No Crop for Instagram
Post the whole photo, not just the middle of it. Your photo is placed on a 1080×1350 frame with a white border, with quick switches for the 3:4 grid, square and Story, and a blurred or coloured background if you prefer.
or drop them here, or paste (one or many; JPG, PNG or WebP)
1080 × 1350 px
Size
When the shape doesn't match
The whole photo stays in. The border is at least this wide on every side, more where the shapes differ.
Format
Saved exactly 1080 px wide as an sRGB JPG at quality 0.92. Instagram keeps photos up to 1080 px wide at their own size, and shrinks wider ones, so this skips a resize. It still re-compresses every upload and doesn't publish a quality setting to stay under; a high-quality file means less of our compression on top of theirs.
Your photos never leave your device: everything happens in your browser.
How to post a whole photo on Instagram without cropping
Add your photos
Pick one or several, drop them, or paste one. Each is shown on a white 4:5 frame.
Pick the shape and background
4:5, 3:4, square or Story; a white border, any colour, or a blurred copy of the photo.
Download and post
One photo saves as a JPG, several as a ZIP. Post it and Instagram has nothing to cut off.
Why Instagram crops your photo
Instagram's Help Center says feed photos keep their shape only between 1.91:1 (wide) and 3:4 (tall). A panorama, a 9:16 screenshot or a still from a vertical video falls outside that, so Instagram crops it to fit. In a carousel it's stricter still: every slide takes the shape of the first one, so a landscape shot in a portrait carousel loses its sides.
Putting the photo on a frame of the right shape first means there's nothing left to crop. The border or blurred background fills the spare space, and the photo itself stays whole. Do a whole carousel at once and every slide gets the same frame.
No-crop apps for phones often put this behind a subscription. This one is free and works in your phone's browser, with nothing to install.
Which shape, and why 1080 px
4:5 (1080×1350) takes up the most room in the feed, so it's the default. Since January 2025 the profile grid shows posts as 3:4 thumbnails, so 3:4 (1080×1440) shows the most on your profile. 1:1 is the classic square, and 9:16 (1080×1920) is for Stories.
Instagram keeps photos up to 1080 px wide at their own size and shrinks wider ones, so everything here is saved exactly 1080 px wide as an sRGB JPG at high quality. That spares the photo one resize. Instagram still re-compresses every upload and doesn't publish a quality setting to aim under, so no tool can promise to skip that step.
Everything happens in your browser with your device's own graphics. Your photos aren't uploaded anywhere.
Features
Whole photo, every time
The photo is fitted inside the frame, never trimmed, whatever its shape.
Border your way
White by default; pick any colour and how wide, or use a blurred copy of the photo instead.
A whole carousel at once
Add several photos and they all get the same shape and border, saved together as a ZIP.
Sized for Instagram
Exactly 1080 px wide in sRGB, so Instagram has no reason to resize it.
Frequently asked questions
How do I post a full photo on Instagram without cropping?
Put it on a frame of a shape Instagram accepts, then post that. Add your photo here, keep 4:5 with a white border (or pick 3:4, square or Story), download it and post it as it is.
Should I use 4:5 or 3:4?
4:5 fills more of the feed. 3:4 matches the profile grid's thumbnails, so nothing is hidden there. Both are within the 1.91:1 to 3:4 range Instagram's Help Center gives for keeping a photo's shape.
Why do my photos look blurry after posting?
Instagram shrinks photos wider than 1080 px and re-compresses every upload. Saving at exactly 1080 px wide in sRGB, at high quality, avoids the resize. The re-compression can't be avoided, and Instagram doesn't publish a quality figure that would get round it.
Can I make every slide in a carousel the same shape?
Yes. Add all the photos at once: they get the same frame and border and download together as a ZIP. On a phone, open the ZIP in your Files app to get the photos out.
Does it have to be a white border?
No. Pick any colour, change how wide the border is, or use a blurred copy of the photo to fill the space instead.