Resize Image for LinkedIn Cover Photo Online Free

The banner across the top of a LinkedIn profile is one of the most underused pieces of professional real estate, and getting its size right is half the battle. LinkedIn recommends 1584 by 396 pixels — a wide, shallow 4:1 strip. Upload that exact shape and your banner sits crisp and full-width; upload a normal photo and LinkedIn crops it to the centre, usually slicing off the very part you wanted on show. This tool resizes any image to a clean 1584x396 in your browser so your profile leads with a sharp, deliberate banner.

The layout quirk to plan around is the profile photo. Your circular headshot overlaps the bottom-left of the banner, and on mobile the bottom portion of the image is partly hidden behind your name and headline text. So treat the lower-left corner as off-limits and keep anything important — a tagline, a logo, a website address, a key visual — in the upper area and toward the right, where it stays clearly visible on both desktop and phone.

It only takes a moment. Upload your image above and it's resized toward 1584x396; because that strip is much wider than most photos, crop to the 4:1 shape first with our free Crop tool so you choose what stays in frame rather than letting LinkedIn decide. Position your message in the safe upper-right region, preview, and download. If the file ends up large, our Compress Image tool will trim it without softening the result.

As with everything here, the resize runs locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded to us and nothing is stored, which suits a personal-brand refresh or a job search you're keeping quiet. The tool is free, carries no watermark and has no limits, so you can test a couple of banner ideas and re-export until the composition works around the profile-photo overlap.

A final tip: LinkedIn banners are viewed small and often on a phone, so keep any text short, large and high-contrast. A clean background with a single clear line — your value proposition, a current focus, or a simple call to connect — reads far better than a cluttered design once it's scaled down. Set the 1584x396 frame here, mind the lower-left overlap, and your profile will open with a banner that looks intentional and professional.