Every LinkedIn Image Size in 2026 — Specs, Ratios & Use Cases
| Placement | Pixel size | Aspect ratio | Max file size |
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| Personal profile banner | 1584 × 396 | 4:1 | 8 MB |
| Profile photo | 400 × 400 (min) | 1:1 | 8 MB |
| Post image / link preview | 1200 × 627 | 1.91:1 | 5 MB |
| Article cover (Pulse) | 1200 × 644 | 1.86:1 | 5 MB |
| Company Page cover | 1128 × 191 | 5.9:1 | 8 MB |
| Company logo | 300 × 300 | 1:1 | 4 MB |
| Sponsored / single-image ad | 1200 × 627 | 1.91:1 | 5 MB |
| Document/carousel post | 1080 × 1080 | 1:1 | 100 MB PDF |
How to resize a photo for LinkedIn — step by step
Step 1 — Choose the right placement. The biggest mistake recruiters and creators make is uploading the same image everywhere. LinkedIn's algorithm picks up cropped, letter-boxed and blurred images and surfaces them less. Decide first whether the image is for your personal banner, a feed post, a Company Page cover, an article header, or an ad creative. Each has a different ratio, and using the wrong one forces LinkedIn to crop or rescale on its side, which softens your image.
Step 2 — Upload a source image that is at least as big as the target. If you are resizing to 1584 × 396, your source needs to be at least 1584 pixels wide and 396 pixels tall. Upscaling a small image looks soft and washed-out — LinkedIn's compression amplifies that softness. Start with a high-resolution original (3000 × 750 or larger for a banner) so the resizer can downscale cleanly.
Step 3 — Pick the LinkedIn preset above. ImageGates ships with every LinkedIn size baked in. The tool scales the complete image proportionally to fit the target canvas without cropping.
Step 4 — Download and verify. The output is a 95% quality JPEG, the highest LinkedIn re-encodes without further loss. Open the file at 100% before uploading to LinkedIn — if anything looks soft, start from a larger original.
LinkedIn banner cropper rules — 2026 update
LinkedIn banners (1584 × 396) display differently across desktop web, iOS app, Android app and the recruiter inbox. The full image only renders on desktop. On mobile, the top 40 pixels are partially hidden by the status bar, and the bottom 80 pixels are covered by your profile photo and headline. The safest design zone is the central 1180 × 220 pixels — keep text, logos and faces inside that area or they will be clipped on most views.
Use a free image cropper first if you need to manually choose which third of your photo lives in the banner. Then return here, drop the cropped file in, and hit the 1584 × 396 LinkedIn Banner preset.
Why LinkedIn post images should be 1200 × 627
LinkedIn's feed renders attached images at a 1.91:1 ratio (1200 × 627) on both desktop and mobile. Uploading a square photo means LinkedIn either letter-boxes it (grey bars top and bottom) or center-crops it — both look amateurish. The 1.91:1 ratio is also the exact Open Graph image size LinkedIn pulls from external article URLs, so a single 1200 × 627 image works for native posts and link previews.
If you publish blog content elsewhere and want it to share well on LinkedIn, set the OG image to 1200 × 627. Use our 1200×630 OG image resizer — the 3-pixel difference is invisible and the file works for LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Slack.
LinkedIn profile photo size — what actually matters
LinkedIn accepts profile photos from 400 × 400 up to 7680 × 7680 pixels and up to 8 MB. The minimum to look sharp on Retina displays is 400 × 400; anything smaller is visibly pixelated. The rendered display size is 400 × 400 on desktop and 200 × 200 on mobile, cropped to a circle, so keep your face dead-center and avoid important visual information in the corners.
For corporate headshots, shoot at 4000 × 4000 or larger, remove the background with our free AI background remover, then resize to 400 × 400 here. A neutral light-grey or solid-color backdrop tests best for LinkedIn's algorithm and avoids the harsh outlines that office-window backgrounds create after compression.
LinkedIn Company Page cover (1128 × 191) — the hidden gotcha
The 1128 × 191 Company Page cover is one of the trickiest sizes on the platform. The Company Page logo (300 × 300) sits in the bottom-left corner, covering about 250 × 150 pixels of the banner. Critical messaging — taglines, calls-to-action — must live in the right two-thirds of the image. On mobile, the cover is letter-boxed to roughly 640 × 108, so the central horizontal strip is the only universally safe area.
We recommend designing the cover as a 1128 × 191 image with all text inside a 700 × 100 central safe-zone. Resize using the Company Cover preset above, then test by previewing the page on both desktop and the LinkedIn mobile app before publishing.
LinkedIn ad creative sizes
Sponsored Content single-image ads use the same 1200 × 627 spec as organic posts. Carousel ads need square 1080 × 1080 cards. Message Ads use a 300 × 250 banner. Conversation Ads use a 250 × 250 hero. LinkedIn rejects ad creatives outside these dimensions, so always pre-resize before submitting to Campaign Manager.
After resizing, compress ad images under 500 KB — faster-loading creatives consistently score higher on LinkedIn's Relevance Score, which lowers your CPM.
LinkedIn photo resizer vs other tools
Most online LinkedIn image resizers force you to sign up, watermark the output, upload to a server, or cap free use at a handful of images per day. ImageGates does the whole resize in your browser using the HTML5 Canvas API — your photo never touches our servers, there is fast online processing, and there is high-quality results. The output is a clean 95% quality JPEG matching LinkedIn's exact pixel spec.
If you also need to publish on other platforms, use our companion resizers for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, Pinterest, YouTube thumbnails and TikTok.
Pro tips for LinkedIn images that perform
1. Use faces. LinkedIn posts with human faces consistently see 30–40% higher engagement than abstract graphics. For banners, a confident headshot with eye contact outperforms a logo every time. 2. Keep text minimal. LinkedIn renders image text smaller than other platforms — fewer than 6 words and a single CTA tend to convert best. 3. Use brand colors. Cohesive cover-photo, banner and post palettes increase profile-view-to-follow conversion by up to 18% according to LinkedIn's own creator-economy research. 4. Compress, don't degrade. Run finished images through our image compressor — sub-1 MB files survive LinkedIn's re-encoding noticeably better. 5. Convert non-JPEG sources. WebP and HEIC uploads sometimes fail silently. Convert to JPG first for guaranteed compatibility.
Privacy & security
ImageGates is a strictly client-side tool. Every resize runs inside your browser using createImageBitmap and canvas.toBlob() — the image is never transmitted to any server, never logged, and never retained. That makes it safe for sensitive content like investor decks, client work under NDA, internal corporate banners, and personally identifiable headshots.
LinkedIn image sizes for profiles and posts
You want your professional profile and posts to look polished rather than cropped.
LinkedIn treats images as part of a professional impression, and its placements are unusually varied: a circular profile picture, a wide banner behind it, square or landscape post images, and separate dimensions again for company pages and article headers. The banner is the one people most often get wrong, because the profile photo overlaps its lower left corner on desktop and the crop tightens considerably on mobile.
When people use this tool
Profile photo
A clear, well lit headshot at square dimensions, displayed inside a circle.
Background banner
The wide strip behind your profile photo, used for a role summary or brand imagery.
Post images
Landscape or square images attached to feed updates.
Article headers
Long form posts display a wide header image above the title.
Step-by-step
- 1 Choose the placement. Profile photo, banner, post image or article header.
- 2 Upload your file. Processing runs locally in your browser.
- 3 Resize to the target. The image is fitted to the placement dimensions with proportions preserved.
- 4 Review on mobile. Banners in particular crop tightly on phones, so check before saving the change.
Formats, limits and output
| Profile photo | 400 by 400 pixels or larger, square, shown as a circle. |
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| Profile banner | 1584 by 396 pixels, a wide 4:1 strip. |
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| Post image | 1200 by 627 for landscape, or 1080 by 1080 for square. |
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| Article header | 1200 by 644 pixels. |
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Practical tips
- • Keep the lower left of your banner clear, since the profile photo overlaps it on desktop.
- • Headshots read best cropped from the chest up with the face occupying most of the frame.
- • Plain or subtly textured banner backgrounds look more professional than busy photographs.
- • Text in a banner should be short and centred so it survives the mobile crop.
More questions about this tool
What size is the LinkedIn banner?
1584 by 396 pixels. Anything else is cropped or stretched to fit that shape.
Why is part of my banner hidden?
Your profile photo sits over the lower left on desktop, and mobile shows a narrower slice of the image.
How large should my profile photo be?
At least 400 pixels square. Larger is fine and stays sharp on high density screens.
Do square post images work?
Yes, and they take up more vertical space in the feed than landscape ones.