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How to Round the Corners of a Picture or Make It a Circle (With Transparency)
Set how round the corners are with a slider, from slightly soft to a full circle, and download a PNG with transparent corners.
Saizul Amin15 Oct 2026 · Updated 17 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Rounded corners make a picture feel friendly and modern. They are used for app icons, avatars, cards and thumbnails.
Quick answer
Choose a picture and drag the slider to set the corner roundness. At the highest value, a square becomes a circle (or a rectangle becomes an ellipse). The corners are transparent in the PNG so the picture sits well on any background.
Common settings
- Slight rounding (5 to 10 percent): modern card style.
- Medium (20 to 30 percent): app-icon style.
- Full: circle avatar for profile photos.
Steps
- Open the tool and add a picture.
- Drag the slider until it looks right.
- Download as PNG.
Why PNG
Transparency needs PNG (or WebP). If you save as JPG the corners fill with white.
Tips
- Crop your picture to a square first for a perfect circle.
- Put the rounded picture on a coloured background to check the transparency.
- For a border around the rounded shape, use Add Border to Image.
- Use the Profile Photo Maker if you also need a standard avatar size.
- Keep the original; once corners are removed the cut-off area cannot be restored.
Where it is used
Social profiles, WhatsApp-style avatars, team pages, presentation slides and product cards.
