Image Editor
Free online image and photo editor.
Free online image and photo editor.
Last updated: 2026-09-03
Image Editor is a free browser-based app for creating and editing photos and images. Start here for quick answers about the tools, file formats, saving, privacy, and Google Drive. For step-by-step instructions, see the Help guide.
Image Editor lets you open a photo or image, make changes in your browser, and save the result as PNG, JPEG, or WebP. You can crop, rotate, adjust colors, add text and shapes, fill or frame the image, redact visible details, and resize the finished file.
No. Open imageeditor.app in a current browser and start editing. There is no desktop installer, browser extension, or plug-in. The Google Workspace Marketplace listing is not available yet, but you can still choose files from Google Drive inside the app.
Image Editor is free to use. You don't need an account to create an image or work with a file on your computer. Google sign-in is requested only when you choose a Google Drive action.
Once the app and editing tools are loaded, local editing doesn't send your image to an Image Editor server. However, the initial page load, app updates, and all Google Drive actions need a network connection.
You can open JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF, HEIC/HEIF, TIFF/TIF, and supported static SVG images. Image Editor exports PNG, JPEG, or WebP.
BMP, GIF, HEIC/HEIF, TIFF, and SVG are converted in your browser before editing. An animated GIF opens its first frame, a multipage TIFF opens one supported image, and SVG becomes a pixel image. HEIC/HEIF sequence, HDR, depth, and other container features aren't carried into the export. Image Editor explains the conversion and saves the result to a new PNG, JPEG, or WebP instead of overwriting the original.
No. Those formats aren't supported. Compressed SVGZ files and SVG files that contain scripts or external resources are also refused. If you have an unsupported image, export a JPEG or PNG copy in another app and open that copy here.
The editing workspace includes Crop, Filter, Finetune, Annotate, Decorate, Fill, Frame, Redact, and Resize. Rotate, flip, straighten, and scale controls are inside Crop, and the toolbar above the image adds its own rotate and flip buttons, zoom controls, and an aspect-ratio menu for the crop. The visual tool guide on the start page explains what each tool does.
Not in the current version. Image Editor doesn't include object removal, generative fill, face retouching, video editing, or a sticker library. You can draw, add text and shapes, cover an area with a solid shape, crop something out, or use Redact to obscure visible information.
Yes. Use the Undo and Redo toolbar buttons, or Ctrl/Cmd + Z and Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z. Revert all changes, next to them, returns to the image state loaded at the start of the editing session. A restored recovery draft starts a new Undo history.
Yes. Choose Create New Image on the start page or New image in the toolbar's Open menu. A blank canvas opens right away: a transparent 1600 by 1200 pixel PNG. To use a different size or background, open Image properties on the toolbar and pick a preset size or enter a custom width and height.
Press the Save button or use Ctrl/Cmd + S. A writable PNG, JPEG, or WebP can be updated in place after the browser grants permission. Once a file can be saved safely, Image Editor also autosaves your later changes to it in the background: a Drive image you can edit autosaves from the start, and a computer file autosaves after you have saved it once. The status beside the filename shows what has been saved. Recovery drafts never overwrite your files.
PNG is lossless and supports transparency, so it's a good choice for logos, text, diagrams, and cutouts. JPEG is widely compatible and usually smaller for photos, but it can't keep transparent pixels. WebP often makes a compact photo and can preserve transparency. Image Editor keeps the filename extension and file format in sync and leaves common source metadata out of the newly rendered file.
Saving pauses instead of silently overwriting the other version, and autosave pauses the same way. You can keep your edit, use the newer version, or save a separate copy. If you're unsure, download or save a copy first so both versions remain available.
No. A recovery draft is a safety copy stored in this browser on this device. It can help restore unsaved edits after a reload, crash, or accidental tab close. Draft saved to this device means the local safety copy is current; it doesn't mean the image file on your computer or in Drive was saved.
Recovery depends on browser storage, which can be blocked, cleared, or run out of space. Private browsing and strict storage settings can also limit it. If Image Editor reports that recovery is unavailable, your editing still works, but you should save before closing the tab. Treat recovery as a safety net, not a permanent backup.
Opening, decoding, editing, and rendering happen locally in your browser. A file is sent to or received from Google when you choose a Google Drive action.
See the Privacy Policy for details.
Image Editor requests basic sign-in information and the limited drive.file permission. This lets the app work with files you select in the Google picker or create with Image Editor; it doesn't grant general access to everything in your Drive. The app also declares drive.install for Drive integration. Short-lived access tokens stay in memory.
Not for files on your computer. Sign-in is needed only for Drive actions. You can revoke Image Editor in your Google Account at any time; files already saved to your Drive remain yours.
Yes, when your Google account has access. A shared image with view-only permission can be opened, but it can't be overwritten. Save your own copy instead.
Use a current version of Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Safari, or another current Chromium-based browser such as Opera. Chrome, Edge, and Opera can ask for permission to save an eligible local file back in place. Firefox and Safari use a save or download flow that creates a new file instead.
Yes. The layout adapts to smaller screens and touch input. Detailed cropping, drawing, or text placement is usually easier on a larger screen, especially for high-resolution photos.
A compressed photo can expand to several times its file size while the browser decodes, previews, and renders it. The browser or device can run out of memory even when the file doesn't look unusually large on disk.
Close other memory-heavy tabs or apps, try a device with more memory, or make a smaller JPEG or PNG copy in another app before opening it. Image Editor warns about unusually large image dimensions and refuses files that exceed its safety limits.
See the Help guide for detailed steps and troubleshooting. If you still need help, email support@imageeditor.app. Include your browser, operating system, image format, approximate dimensions, what you were trying to do, and the exact error text. Don't email a confidential image unless you choose to and support specifically asks for it.