How to Crop Photos on an iPad With the Photos App
Open Photos., Tap Albums., Tap an album., Tap a photo you wish to edit., Tap the Edit button., Tap the Crop button., Crop your photo., Tap Done.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open Photos.
It's a white app with a multicolored flower, typically found on the Home screen. -
Step 2: Tap Albums.
It's the icon of overlapping rectangles at the bottom-right of the screen. , There should be several albums listed here, such as "Camera Roll" (or "All Photos" if iCloud Photo Library is enabled), "Favorites," "People," and "Places."
Doing so will enlarge the photo on your iPad's screen. , It's the icon that looks like sliders with buttons in the upper-right corner of the screen. , It's the icon of two overlapping angles at the bottom-left of the screen.
If you're holding your iPad horizontally, the icon will be on the right side of the screen. , Do so in one of two ways:
Crop manually.
Tap and drag a corner or side of the photo.
Dragging the bottom side upward, for example, will remove anything below it from the photo.
Use a preset constraint to apply its aspect ratio to your photo.
Tap the icon of overlapping squares at the bottom-right of the screen to see the list of available preset constraints, such as Square or 9:16.
Tap a preset constraint to apply it to your photo. , It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Doing so will save your changes and exit the editing screen.
If you're holding your iPad horizontally, Done will be in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Tap Cancel in the bottom-left corner of the screen, followed by Discard Changes, to revert to the photo's original state.
If you're holding your iPad horizontally, Cancel will be in the lower-right corner of the screen. -
Step 3: Tap an album.
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Step 4: Tap a photo you wish to edit.
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Step 5: Tap the Edit button.
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Step 6: Tap the Crop button.
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Step 7: Crop your photo.
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Step 8: Tap Done.
Detailed Guide
It's a white app with a multicolored flower, typically found on the Home screen.
It's the icon of overlapping rectangles at the bottom-right of the screen. , There should be several albums listed here, such as "Camera Roll" (or "All Photos" if iCloud Photo Library is enabled), "Favorites," "People," and "Places."
Doing so will enlarge the photo on your iPad's screen. , It's the icon that looks like sliders with buttons in the upper-right corner of the screen. , It's the icon of two overlapping angles at the bottom-left of the screen.
If you're holding your iPad horizontally, the icon will be on the right side of the screen. , Do so in one of two ways:
Crop manually.
Tap and drag a corner or side of the photo.
Dragging the bottom side upward, for example, will remove anything below it from the photo.
Use a preset constraint to apply its aspect ratio to your photo.
Tap the icon of overlapping squares at the bottom-right of the screen to see the list of available preset constraints, such as Square or 9:16.
Tap a preset constraint to apply it to your photo. , It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Doing so will save your changes and exit the editing screen.
If you're holding your iPad horizontally, Done will be in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Tap Cancel in the bottom-left corner of the screen, followed by Discard Changes, to revert to the photo's original state.
If you're holding your iPad horizontally, Cancel will be in the lower-right corner of the screen.
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