A grid post takes one big picture and shares it as several posts, so that side by side on a profile they add up to the whole. Some people plan a whole Instagram puzzle feed this way. The hard part is cutting the picture so the pieces line up exactly, and this page is set up to split an image for Instagram in one step.
This page works as an Instagram grid maker: it opens Split image with 3 rows and 3 columns already set, so you get nine tiles, numbered in reading order. The cutting happens in your browser, nothing is uploaded, and it is free with no watermark. Below you will see what it makes, how to keep the tiles square, how to post them in the right order, and how to make a smaller grid.
What this Instagram grid maker makes
This preset makes nine tiles in a 3 × 3 grid. Each tile is a third of your picture's width and a third of its height, so the tiles have the same shape as the picture itself. The panel shows Tiles 9 and the Each tile size in pixels before you press Split.
| Your picture | Each of the nine tiles |
|---|---|
| 3000 × 3000 (square) | 1000 × 1000 |
| 3240 × 4050 (portrait, 4:5) | 1080 × 1350 |
| 3024 × 4032 (upright phone photo) | 1008 × 1344 |
| 4032 × 3024 (phone photo lying down) | 1344 × 1008 |
If the width or height does not divide by 3, the last row and the last column take the pixels left over, and the panel adds a Last tile line with that size. The difference is one or two pixels, too small to see.
These are the files this grid maker for Instagram makes, not a promise about how they will look on a profile. Apps change how they show and crop a profile grid from time to time, so check the preview in the app before you post all nine.
How to split an image for Instagram
- Press Select image and choose the picture for your grid. JPG, PNG, WebP and iPhone HEIC photos all work.
- Look at the stage: dashed lines show the cuts, and each tile shows its number, 01 to 09.
- Switch on Make every tile square if you want square tiles, then drag the box over the part to use.
- Leave Save as on Original to keep the photo's format, then press Split.
- On the done screen, which says 9 tiles are ready, press Save all as ZIP.
Open the ZIP on your phone or computer and you have nine pictures, named after your photo with 01 to 09 on the end. A photo called sunset.jpg gives sunset_01.jpg to sunset_09.jpg.
Square tiles for an Instagram grid
Without any change, a tall phone photo gives tall tiles and a wide one gives wide tiles. Many people want each of the nine tiles to be a square instead, because square tiles make the grid easy to plan. Make every tile square does that for you.
- It crops the picture to a square first, because 3 columns and 3 rows of squares make a square.
- The square box starts as large as fits, in the middle. Drag it up or down on a tall photo, or sideways on a wide one, to choose what stays.
- Every tile is then exactly the same square of whole pixels. A 3024 × 4032 photo gives a 3024 × 3024 square and nine tiles of 1008 × 1008.
If you also want each tile to be a set size, such as 1080 × 1080, split first and then open the nine tiles in Resize image for Instagram, which makes 1080 × 1080 pictures and takes all nine in one run. To square the picture with your own crop first, Crop image to square works too.
Posting the nine tiles in order
The numbers follow reading order: left to right along the top, then each row below. On the 3 × 3 grid that means this layout.
| Left | Middle | Right | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top row | 01 | 02 | 03 |
| Middle row | 04 | 05 | 06 |
| Bottom row | 07 | 08 | 09 |
Which tile you post first depends on how your profile orders posts. If the newest post shows first, at the top left, post 09 first and 01 last, so 01 ends up top left. Post the tiles close together, so nothing else lands between them and breaks up the giant square.
For a panorama shared as one swipe-through post rather than a grid, pick 3 across under Quick grids. That cuts one row of three tiles, and a picture three times as wide as it is tall gives three squares.
Other grids, quality and privacy
Need a smaller grid? Rows and Columns are still there to change, and each runs from 1 to 10. Keep 3 Columns and set Rows to 1 or 2, and you get 3 or 6 tiles instead of 9, numbered 01 to 03 or 01 to 06. Make every tile square works for those grids too: it crops to a box three squares wide and one or two squares tall.
Save as Original keeps a JPG as a JPG, which suits photos. An iPhone HEIC photo is saved as JPG, and JPG and WebP are saved again at high quality. Each tile is drawn fresh, so it carries no location, camera or date details from the photo, and a sideways phone photo comes out the right way up.
- The picture is cut inside your browser. It is never uploaded, and our server does no picture work.
- It is free, with no account and no watermark on the tiles. Image tools are not counted in the free daily limit, which applies to document conversions only.
- It works in current Chrome, Edge and Firefox.
For other grids, such as 2 × 2 or 4 × 4, the general Split image tool has every setting. To make the rest of your profiles match from the same picture, see the Instagram story size, the thumbnail size for YouTube, the LinkedIn banner dimensions and the Twitter header size.
Make your Instagram grid now
To use this Instagram grid maker, select your picture, check the 3 × 3 grid on the stage, switch on square tiles if you want them, and press Split. Nine numbered tiles come out in one ZIP, ready to post in order.
It is free, private and runs in your browser. Select your picture above to start.
