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WhatsApp shrinks every profile photo to a 640 by 640 square, then masks it as a circle about 40 points wide in your chats list. This free tool removes the background, centers your face inside that circle, and exports a 640 x 640 PNG. All of it happens locally in this tab: the file is never uploaded and never leaves your phone or laptop.
Your photo never leaves your device. Everything runs in your browser, and nothing is uploaded to a server.
Pick a photo from your phone or laptop. Meta's developer docs put the floor at 192 pixels per side, and anything near that degrades when WhatsApp resizes it, so choose a sharp shot of at least 640 pixels and drop it in.
The background is removed automatically on your device, and your face is framed inside the middle 80 percent of the square. That matters because WhatsApp masks the corners off in the chats list, on contact cards, in groups, and on calls.
Download the finished PNG at 640 x 640, which matches the master WhatsApp stores, so there is no downscaling left to soften it. In WhatsApp, open Settings, tap your name, and pick the new image; Privacy, then Profile photo, controls who can see it.
| Recommended upload size | 640 x 640 px, square |
|---|---|
| Where it appears | Stored and served as a 640x640 px master; renders as a circle roughly 40x40 pt in the chats and calls lists, larger (about 96 to 120 px) on the contact info screen, and near full screen (the 640x640 image scaled up) when tapped |
| Crop shape | Displayed as a circle |
| Minimum size | 192x192 px (Meta's docs warn that images under 192 px on either side can cause resizing problems) |
| File size limit | 5 MB (documented for WhatsApp Business API profile photos; the consumer app compresses any upload down to the same 640x640 master) |
| Formats | JPEG and PNG, static images only |
Upload limits are from WhatsApp's own documentation (checked July 2026). Display sizes are observed in the app and can change.
Output is fixed at 640 x 640, the largest square WhatsApp keeps. You never have to guess a number or hand the app a tiny source it has to enlarge.
Background removal runs in your browser, on your own device. Nothing is posted to a server, nothing is stored, and no account is needed, which suits a photo you are about to attach to your phone number.
WhatsApp shows the same file at two extremes: a 40 point circle in your chats list and a near full screen view when someone taps it. A clean cut-out and a centered subject hold up at both.
Upload a square image of at least 640x640 pixels, which matches the maximum size WhatsApp stores. Anything larger (1080x1080 is a common choice) is fine and gives the compressor more detail to work with, since WhatsApp downscales every profile photo to a 640x640 master.
WhatsApp compresses every profile photo to a maximum of 640x640 pixels with fairly aggressive JPEG compression. If your source image was small (near the 192 px minimum), heavily cropped, or already compressed, the result gets soft. Re-upload from the original photo, keep the crop loose enough that WhatsApp is not enlarging a tiny region, and start from at least 640 px per side.
Yes. You upload and crop a square, but the app displays it as a circle in every surface: the chats list, contact info, groups, and calls. The corners of your square are permanently hidden, so center your face or logo and keep anything important out of the corners.
No. WhatsApp only accepts static images, in practice JPEG or PNG. There is no animated avatar support. The closest option is WhatsApp's Avatar feature, which lets you create a cartoon version of yourself and use a static image of it as your profile photo.
By default everyone with your number can see it, including strangers who message you first. You can change this in Settings under Privacy and Profile photo, choosing Everyone, My contacts, My contacts except specific people, or Nobody. Anyone excluded sees the default silhouette.
WhatsApp removed the option to download someone else's profile photo in 2019, and since 2024 the app also blocks screenshots of profile pictures, which come out as a black image. This is not absolute protection (someone could photograph the screen with another device), but casual saving is blocked.
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