Crop photo (Windows 10)

There are two reasons for wanting to crop a photo. There is more in the picture than desired or the photo has to fit on a certain size of paper. For example, a standard print measures 15 by 10 cm. Then choose the ‘3×2’ format in the Photos app and the remaining photo is guaranteed to fit on the print.

Crop a photo in Windows 10’s Photos app like this:

• Open the Photos app.
• Click on a photo.
• Click on the top right Edit and create > To process.
• click on Crop and rotate.
• Click on one of the white dots in the corners of the photo and keep the mouse button pressed.
• Drag the white ball inwards until you have the desired crop. Release the mouse button.
• If necessary, move the photo relative to the frame so that another part of the photo falls within the frame. Click in the frame and drag the mouse pointer.
• Optionally, you can set an aspect ratio. That is the ratio between the long and the short side. Right click Aspect Ratio.
• Select the desired aspect ratio, for example 3×2 (the size of a standard printout).
• Don’t like the result? click on Reset.
• You can make further edits or save the photo. Choose Save a copy if you want to keep the original photo. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the photo and click Save.