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Free Instagram Grid Maker

This free Instagram grid maker cuts one picture into an even grid of pieces: a 3 × 1 carousel, a 3 × 3 profile grid, or any rows and columns up to six of each. It works the same way on a big scan that has to print across several sheets, and the pieces come back as a ZIP without anything being uploaded.

Drop an image here

or paste with Ctrl+V, or choose a file

Runs entirely in your browser. Your images are never uploaded to a server.

How it works

  1. Drop a picture onto the box above, paste one with Ctrl+V, or choose a file.
  2. Pick a layout: 3 × 1 for a carousel, 3 × 3 for a profile grid, or set the rows and columns yourself, up to six of each.
  3. Look at the dashed lines on the preview. They are exactly where the cuts land, so you can see whether a face or a horizon is about to sit on a seam before you commit to it.
  4. Choose a format, name the pieces, and press Cut. Each piece is saved as its own file, named by its position: name-r1c1 is the top left.
  5. Download all of them as a ZIP, or take individual pieces out of the grid below.

Common use cases

Frequently asked questions

How do I make an Instagram grid?
Start with a square picture, drop it above, and press the 3 × 3 button. You get nine square tiles that reassemble into the original image across three rows of your profile. Post them bottom right first and top left last, because a profile fills newest first, and the tool labels every piece by row and column so you can follow the order. For a wide picture that should be swiped through instead, use 3 × 1 and post left to right.
How do I split a photo for an Instagram carousel?
Drop it above and press the 3 × 1 strip button. You get three pieces, each the full height of the original and a third of its width, which is what a carousel needs, so swiping through them reads as one wide photo. Start from an image three times as wide as it is tall, or the pieces come out very narrow.
What order do I post the pieces in?
For a carousel, left to right: r1c1, then r1c2, then r1c3. For a profile grid it is the opposite, because a profile fills newest first from the top left, so the bottom right piece goes up first and the top left piece goes up last. The tool tells you which piece is which once it has cut them.
Does splitting lose any quality?
The cut itself does not. Each piece is a straight copy of the original pixels with no resizing, so nothing is softened or thrown away. What can cost you quality is the format you save in: JPG and WebP are both re-encoded and lose a little, so choose PNG if the picture matters more than the file size.
What happens if my image does not divide evenly?
The spare pixels are shared out rather than trimmed off. A 1000 pixel wide image cut into three comes back as 333, 334 and 333 pixels. Every pixel of the original is in one of the pieces, and the widest and narrowest differ by one pixel, which nobody can see. Cropping to a round number instead would quietly bin the edge of your picture.
Can I split a big scan into pages to print?
Yes, and it is one of the things this is best at. Choose the rows and columns that match how many sheets you are willing to tape together, 2 × 3 gives six pages, and print each piece at the same scale. Because the pieces tile the original exactly, with no gap and no overlap, the joins line up.
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. The picture is cut in your own browser using the Canvas API, and the ZIP is built there too. Nothing leaves your device and nothing is stored.

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