Depop crops every listing photo to 3:4 in search. Upload yours to see exactly what gets cut
If your Depop photos are getting cut off, cropped, or not showing the full image, you're not doing anything wrong. Depop automatically crops every listing photo from a 1:1 square to a taller 3:4 portrait rectangle whenever it appears in search results, the discover page, or the home feed. This crop chops off roughly 12.5% from the left and 12.5% from the right, meaning buyers only see the center 75% of your photo while they're browsing.
This is why parts of your item look cut off, missing, or hidden. If your product is near the left or right edge of the photo, it gets sliced out of the search view entirely. Buyers scroll past it without ever seeing the full picture. The full square image only shows when someone actually taps into your listing page.
You can't turn off Depop's cropping. It applies to every single listing. But you can make sure your item never gets cut off by following these rules:
Depop uses two different aspect ratios depending on where your photo appears. On your listing page, buyers see the full 1:1 square. Nothing is cropped. In search results, discover, and the home feed, Depop crops your photo to 3:4 (roughly 810×1080 pixels from a 1080×1080 original). This is the view that matters most because it's what buyers see first.
The ideal Depop photo size is 1080×1080 pixels or higher resolution at a 1:1 aspect ratio. When Depop crops it to 3:4 for search, only the center 810 pixels wide are visible. Everything outside that center strip gets cut off.
Your Depop photos are getting cut off because Depop automatically crops every listing photo from a 1:1 square down to a 3:4 portrait rectangle in search results, discover, and the home feed. This crop removes about 12.5% from the left side and 12.5% from the right side. If your item is positioned near the edges of your photo, it gets partially or fully cut off in these views.
Depop crops your photos to fit a tall 3:4 grid layout in search and browse feeds so more listings fit on screen while scrolling. Your original square photo is still shown in full when a buyer taps into your actual listing. The cropping only applies to the browse and search views where buyers are scrolling.
Your full image is showing on your listing page (the page buyers see when they tap your item). But in search results, discover, and the home feed, Depop crops it to a 3:4 rectangle. The left and right edges get cut off, which is why it looks like the full image isn't showing. This happens to every listing, not just yours.
You cannot disable Depop's automatic cropping. It applies to every listing. But you can prevent your item from being cut off by centering your product in the middle of the photo and keeping all important details within the center 75% of the frame horizontally. Use this free preview tool to check the crop before posting.
To fix cut off photos: re-shoot or re-edit your photo so the item is centered in the frame. Make sure nothing important is in the outer 12.5% on either side. Upload it to this preview tool to check exactly what buyers will see. Then re-upload the fixed photo to your Depop listing.
Depop uses 1:1 (square) on listing pages and 3:4 (portrait crop) in search, discover, and the home feed. The 3:4 crop cuts the left and right edges off your square photo, about 12.5% from each side.
Depop photos should be square (1:1 aspect ratio) at 1080×1080 pixels or higher. You can't avoid the 3:4 crop in search, but you can make sure your item stays inside the safe zone by keeping it within the center 810 pixels of a 1080-wide photo. That means nothing important in the outer ~135 pixels on each side.
Your listing page shows the full 1:1 square photo. Search results, discover, and the home feed show a cropped 3:4 version of that same photo. The cropped version cuts off the left and right edges, which is why your listing looks different when browsing vs when you tap into it.
Yes. Depop applies the same 3:4 crop on both iPhone and Android, as well as the web version. The cropping is done on Depop's side, not by your phone. Every seller's photos get the same treatment regardless of device.
Your Depop photos probably look zoomed in because of the 3:4 crop. Depop takes your square photo and crops the sides off to make it taller and narrower. This can make it look like the photo was zoomed in, but it's just the edges being removed. Center your item and keep it away from the edges to avoid this effect.
