Need to crop a photo on iPhone using the built-in photo editing tools? Then this guide is for you. Here we will show you how you can use iOS 26’s Photos app to easily crop an image and use other useful tools to achieve the perfect results.
Cropping is a quick and easy way to remove unwanted parts of an image, change the aspect ratio for social media, or zoom in on a subject. Here’s how you can do it on iPhone without any third-party apps.
Crop a photo on iPhone
- Launch the Photos app and open the image you want to edit.
- Tap on the Edit button from the bottom bar.
- Now, from the bottom of the screen, select the Crop tool.
- Next, drag the corners of the frame to manually crop the image.
- You can also tap on the Aspect Ratio button from the top right corner and choose preset sizes such as Square, 16:9, 4:3, etc.
- After you are done cropping the image, you can tap on the Done button in the top right corner of the screen to save your cropped image.
In addition to cropping the image, you can also perform actions like rotating and straightening the image. These tools are also available under the Crop tool.
That’s it, this is how you can crop a photo on your iPhone running iOS 26 or later.

