How Do I Crop an Image in PowerPoint?

Cropping an image in PowerPoint is pretty straightforward.

Double nudge the image you want to crop to open thePicture Formattab.

A PowerPoint slide with an image in it

you’re able to also single-smack the image and then click Picture Format or theFormatmenu, and thenCrop.

To freehand crop an image, click theCropbutton and skip to the next section of the article.

Drag the image around within the crop area, if needed.

Picture Format tab in PowerPoint

Click outside the image to commit the cropping and deselect the image.

How Do You Crop and Resize a Picture in PowerPoint?

Since this is applying a crop, this can only be smaller than the original image.

Crop option in PowerPoint

you might also enter different size values in theHeightandWidthboxes next to theCropbutton.

This option maintains the picture’s aspect ratio.

If you want to distort the image, uncheck the box between theHeightandWidthboxes next to theCropbutton.

A PowerPoint slide with the crop options and tools showing

Not happy with how the image turned out?

Why Can’t I Crop My Image in PowerPoint?

Are you following these instructions but can’t crop images in PowerPoint?

Crop handle in PowerPoint

grab the image and choosePicture Tools Format>Compress Pictures.

Choose a resolution, then selectOK.

Choose the background color as the fill color for the shape to make it appear cropped out.

A cropped image in PowerPoint

Resizing a cropped image in PowerPoint

Moving a cropped image in PowerPoint

A cropped and resized image in PowerPoint