This splitter does both Instagram layouts. Grid mode crops square and cuts a 3 by 3 set of profile tiles numbered in reverse posting order. Carousel mode cuts a row of slides and pads each to 4:5 so nothing gets recropped. Pick a mode, drop a photo in, download the set.
Drop an image here
or , or paste with Ctrl+V
JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF, up to 50 MB.
Drag any line to move a cut. Tab to a line and use the arrow keys to nudge it one pixel, or hold shift for ten.
Vertical cuts give side-by-side pieces. Horizontal cuts stack them.
The tool picks the rows and columns that keep the pieces closest to square.
A shared strip on each seam, so the sheets can be trimmed and taped.
Each piece is resized to the size this page targets before it is saved.
Your image never leaves your device. Splitting runs in your browser with the Canvas API.
The profile grid crops every post to 3:4, so keep the part of each piece you care about away from the left and right edges.
| Instagram profile grid tile | 1080 × 1440 px (3:4) |
|---|---|
| Instagram square post | 1080 × 1080 px (1:1) |
| Instagram portrait post | 1080 × 1350 px (4:5) |
| Instagram carousel slide | 1080 × 1350 px (4:5) |
| From a 1080 × 1080 square | 9 pieces of 360 × 360 px |
| From a 1080 × 1350 portrait | 9 pieces of 360 × 450 px |
| From a 4000 × 3000 photo | 9 pieces of 1333 × 1000 px |
| Upload order | Piece 9, then 8, then 7, then 6, then 5, then 4, then 3, then 2, then 1 |
There are two completely different things people mean by splitting a photo for Instagram, and picking the wrong one wastes an afternoon.
A grid split spreads one picture across your profile as separate posts. Nine tiles fills three rows. It looks like a billboard at the top of your feed, it needs a square crop, and you have to upload the tiles backwards because the newest post takes the top left corner.
A carousel split puts the pieces inside one post that people swipe through. The pieces stay together, the order is left to right, and the shape is portrait rather than square. Up to 20 slides in a single post.
The chooser at the top of the splitter switches between them, and everything downstream changes with it: the crop, the padding, the file numbering and the guidance under the preview.
Two things to know either way. Instagram now crops profile thumbnails to 3:4 portrait, so grid tiles lose a slice off the top and bottom in the grid view. And every slide in a carousel has to share one aspect ratio, because Instagram crops mismatched slides to match the first one. Padding each slide to 1080 × 1350 px solves that in one step.
All of it runs in your browser. Your photo is never uploaded.
Grid mode crops square and cuts nine 1080 × 1080 px tiles, numbered so the first file you upload is the one that belongs bottom right. Post them in one sitting. Anything else published in between shifts every tile one square and the picture stops making sense.
Carousel mode cuts a row of slides and pads each to 1080 × 1350 px. A wide photo then swipes as one continuous scene at full screen height, instead of being shrunk into a single square. Post the leftmost slide first so the picture reads in the right direction.
Type-heavy artwork survives a carousel far better than a grid, because carousel slides are shown large and grid thumbnails are not. If the piece has to go on the grid, keep every line of type in the middle band of each tile so the 3:4 crop does not eat it.
The preview lays the tiles or slides out the way Instagram will show them, which is the point at which most layout mistakes become obvious. Move the crop, drag the cut lines, re-export. Nothing is published from this page, so you can iterate as many times as you like.
Decide first whether you want separate posts forming a grid or one post people swipe through. Grid mode crops square and cuts nine tiles for three profile rows. Carousel mode cuts a row of slides and pads them to portrait. Both export full-size files from this page.
A carousel keeps its shape permanently and shows each piece large, which suits anything with detail or type. A grid makes a bigger impression on a profile but breaks as soon as you post again, and its thumbnails are cropped to 3:4. Most people should start with a carousel.
Grid tiles export at 1080 × 1080 px, which is the square size Instagram serves feed images at. Carousel slides export at 1080 × 1350 px, the 4:5 portrait size that fills the most screen. Both are the point past which extra pixels stop making any visible difference.
Two crops happen. Profile thumbnails are cropped to 3:4 portrait in the grid view. And in a carousel, every slide is cropped to match the aspect ratio of the first slide. Padding each slide to the same shape before uploading stops the second one.
Yes. This page works in mobile Safari and Chrome and the cut lines respond to touch. HEIC photos from an iPhone need converting first. Set Settings, Camera, Formats to Most Compatible and new photos save as JPG, which this tool reads directly.
No. This runs in a browser tab with no install, no account and no watermark, and because the splitting happens on your own device your photos are never uploaded. That last part is worth something if you are working on client images or anything unreleased.