Video tool · Free

Crop a Video for Instagram

Reframe any video to 4:5 at 1080 x 1350, the shape the Instagram feed actually wants. Free, nothing to install.

Free to start
Nothing to install
Up to 1GB

How it works

Crop for Instagram in 3 steps

Upload your video
Drag and drop a file, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB, nothing to install.
4:5 is already selected
The crop is pre-set to 4:5 for Instagram. Switch ratio in the panel if you need a different placement.
Crop and download
We process the crop on our servers. Create a free account to download.

Instagram video sizes

Instagram gives portrait video the most screen space in the feed. A 4:5 post at 1080 x 1350 is the tallest shape the feed will show without cropping it back, which is why it consistently occupies more of the screen than a square or a landscape clip.

Reels and Stories are a different shape entirely: full-screen 9:16 at 1080 x 1920. If the clip is going to Reels rather than the feed, crop to 9:16 instead, there is a dedicated page for that linked below.

Instagram re-compresses everything on upload, so give it a clean 1080-wide source. Uploading a small, heavily compressed file means the platform compresses an already-degraded picture a second time.

Feed (portrait)

Aspect ratio4:5

Frame size1080 x 1350

Feed (square)

Aspect ratio1:1

Frame size1080 x 1080

Feed (landscape)

Aspect ratio1.91:1

Frame size1080 x 566

Reels and Stories

Aspect ratio9:16

Frame size1080 x 1920

Placement	Aspect ratio	Frame size
Feed (portrait)	4:5	1080 x 1350
Feed (square)	1:1	1080 x 1080
Feed (landscape)	1.91:1	1080 x 566
Reels and Stories	9:16	1080 x 1920

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 4:5 and you only need it at a different resolution, use the resize tool instead, it is free too and linked below.

FAQ

crop for instagram: questions

What is the best video size for Instagram?

1080 x 1350 (4:5) for feed posts, because it takes up the most vertical space, and 1080 x 1920 (9:16) for Reels and Stories.

Will Instagram crop my video again after I upload it?

Only if the aspect ratio falls outside what the placement supports. Crop to 4:5 for the feed or 9:16 for Reels and the platform leaves the framing alone.

Is cropping for Instagram free?

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

Do I need to install anything?

No. It opens in any browser, so you can crop for Instagram 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.

What if my subject is not in the middle?

This tool crops from the centre, so it keeps the middle of the picture. If the subject sits to one side, open the clip in the full REQO editor, move the picture inside the new frame and export from there. That is free too.

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