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Instagram Story & Reels SizeResizer

Make 1080 × 1920 px pictures for Instagram stories and reel covers that fill the whole screen.

  • Files stay on your device
  • No sign-up
  • Free, no watermark

About this tool

Instagram Story & Reels Size Resizer

Instagram stories and reels (insta or IG stories) fill a phone screen in the 9:16 shape. A normal photo is either zoomed in, losing the edges, or shown small on a coloured background.

Upload any photo and it's cropped to 1080 × 1920 px. Move the slider to choose which part stays in the frame, or add a border to keep the whole picture, then download a sharp JPG ready to upload to Instagram.

Instagram covers the top and bottom of the screen with your name, buttons and captions. Keep text and faces in the middle 1080 × 1420 px.

  • Story / Reel cover: 1080 × 1920 px

    Cropped to the exact shape, as a JPG under 1.5 MB.

  • Choose the framing

    Fill the frame and pick what's in view, or keep the whole photo with a border.

  • Private

    Your photo is resized on your device and never uploaded.

Step by step

How to resize a photo for an Instagram story or reel cover

  1. 1

    Upload your photo

    Choose a picture from your phone or computer, drag it in, or paste it.

  2. 2

    Adjust the framing

    Move the position slider so the important part is in view, or add a border to keep everything.

  3. 3

    Download and upload

    Save the JPG and upload it to Instagram.

FAQ

Instagram Story & Reels Size FAQ

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1080 × 1920 px (9:16). In the profile grid, Instagram shows the middle of the reel cover, so keep the main subject in the centre.

Choose the border option. The whole photo is fitted into the 9:16 frame with a border, so Instagram doesn't need to zoom in.

1080 × 1920 pixels (width × height), a 9:16 ratio. Phones and computers measure pictures in pixels, not inches or cm, so the pixel size is what matters.

Yes. It's saved as an HD, high-quality JPG at exactly the size Instagram shows, so Instagram has less reason to compress it again and it stays sharp.

No. The photo is cropped and resized in your browser, on your own phone or computer. It is never sent to our servers.

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