Does Crop Center Square upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Crop Center Square runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Images. Center square crop. Output PNG. Max 20 MB.

Should I use Crop Image instead of Crop Center Square?

Use Crop Center Square when you need Trim to a centered square. Use Crop Image when you need Trim the same pixel margin from every edge. They share a category (Images) but not the same job.

Crop Center Square

Trim to a centered square.

Crops the largest centered square (min of width and height). Unlike Crop Image this is a one-click center square, not a margin crop. Unlike Letterbox Square Image this discards overflow, it does not pad. Runs in the browser on a canvas.

What Crop Center Square does

Crop Center Square sits in the Images group on purpose. It is not Crop Image (Trim the same pixel margin from every edge.) and not Letterbox Square Image (Pad to a square with black bars.). Choose this page when you need Trim to a centered square. If you stretch Crop Center Square into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Crop Center Square

Stay on this Crop Center Square page (/crop-center-square-image). Do not switch to Crop Image unless you actually want Trim the same pixel margin from every edge..
Add the file type Crop Center Square accepts. Hint from the path: crop center square image. Trim to a centered square.
Set only the options that match Crop Center Square. Neighbor Letterbox Square Image does something else (Pad to a square with black bars.). Tool note: Crops the largest centered square (min of width and height). Unlike Crop Image this is a one-click center square, not a margin crop. Unlike Letterbox Square Image this discards overflow, it does not pad. Runs in the browser on a canvas.
Run Crop Center Square in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Images. Center square crop. Output PNG. Max 20 MB.
Download or copy the result from Crop Center Square. If it is the wrong job, open Crop Image instead.

When not to use Crop Center Square

Skip Crop Center Square when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Crop Image or Letterbox Square Image — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Crops the largest centered square (min of width and height). Unlike Crop Image this is a one-click center square, not a margin crop. Unlike Letterbox Square Image this discards overflow, it does not pad. Runs in the browser on a canvas.

Questions about Crop Center Square

What does Crop Center Square do that other Images pages on this site do not?: Crops the largest centered square (min of width and height). Unlike Crop Image this is a one-click center square, not a margin crop. Unlike Letterbox Square Image this discards overflow, it does not pad. Runs in the browser on a canvas. Short version: Trim to a centered square.
Does Crop Center Square upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Crop Center Square runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Images. Center square crop. Output PNG. Max 20 MB.
Should I use Crop Image instead of Crop Center Square?: Use Crop Center Square when you need Trim to a centered square. Use Crop Image when you need Trim the same pixel margin from every edge. They share a category (Images) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Crop Center Square?: Images. Center square crop. Output PNG. Max 20 MB. Also: Crops the largest centered square (min of width and height). Unlike Crop Image this is a one-click center square, not a margin crop. Unlike Letterbox Square Image this discards overflow, it does not pad. Runs in the browser on a canvas.