Free LinkedIn Profile Photo Maker
See your photo in LinkedIn's round frame while you drag and zoom it into place, swap a distracting background for a clean colour or a soft blur, and download it at the size LinkedIn wants. Runs entirely on your device — your photo is never uploaded.
What is the LinkedIn profile photo maker?
A LinkedIn profile photo has two quiet requirements that trip most people up. LinkedIn shows it as a circle, so a photo cropped as a square loses its corners — which is why so many profiles have the top of someone's head sliced off. And it displays that photo at several sizes, so anything under about 400 pixels looks soft on a laptop screen. This tool shows you the round frame while you position the photo, so what you see is what LinkedIn shows, and saves the result at 800×800 — sharp on high-resolution screens and comfortably inside LinkedIn's 8 MB limit. It can also separate you from your background and put a plain colour or a soft blur behind you, which is the quickest way to make a phone snap look deliberate. All of it happens on your device: the photo is never uploaded, which matters more for a picture of your face than for almost anything else you'd put through a free tool.
How our free LinkedIn profile photo maker works
Add your photo
Any clear photo of your face. It appears straight away inside LinkedIn's round frame.
Drag and zoom
Move the photo until your face sits nicely in the circle. Aim for your head and the top of your shoulders.
Tidy the background
Leave it as it is, blur it softly, or drop in a plain colour. The cut-out is worked out on your device.
Download and upload
Save the file, then add it on LinkedIn under your profile photo.
Who uses our free LinkedIn profile photo maker?
Job hunters
A clear, well-cropped photo is the first thing a recruiter sees next to your name.
Freelancers and consultants
Turn a decent phone photo into something that looks considered, without a studio.
Anyone with a busy background
Swap a kitchen or an office wall for a plain colour in one click.
People rejoining LinkedIn
Reuse a photo you already like instead of organising a whole new shoot.
Why use the LinkedIn profile photo maker?
You see the real crop
The round frame is the one LinkedIn uses, so nothing gets cut off by surprise.
Your face is never uploaded
The cut-out and the crop both run in your browser. No account, no server, no copy kept.
The right size, automatically
Saved at 800×800 — sharp on retina screens and well within LinkedIn's limits.
Tips for getting the best results
Fill the circle with your face
Head and the top of your shoulders is the standard framing. Full-body shots shrink your face to nothing at LinkedIn's display size.
Look at the camera
Profiles where the person faces the lens read as more approachable than a side-on or looking-away shot.
A plain background beats a busy one
If the room behind you is cluttered, a light grey or soft blur puts the attention back on your face.
Start from the largest photo you have
Zooming in throws away pixels. A big original leaves room to crop tightly and still look sharp.
Check it small
LinkedIn shows your photo tiny in comments and search results. If you can't tell it's you at thumbnail size, crop in closer.
Common problems and how to fix them
My iPhone photo won't open
iPhones save as HEIC, which most browsers can't read. Run it through our HEIC to JPG tool first, then bring the JPG back here.
The cut-out clipped my hair
Fine strands are the hardest part for any automatic cut-out. Blur usually looks better than a plain colour on photos with loose or curly hair, because the soft edge hides the join.
It says the photo is too small
The part inside the circle is under 400 pixels. Zoom out, or start again from a larger version of the photo.
The background option is slow the first time
The cut-out tool downloads once, then it's cached. Later photos are near-instant.
LinkedIn cropped it again after I uploaded
LinkedIn offers its own cropper on upload. Leave it as it is — the file is already square and centred.
Frequently asked questions
What size should a LinkedIn profile photo be?
LinkedIn accepts 400×400 up to 7680×4320 and a maximum of 8 MB. 800×800 is the practical sweet spot: sharp on high-resolution screens without a needlessly large file. This tool saves at exactly that.
Why does my LinkedIn photo look cut off?
LinkedIn displays profile photos as a circle, so the corners of a square photo are hidden. Position your face inside the round frame here and it will appear exactly as you see it.
Can I change the background of my LinkedIn photo?
Yes. Choose a plain colour or a soft blur, and the tool separates you from what's behind you. It runs on your device, so the photo is never uploaded.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The cropping and the background cut-out both happen in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server and nothing is stored.
Does this generate an AI headshot of me?
No — and deliberately. This works with the photo you already have rather than inventing a new face. AI headshot services need your photos uploaded to their servers; this doesn't.
What should I wear in a LinkedIn photo?
Whatever you'd wear to meet a client in your industry. Solid colours photograph better than busy patterns, which can look noisy at thumbnail size.
