Guides
How to uncrop a photo, app by app
Most apps keep the original behind a crop, at least for a while. These guides show where the undo lives, when a crop becomes permanent, and what to do when it has.
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Can you uncrop a photo?
Only if the cut-off pixels still exist somewhere: in the app that made the crop, inside the file itself, or in an original copy. If nothing is left, an uncrop tool can extend the picture with new pixels, but it cannot bring back what was really there.
Screenshot privacy
Can you uncrop a screenshot?
Most cropped screenshots hold nothing extra. Some saved by unpatched Pixel Markup or Snipping Tool before March 2023 do. How to check and stay safe.
Apple Photos guide
How to uncrop a photo on iPhone, iPad and Mac
Undo a crop in Photos with Revert to Original, recover a deleted original, roll back Preview with Revert To, and see what Extend in iOS 27 does.
Google Photos and Samsung
How to uncrop a photo on Android
Undo a crop in Google Photos with Edit, then Revert, or in Samsung Gallery with Revert to original. Plus Save vs Save as copy, Trash and AI fills.
Windows 11 guide
How to uncrop a photo on Windows 11
Cancel a crop in the Windows Photos app with Reset, find the uncropped Snipping Tool capture, or restore an older version from OneDrive or File History.
Office and Google Docs
How to uncrop a picture in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Cropped pictures in Word, PowerPoint and Excel keep the hidden part. Drag the crop handles back or reset the picture. Google Docs and Slides covered too.
Adobe and GIMP guide
How to uncrop an image in Photoshop, Lightroom and GIMP
Bring back cropped pixels in Photoshop with Reveal All or History, reset crops in Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, and use Fit Canvas to Layers in GIMP.
Canva guide
How to uncrop an image in Canva
Canva crops are non-destructive inside a design. Drag the crop handles back out, download your original upload, or use Magic Expand to generate more.
PDF guide
How to uncrop a PDF
Cropping a PDF usually only hides content. Restore full pages in Adobe Acrobat with Set To Zero, or in Mac Preview with Undo Crop or Revert To.
Formats guide
JPG, PNG or WebP? Choose an image format
A practical guide to image formats, transparency, quality and file size, with free browser tools for converting, resizing and compressing images.
Backgrounds guide
Remove a simple image background without AI
Learn how color selection, connected-area removal, tolerance and an erase brush can create a transparent cutout from a plain background.