How to Crop Photos on iPhone 15, 14 Using Photos App in 2 Ways

Learn how to crop & resize photos on your iPhone easily and quickly with this guide. No extra apps or software needed!

People often make mistakes while taking photos, such as accidentally capturing extra space around the main object, be it a personal photo, a family photo or a couple of photo. In such cases, one needs to crop the extra part of the picture. However, many new iOS users are not aware of this feature, which can be frustrating when faced with such a problem.

Many photography enthusiasts opt for free or paid photo editing apps to crop specific parts of their photos or remove white or extra space in their captured images. However, it is not necessary to use a third-party app for cropping alone, as it may consume the memory of your iPhone or iPad.

How to Crop Photos on iPhone Using the Photos App

Step 1: Launch the Photos app on your iPhone > Choose Albums > Select any image from the camera roll you want to crop.

Launch the Photos App Select any Image on iPhone

Step 2: Pinch zoom on a photo to select a specific part > Tap the Crop option located at the top right corner. Note: This feature is available in iOS 17 and later Updated versions.

Zoom out on a Photo to select a specific part Tap the Crop option on iPhone

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Step 3:, Tap on Edit at the top right corner to modify the image > You have seen different tools for image editing at the bottom of your iPhone and Choose the Crop option.

Tap on Edit Select Crop on iPhone

Step 4: Use the Crop border to resize Or Zoom in the Image for crop > You can also use the image’s aspect ratio. That is, auto-crop or resize the image technically to perfection > Choose to resize the image using freeform, Square, Wallpaper, 9:16, 4:5, 5:7, 3:4, 3:5, 2:3 at the bottom of your iPhone.

Crop the Image Select the Ratio of the Image on iPhone

Step 5: if you are on the aspect Menu, Select the 4:5 ratio of the image, then Tap on the crop option and press the Done button to update or save the image on your iPhone.

Tap the Ratio of 4-5 Click on Crop Tap Done on iPhone

Step 6: To Reverse the changes or get the original picture, select cropped photos from your Photos app > tap on edit > click on Reverse.

How to Undo Cropped Picture on iPhone

Let’s see how to Revert the cropped image to the original picture. Please follow the given below steps.

Select Cropped Image Tap on Edit Click on Revert on iPhone

Step 7: From the Prompted Menu, Tap to Revert to Original > Get the Original picture.

From Pop-up Menu Select Revert to Original See the Original Photo on iPhone

I hope you are able to take and save crop photos using only the photo app on your iPhone.

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Karly Wood

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