LinkedIn profile photo and banner sizes.

The official numbers

These figures come from LinkedIn's own help pages, checked in October 2026: the article on profile photo problems and the article on adding or changing a background photo. Platforms change their rules, so treat this as a snapshot and confirm on LinkedIn's Help Center if something fails.

Notice that 400 × 400 is a minimum, not a target. Anything larger and within the limits is accepted, and a larger source tends to look cleaner on high-resolution screens. Some third-party guides quote a 4 MB banner limit; LinkedIn's help page says under 8 MB, which is what this guide follows.

Preparing the profile photo

LinkedIn shows profile photos in a circle, so the corners of a square image are cut away. Prepare it like this:

1. Open Crop image and add a photo with a clear view of your face and shoulders.
2. Select a square, with width and height equal. The step-by-step method, including the exact-pixel method, is in how to crop a photo to a square.
3. Leave room above the head and on both sides. Your face should fill roughly half the frame, so it stays readable when shown at thumbnail size beside comments and messages.
4. Export as JPG or PNG.

A 1,200 × 1,200 square is comfortably above the 400-pixel minimum and far below the 8 MB limit. If your phone photo is bigger than you need, reduce it with Resize image, which fits the picture into the width and height you enter without stretching or enlarging it.

Preparing the banner

The banner ratio is 4:1, very wide and short. 1,584 divided by 396 is exactly 4. To fit it:

1. Start with a wide photo or graphic. A 4:3 phone photo has to lose a lot of height. A 4,032 × 3,024 photo cropped to 4:1 keeps only 4,032 × 1,008 pixels.
2. In Crop image, enter Width and Height at a 4:1 proportion. For that phone photo: Width 4,032, Height 1,008, Left 0, and set Top to choose which strip of the picture you keep.
3. Open Resize image and set the maximum width to 1,584. The result will be 1,584 × 396.
4. Check the file size. If the strip is a detailed photograph, use Compress image; the help page also suggests compressing if the uploaded image looks blurry or pixelated.

LinkedIn's help page notes that images with a logo may look worse than a plain photo, and that higher quality sources give sharper results. A small graphic stretched to 1,584 pixels will look soft, because enlarging cannot add detail.

Keep text away from the overlap

On the profile page, the circular profile photo sits over the bottom-left of the banner, and on mobile the banner is cropped differently from desktop. LinkedIn does not publish an exact safe zone, so use a conservative layout:

• Keep text and logos in the middle or right of the banner.
• Leave the bottom-left empty or use a plain background colour there.
• Use large type. Small text in a 396-pixel-tall image becomes unreadable on phones.
• Preview the profile on both desktop and mobile after uploading.

A simple banner with a single colour block, a pattern or a wide photograph with a calm area on the left is safer than a detailed collage.

Post images, company logos and other sizes

This guide covers profile photos and personal banners because these are the sizes LinkedIn publishes on the help pages checked. Sizes for company page logos, banners, article covers and feed images are documented separately and have changed more often. For feed posts and other social images, the same principle applies: choose the shape first, then the pixel size. The overview in aspect ratio explained lists common shapes, and Instagram image sizes shows how another platform handles square and portrait pictures. For pictures that appear on a website, see best image size for websites.

Photo choices that read well at small sizes

• Use a recent photo where you are alone, looking toward the camera, with even light on your face.
• Pick a plain background. It also compresses better.
• Avoid heavy filters; the thumbnail is judged quickly.
• Do not use a logo as a personal profile photo unless it is a company page.
• Keep the original high-resolution file so you can recrop for other platforms.

If the upload fails or looks blurry

• Rejected photo: check the pixel size (at least 400 × 400), file size (8 MB or less) and type (PNG or JPG). Use Upload Check to see dimensions, format and size and compare them with those limits.
• Blurry result: start from a larger original; enlarging a small image does not add detail. See why images look blurry after compression.
• Wrong format (for example WebP): LinkedIn accepts PNG or JPG, so convert a WebP file with Convert to JPG or Convert to PNG.
• Face cut off: recrop with a larger square.

Frequently asked questions

What size should a LinkedIn profile picture be?

LinkedIn's help page says between 400 by 400 and 7,680 by 4,320 pixels, up to 8 MB, in PNG or JPG. A square of 400 pixels or more is the safe choice.

What size is the LinkedIn banner?

LinkedIn recommends 1,584 by 396 pixels for the background photo, a 4:1 ratio, in JPG or PNG under 8 MB.

Why is my LinkedIn banner blurry?

Usually the source is too small or heavily compressed. Start from an image at least 1,584 pixels wide and avoid logos or small graphics stretched to fit.

Does LinkedIn crop profile photos into a circle?

Yes, profile photos are displayed in a circle, so keep your face away from the corners of the square.