Resize for linkedin banner (1584×396)
LinkedIn personal profile background banners display at 1584 × 396 pixels (4:1). The image is center-cropped to this wide shape.
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Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
How it works
- 1Drop your banner in — a wide photograph or a designed background.
- 2It is scaled and center-cropped to 1584 × 396, the 4:1 shape LinkedIn uses for personal profile backgrounds.
- 3Keep the left portion clear: your profile photo overlaps the banner's lower-left on desktop layouts.
Frequently asked questions
- Which part of the banner is actually safe?
- The centre and the right. Your profile photo sits over the lower-left on desktop, and on mobile the banner is cropped narrower, trimming both sides. A design that puts its message slightly right of centre and away from the bottom edge survives both layouts.
- Why is 4:1 such an awkward ratio to fill?
- Because nothing is photographed in it. Filling 1584 × 396 with a normal photo keeps a thin horizontal band, so images with a strong horizontal structure — a skyline, a desk from above, an abstract texture — work far better than a photo with one central subject.
- Should the banner contain text?
- A short line can work, since LinkedIn banners are viewed on desktop more often than most social images. Keep it to a few words, place it right of centre away from the profile photo, and check it at mobile width, where the sides are cropped and long text loses its ends.
- Is the personal profile banner the same size as a company page cover?
- No — company pages use a different, wider shape, so the two are not interchangeable. This size is for the background image on a personal profile. Uploading a personal banner to a company page will produce a crop you did not plan for.
About this tool
A LinkedIn profile banner is a 4:1 strip — 1584 × 396 — which is an unusually extreme ratio to fill. Almost nothing is photographed in that shape, so a normal image cropped to it keeps only a thin horizontal band. Pictures with strong horizontal structure survive this well: a skyline, a workspace from above, a texture. A photograph built around one central subject usually does not.
Where you place the content matters as much as what it is. Your profile photo overlaps the lower-left of the banner on desktop layouts, and mobile crops the banner narrower, trimming both sides. The dependable region is therefore centre-to-right, away from the bottom edge — which is also why a short line of text placed just right of centre is one of the few text treatments that works reliably here.
This size applies to personal profiles; company pages use a different cover shape and the two are not interchangeable. The resize and compression both happen in your browser: your image is scaled to fill the frame, trimmed evenly from the centre so nothing is distorted, and never uploaded to this site.