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How to Resize an Image for Instagram (2026 Sizes)

Common Instagram feed, story, and profile sizes — and how to resize privately without uploading to a third-party server.

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Instagram crops aggressively. Preparing the right aspect ratio before you post avoids cut-off faces and soft upscales. Exact pixel specs shift over time — treat the numbers below as common starting points and check Instagram’s help docs for the latest.

Common starting sizes

  • Feed square: 1080×1080 (1:1).
  • Feed portrait: often 1080×1350 (4:5).
  • Stories / Reels covers: commonly 1080×1920 (9:16).
  • Profile photo: square; upload large and let Instagram scale.

Resize workflow

  1. Open Resize for Instagram or the general Resize tool.
  2. Pick a preset or set width/height with aspect lock.
  3. Use Crop to fill when you need an exact frame; Fit when you must keep the whole image.
  4. Optional: crop first for subject framing, then resize.
  5. Export JPEG/WebP and upload from your phone or desktop app.

Private presets for common social sizes.

Resize for Instagram