How to Crop on Facebook
Cropping a picture cuts out unwanted background and highlights a particular area of your photo. This can be very useful for profile pictures on Facebook, where you might just want your face showing as your main profile picture instead of a whole body or group shot. The crop tool is only available when you select a new profile picture. If you want to crop any other picture in your Facebook profile, you'll have to crop it on your computer.
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Instructions
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New Profile Pictures
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Access your photos by clicking "Photos" from your profile page and then clicking the photo you want to make your profile picture from your already uploaded photographs. If you haven't already uploaded a photo, click the "Change Picture" link at the top right of your existing profile picture on your profile page.
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Click "Make This Your Profile Picture," located under the photo.
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Click and drag the handles on the transparent box to display the area you want to crop.
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Click "Done" to crop the picture and display as your profile picture.
Other Pictures
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Open Microsoft Paint on your computer.
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Click "Paint," and then click "Open." Locate the photo on the hard drive, and then click "Open." If you do not have a copy of the picture on your hard drive, click the "Download" button underneath the photo in your Facebook photo album.
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Click the "Select" tool, which looks like a rectangle with dashed lines.
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Click the photo, then drag the rectangle across the area you want to crop. Click "Crop," located at the top left of the toolbar, and then save your photo by typing "Ctrl" and "S."
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Upload the cropped photo to Facebook. Click "Photos" from your profile page, and then click "Upload photos." You do not have to remove the original photograph.
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Tips & Warnings
Microsoft Paint is a free program installed on all Windows computers. If you can't find it, click the "Microsoft" button and then type "Paint" into the search box. Click on "Paint" in the results list to open the program.
