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Crop GIF keep it animated, free

By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: September 2026

Wondering how to crop a gif without losing the motion or picking up a watermark? Give a width, height and starting point and the rest is cut away — the result is still a real, moving GIF. Free, no account, up to 400 MB.

Pick a box, keep the loop

Enter the width and height you want to keep, plus how far from the left and top it starts — exactly like cropping a photo, except every frame of the animation gets the same cut. Nothing is flattened to a single still.

The result is re-encoded with its own colour palette instead of a generic web palette, so flat colours and gradients keep their edges instead of turning into bands.

GIFs wider than about 1280 pixels after the crop come back scaled down to fit that width, proportions kept — measured directly against this tool, not assumed. Most GIFs people crop (memes, stickers, short clips) sit well under that, so this rarely shows up in practice.

Crop, resize, or make a new GIF?

This page cuts a piece out of the frame. Need the whole picture smaller or bigger instead? Resize GIF does that. Starting from a video rather than a GIF? Our sister site has a video to GIF maker.

Want it to play faster or slower, or backwards? GIF speed changer and reverse GIF do those, and you can crop first and pipe the result straight into either one.

About your file

A browser can't re-encode a GIF's frames, so it's uploaded to our own server, cropped there, and deleted the moment the job finishes — we keep no copy. Limit: 400 MB and 20 minutes of source length, which covers every animated GIF anyone actually has.

Also known as an animated GIF cropper

Same page, whatever you called it on the way in: a GIF cropper, a cropper GIF tool, an animated gif cropper, or just crop gif — type any of those into Google and pages like this one are what turns up.

It's also free at full size: crop gif online free, no trial, no watermark, no account.

Square GIFs for Discord, Slack or a profile picture

Most avatar and sticker slots want a square. Use the source height as both width and height, and start halfway across the extra width: a 480x270 GIF becomes 270x270 starting 105 from the left.

That stays under the 1280px note above for any source up to 1280x1280, so square crops come out exact.

Works on any device

No app to install — open this page in Safari on an iPhone or Chrome on Android, type the same four numbers, and download the cropped GIF straight to the phone.

Common questions

How do I crop a gif online?

Enter the width and height you want to keep, plus how far from the left and top it starts, then download. Every frame gets the same cut, so the animation keeps playing.

Is this animated gif cropper really free?

Yes. No watermark, no account, no daily cap — up to 400 MB and 20 minutes of source length.

Does cropping lose quality or add colour banding?

The part you keep stays as sharp as it was — you're removing pixels, not stretching them. The output gets a colour palette built from your own GIF, not a generic web palette, which is what usually causes banding.

What happens to my GIF?

It's uploaded to our own server, cropped there, and deleted the instant the job finishes. Nothing is kept or looked at.

Can I crop a wide or tall GIF to any size?

Up to about 1280 pixels wide, yes — exactly. Beyond that the result is scaled down to fit 1280px, proportions kept, because the colour-palette step that keeps it banding-free tops out there. Ordinary GIFs — memes, stickers, short clips — are well under that width.

How is this different from iLoveIMG's crop tool?

iLoveIMG limits file size and how many images you can crop per batch on its free tier. This one has no account and no daily cap up to 400 MB, and hands the animation back as a real GIF, not a flattened still.

Does the GIF keep playing after cropping?

Yes — the crop is applied to every frame, so the loop keeps moving. Nothing gets frozen to a single frame.

Can I crop a GIF on my phone?

Yes — open this page in Safari or Chrome, enter the same width, height and position, and download the result. No app needed.

How do I crop a GIF into a square?

Use the source height as both width and height, and start halfway across the extra width. A 480x270 GIF becomes 270x270 starting 105 from the left.