feed posts, because they take up more screen on a phone, and 9:16 for Reels and Stories.

Should Facebook videos have captions?

Yes. Feed video starts muted, so on-screen captions carry the message. You can transcribe and burn them in here for free.

Is cropping for Facebook free?

Yes. Crop and preview for free, then create a free account to download the result.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs in your browser on any machine, so you can crop for Facebook from a phone as easily as from a laptop.

Does cropping reduce quality?

The kept area is cropped at source resolution and re-encoded at high quality, so it stays sharp. Cropping deep into a low-resolution source is what makes video look soft, not the crop itself.

Need more than crop for facebook?

REQO is a full browser video editor: record, edit by transcript, caption and export.