YouTube thumbnail requirements
Resolution 1280 × 720 (minimum width 640 px), 16:9 aspect ratio, JPG, PNG or GIF, and under 2 MB. The preset targets just under 2 MB and lowers JPEG quality only if needed, keeping the dimensions exact.
YouTube Thumbnail Resizer
Crop a frame or photo to exactly 1280 × 720 (16:9). The export is kept under YouTube’s 2 MB thumbnail limit automatically. Your photo never leaves your device.
YouTube thumbnail
YouTube thumbnail: 1280 × 720 px JPEG, kept under 2 MB. This is the platform’s recommended upload size. Keep faces and text away from the edges, because some apps crop the preview. Need different settings? Use one of My sizes.
Your photo stays in this tab. Only preset settings are saved in this browser.
Design for a small screen
Most people see your thumbnail at a few centimetres wide. Use a close-up subject, high contrast and three or four words at most. The video-length badge covers the bottom-right corner; it is shaded on the crop so you can keep text out of it.
Three steps, no upload.
Load
Drop, choose or paste a photo
JPEG, PNG or WebP. It is decoded in this tab and never uploaded.
Frame
Set the subject, then fine-tune
See the whole photo with every size outlined. Mark the subject once and all sizes follow it; drag any box to adjust it.
Export
Download exact sizes
Individually or as a ZIP, with metadata stripped from every file.
Most file tools send your files to someone else's server first. NoUpload doesn't.
For client work, ID scans, medical documents, unreleased product shots, or anything else you do not want sitting in a stranger's storage, the safer upload is the one that never happens.
File processing runs in your browser. Google Analytics records page views and anonymous tool-usage events, but NoUpload does not send filenames, metadata values, file sizes, image blobs, or other file details as analytics data.
- Your files never leave your device
- No account, sign-in, or email required
- Analytics events record only which tool and page were used
- No server-side file processing path
Don’t take our word for it. Check.
Anyone can claim files stay on your device. Here is how to confirm it yourself in under a minute, with tools already in your browser.
- Open the Network panel. Press F12 (Windows/Linux) or ⌥⌘I (Mac) and choose the Network tab.
- Process a file. Add an image and run any tool, then download the result.
- Read the requests. You will see page assets and small anonymous analytics pings. No request carries your image.
Or go further: load the page, switch off Wi-Fi, and use the tool. Processing still works, because it never needed a server.
Privacy & terms
What NoUpload does with files: image inspection, cleaning, resizing, and compression happen in your browser. Your files are not uploaded to NoUpload for processing.
What this site collects: standard page-view analytics plus anonymous usage events (a tool was opened, a file was added, processing started, an export completed) that record only the tool and page name. Google Analytics may record approximate location, device/browser type, and pages visited. NoUpload does not send filenames, image data, metadata values, file sizes, dimensions, or file counts.
Terms: NoUpload is provided free, as-is, with no warranty of any kind. Use it at your own risk.
Common questions
Yes. Open the YouTube group and tick Channel banner (2560 × 1440). The central 1546 × 423 area that every device shows is outlined, so keep logos and text inside it.