LinkedIn's help page recommends 1584 × 396 pixels for the LinkedIn banner size, a 4:1 strip that it calls the cover image, in a JPG or PNG file under 8 MB. This background photo behind a profile is four times as wide as it is tall, and one of the first things a visitor sees, so a stretched or badly cropped picture there is easy to notice.
This page opens Resize image on the LinkedIn banner tile, so this preset makes a 1584 × 396 picture, a 4:1 banner. Below you will find how to resize an image for a LinkedIn banner, which photos survive such a wide shape, how to choose the strip yourself, and how to make a clean banner on a brand colour. Everything runs in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
What the LinkedIn banner preset makes
The LinkedIn banner tile under Size makes a picture exactly 1584 pixels wide and 396 tall, whatever you start with. The other tiles in the list, such as X / Twitter header (1500 × 500, a 3:1 strip) or YouTube thumbnail (1280 × 720), are one click away if you need them too. For a grid of posts on Instagram instead, the Instagram grid maker cuts one picture into nine tiles.
1584 divided by 396 is exactly 4, so the banner is a 4:1 shape. That matters more than the exact pixels: a picture that is already 4:1 only needs to be made smaller or larger, while any other shape has to be cut or padded to fit, which is what the next sections help you decide.
That is the same as the LinkedIn banner dimensions on LinkedIn's help page for the cover image. LinkedIn adjusts its guidance from time to time; the help page we checked, and the day, are listed under this article.
How to resize an image for a LinkedIn banner
- Press Select images, or drop your picture onto the page.
- Under Size, LinkedIn banner is already picked. It makes 1584 × 396.
- Under When the shape is different, choose Fill to cover the strip or Fit to keep the whole picture.
- With Fit, choose a Background colour for the space at the sides.
- Keep Save as on Original, or pick JPG, PNG or WebP, and press Resize.
- Save the banner. Its name ends in _1584x396.
On the done screen the row shows a small preview and the new size. If the crop is not right, Change settings takes you back to the panel with your choices kept, so you can switch between Fill and Fit and press Resize again.
Which photos work as a 4:1 banner
Fill keeps the middle of the picture and cuts from the top and bottom. A 4:1 banner is so wide that most photos lose more than half their height.
| Your picture | Fill keeps | Fit shows |
|---|---|---|
| Square, 1:1 | About the middle quarter | The square, small, with wide bands at the sides |
| Landscape photo, 4:3 | About the middle third | The whole photo, with bands at the sides |
| Wide photo, 16:9 | About the middle 44 % | The whole photo, with narrower bands |
| Panorama wider than 4:1 | The full height; the far left and right are cut | The whole panorama, with bands above and below |
So pick a photo whose interest runs across it rather than up and down. These tend to work well:
- A skyline, a coastline or a long landscape.
- A tidy desk, a workshop bench or a shop counter shot from the front.
- A texture or pattern: wood, fabric, a wall, a gradient.
- A team photo taken wide, with people in a row.
A head-and-shoulders portrait rarely works with Fill, because the strip would cross the middle of the face. Keep that for your profile picture, and if you want a round one, crop image to circle makes it.
Choose the strip, or build a plain banner
To keep a strip that is not in the middle, crop it yourself first in Crop image. Its Shape chips do not include 4:1, so leave the Shape on Free and type a Width four times the Height. Drag the box to the strip you want, press Crop, then resize the crop here; it is already 4:1, so Fill cuts nothing more.
| Picture | Width to type | Height to type |
|---|---|---|
| 4000 × 3000 camera photo | 4000 | 1000 |
| 3024 × 4032 upright phone photo | 3024 | 756 |
| 1920 × 1080 screenshot | 1920 | 480 |
For a clean, text-led banner, use Fit instead. Fit keeps the whole picture, a logo for instance, in the middle, and fills the sides with the Background colour: White, Ink, Black, Grey, or your brand colour from the + swatch. Then add a line about what you do with Add text to image.
Quality, batches and privacy
Save as Original keeps a JPG as a JPG and a PNG as a PNG, while an iPhone HEIC photo becomes a JPG. A photo banner is best as JPG; a banner of flat colour and sharp words looks crisper as PNG. A strip narrower than 1584 pixels has to be made bigger, and the panel warns that this makes it softer.
Making banners for a whole team? Select up to 100 pictures in one run. Each comes out at the LinkedIn banner size, 1584 × 396, with the same choices, the button counts them (Resize 8 pictures), and Save all as ZIP saves them together.
- Your pictures are resized in your browser. They are never uploaded, and our server does no picture work.
- It is free, with no account and no watermark. Image tools are not counted in the daily limit, which applies to document conversions only.
- Each saved banner is drawn fresh, with no location, camera or date details.
- It works in current Chrome, Edge and Firefox.
Make your LinkedIn banner now
To resize an image for a LinkedIn banner, keep the LinkedIn banner tile for 1584 × 396, choose Fill for a full strip or Fit for a logo on a colour, and press Resize. Crop a 4:1 strip first when you want to choose which part stays.
It is free and private. Select your picture above to start.
Source: LinkedIn Help: Add or change the cover image on your profile, checked 22 October 2026.
