LinkedIn profile photo and banner size, and how to make yours fit

LinkedIn's help pages, checked in November 2026, recommend a background (banner) photo of 1584 × 396 pixels and a profile photo between 400 × 400 and 7680 × 4320 pixels. Both must be JPG or PNG and under 8 MB. The social media image resizer has both as presets, so one photo becomes a banner and a profile picture in the same pass.

LinkedIn image sizes

Sources: LinkedIn Help pages on adding a background photo and on profile photo requirements, and LinkedIn's single-image ads guide. LinkedIn changes its layout from time to time, so check the preview before saving.

The banner is a 4:1 strip, much wider than any phone photo. That is why a photo dropped straight in gets cropped to a thin band across the middle.

Steps

1. Open the social media image resizer and choose your photo.
2. In Sizes, under LinkedIn, tap Profile banner and Profile picture. Tap the four sizes it starts with to remove them if you do not need them.
3. For the banner, set its preview to Crop and drag the photo so the part you want sits in the strip. A city skyline, a desk, a texture or a team photo with space around it works better than a close portrait.
4. For the profile picture, set its preview to Crop and drag until your face is centred. LinkedIn shows it as a circle, so leave a little room around your head.
5. Under Save as, keep JPG. Press Download all for a zip with both, or download each preview on its own.
6. In LinkedIn, open your profile, choose the camera or pencil icon on the banner and on the photo, upload each file, and check the preview on a phone and a computer.

A good profile photo

A profile photo is usually seen tiny, in search results and next to comments. A few things make it read at that size:

• Face fills most of the circle. Crop from about the shoulders up.
• Plain background. A busy room competes with your face. The background tool can replace it with a plain colour on your device.
• Even light from the front. Window light facing you works well.
• Start large. A photo at least 400 pixels across after cropping stays sharp. A tiny photo enlarged to 400 looks soft, and the resizer marks a preview that had to be enlarged.

To check how the circle crops your photo before uploading, open crop image, tap LinkedIn under Social sizes, then Profile picture. The box turns into a circle, and the download is a square PNG with transparent corners. The resizer's Profile picture is a plain square, which LinkedIn rounds for you.

A banner that works on every screen

The banner is cropped differently on phones and computers, and your profile photo sits over part of it. So:

• Put anything important, such as a tagline or a logo, in the middle and the right half.
• Keep text large and short; one line of five or six words is plenty.
• Avoid faces near the edges or the bottom-left corner.
• Upload, then look at your profile on both a phone and a computer before you move on.

If you make the banner in another app with text on it, export it at 1584 × 396 and check the file is under 8 MB. A JPG at this size is normally far smaller; if not, compress it.

Common problems

• "Image too small" or a blurry banner: the photo was enlarged to fill 1584 pixels. Start from a wider original.
• The upload is refused: the file may be a GIF, HEIC or WebP. Save as JPG in the resizer.
• The banner shows the wrong part: switch the banner preview to Crop and drag the photo inside the strip.
• Text on the banner is hidden behind the photo: move it to the right or the middle and upload again.

Questions

What size should a LinkedIn profile picture be?

At least 400 × 400 pixels, square, as JPG or PNG under 8 MB. LinkedIn accepts up to 7680 × 4320.

What size is the LinkedIn background photo?

1584 × 396 pixels, a 4:1 strip, as JPG or PNG under 8 MB.

Is my photo uploaded to this site?

No. Resizing and cropping happen in your browser, and the photo stays on your device with its GPS location and other hidden details removed from the saved files. You upload the results to LinkedIn yourself; this site has no link with LinkedIn.

Can I make my other profile pictures at the same time?

Yes. In the same pass, tap Profile picture under X, YouTube or any other platform in Sizes. Each is cropped from the same photo, and Download all saves them together.