How to Crop the Status Bar or Taskbar Out of a Screenshot

The short answer

To crop the status bar, navigation bar or taskbar out of a screenshot, open Crop Image, load the screenshot and type the area to keep in pixels: X and Y are the top-left corner of the area, Width and Height its size. To cut a strip off the top, set Y to the strip's height and reduce Height by the same amount. The crop runs in your browser and downloads as a JPG.

Why crop instead of retaking the screenshot

The bars around a screenshot often carry things you do not want to share: the time, battery level, carrier name, notification icons from other apps, open browser tabs or a cluttered taskbar. They also waste space when the screenshot goes into a document, a slide or a support ticket. Cropping removes them in a few seconds, and because you type exact numbers, every screenshot in a set can be cropped identically.

How the Crop Image tool works

When you load an image, the tool shows its original size (for example Original: 1080×2400px) and four boxes:

Box	Meaning
X (px)	How many pixels to skip from the left edge
Y (px)	How many pixels to skip from the top edge
Width (px)	Width of the area you keep
Height (px)	Height of the area you keep

They start at X 0, Y 0 and the full width and height, which means "keep everything". Below the boxes it shows the output size. Click Crop Image to see the result, then Download. The file is saved as yourname_cropped.jpg.

There is no drag handle, so the crop is set only by the numbers. That is slower for a one-off crop but ideal for screenshots, where you usually want to remove a fixed-height strip.

Step 1: Find the height of the bar

Status bars, navigation bars and taskbars have different heights on different devices, display scales and apps, so measure your own screenshot rather than copying a number from elsewhere.

Using Paint on Windows: open the screenshot in Paint, move the pointer to the bottom edge of the bar, and read the position in the status area at the bottom of the window. The second number is the Y position in pixels.

Using any editor with a selection tool: draw a selection from the top of the image to the bottom of the bar. Most editors show the selection size while you drag.

By trial: guess a value, crop, and look at the preview. If a sliver of the bar is still visible, click New image, load the screenshot again and increase the number. Two or three tries are usually enough.

Step 2: Work out the numbers

Write down the original size, then subtract the bars you want to remove.

Remove only the top status bar

Say the screenshot is 1080 x 2400 px and the status bar is 80 px tall.

• X = 0
• Y = 80
• Width = 1080
• Height = 2400 - 80 = 2320

Remove the status bar and the bottom navigation bar

Same screenshot, with a 130 px navigation bar at the bottom.

• X = 0
• Y = 80
• Width = 1080
• Height = 2400 - 80 - 130 = 2190

Remove the Windows taskbar from a desktop screenshot

Say a desktop screenshot is 1920 x 1080 px and the taskbar along the bottom is 48 px tall.

• X = 0
• Y = 0
• Width = 1920
• Height = 1080 - 48 = 1032

Remove browser tabs and the address bar

Measure from the top of the window down to the top of the web page itself. If that is 120 px on a 1920 x 1080 screenshot, set Y to 120 and Height to 960. If the screenshot also shows a scrollbar on the right, reduce Width by the scrollbar width.

The rule for every case:

• Height = original height - top strip - bottom strip
• Width = original width - left strip - right strip
• Y = top strip, X = left strip

Step 3: Crop, check and download

Open Crop Image and click the upload area to choose your screenshot.

Type X, Y, Width and Height.

Check that the output line shows the size you expect.

Click Crop Image and look at the preview.

Click Download, or New image to start again.

Cropping a batch of screenshots the same way

Screenshots taken on the same device at the same orientation are the same size, so one set of numbers works for all of them. Note the four numbers once, then load each screenshot and type them in. Landscape screenshots have different dimensions, so measure them separately.

Common problems and fixes

A black strip appears along one edge

The crop area extends past the image. X + Width must be no more than the original width, and Y + Height no more than the original height. In the example above, Y 80 with Height 2400 runs 80 px past the bottom, and that missing area comes out black. Reduce Height to 2320.

The output is a JPG, not a PNG

The tool always saves the crop as JPG at 92% quality. For photos and most screenshots that looks identical, but very fine text can show slight softening around the letters. If you need a PNG, convert the result with JPG to PNG; that will not restore detail, but it stops further loss if you edit the file again.

The file is too large for a form or chat

Cropping removes pixels, so the file normally gets smaller, but a tall phone screenshot can still be big. Resize it with Resize Image or shrink it to a target size with Compress Image to KB.

Private details are in the middle, not at the edges

Cropping can only remove a rectangle around the outside. If a name, phone number or account number sits inside the area you need to keep, black it out instead. The guide on blacking out personal details in a photo shows how.

Tips for cleaner screenshots

• Crop before adding effects. If you plan to add a background or shadow with the Screenshot Beautifier, crop first so the bars do not end up framed in the final image.
• Keep the original. The cropped file is a new download, so the original stays untouched. Keep it until you are sure the crop is right.
• Check the corners. Some phones have rounded screen corners or a camera cut-out, which can leave dark corners at the top of a screenshot. Cropping a few extra pixels from the top removes them.
• For a fixed shape, plan the ratio. If the screenshot has to be square or 16:9, see cropping to an exact pixel size or aspect ratio for how to calculate the box.