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title: "Resize Video for Instagram Without Cropping | border.video"
description: "Fit any video to Instagram’s 9:16 Reels and Stories, 4:5 feed, 3:4 grid or 1:1 square without cutting anything off. A blur or colour fills the gap. Free."
url: https://border.video/resize-video-for-instagram
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# Resize a video for Instagram without cropping

Pick the Instagram shape, add your clip and the whole picture fits inside it, with a soft blur or a colour where the app would otherwise cut.

To resize a video for Instagram without cropping, choose the shape it is going to above the drop zone (**9:16** for Reels and Stories, **4:5** for the feed, **3:4** for the profile grid, **1:1** for a square), then add the clip. The whole frame is scaled to fit and the leftover space is filled, by default with a soft blur of the clip itself. Press **Export video** and post the MP4.

Instagram doesn’t shrink a video to fit; it zooms and trims it to fill its own shape. A landscape clip uploaded as a Reel loses its sides, and a tall clip in the feed loses its top and bottom. Resizing it to Instagram’s shape first, with padding rather than a crop, leaves the app nothing to cut. If you want a visible frame instead of a fill, the [Instagram video border](https://border.video/instagram-video-border) page starts on a clean white edge.

__Instagram video sizes in 2026, and the Shape to pick here__
| Where it shows          | Aspect ratio | Size from a 1080p clip | Shape to pick |
| ----------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | ------------- |
| Reels                   | 9:16         | 1080×1920              | **9:16**      |
| Stories                 | 9:16         | 1080×1920              | **9:16**      |
| Feed post (portrait)    | 4:5          | 1080×1350              | **4:5**       |
| Profile grid tile       | 3:4          | 1080×1440              | **3:4**       |
| Square post or carousel | 1:1          | 1080×1080              | **1:1**       |

Sizes assume a 1080p source: the canvas’s shorter side always matches your clip’s shorter side, so a 4K clip comes out at twice these numbers. Instagram shows 1080 pixels across, so pick **1080p** under **Export settings → Size** for a 4K source and save the upload time. Every shape and size is compared in the [video aspect ratio guide](https://border.video/video-aspect-ratios).

## How to resize a video for Instagram

1. ### Pick the Instagram shape
Above the drop zone, choose 9:16 for Reels and Stories, 4:5 for a feed post, 3:4 for the grid or 1:1 for a square. You can still change it later under Shape.
2. ### Add the video
Drop the clip on the tool, or press Select video (Choose video on a phone). It appears straight away, fitted inside the new shape over a blurred copy of itself.
3. ### Choose what fills the space
Keep Blurred background, or pick Clean white, Black or Gradient under Look. Drag Border width down to 0% to make the picture as large as the shape allows.
4. ### Export and post
Press Export video, then Download video. On a phone, tap Share and choose Instagram, or save to Photos and post from the app.

## Why Instagram crops your video

Every part of Instagram has a fixed frame. Reels and Stories fill a phone screen at 9:16, the feed allows up to 4:5, and since early 2025 the profile grid shows each post as a 3:4 tile. When a clip doesn’t match, Instagram zooms in until the frame is full and trims whatever spills over. That is why a group shot loses the people at the edges, and why on-screen text gets cut off.

Padding works the other way round: the video shrinks until all of it fits, and the space it leaves becomes part of the picture. Instagram then sees a video that already has its shape, so it shows the whole thing.

## Blur, border or a plain colour?

* **Blurred background** fills the gap with a soft, moving copy of the clip. It looks full screen, which suits Reels. Raise **Darken background** if it competes with the sharp picture.
* **Clean white** or **Black** make a deliberate frame. White suits a consistent grid; black disappears in dark mode.
* **Gradient** gives you two colours of your own, handy for brand colours or a title above the clip.
* A **background picture** can sit behind the video too: see [adding a background to a video](https://border.video/add-background-to-video).

## Keep the important part in the middle

Instagram lays its own buttons, captions and account name over the bottom and right of a Reel, and the grid and feed can show a cut-down preview of a tall video. Keep faces and text towards the centre. Drag the picture in the preview, or use **Top to bottom** under **More options**, to lift it clear of the caption area.

If one video has to work as a Reel and as a feed post, export it twice: once at **9:16** and once at **4:5**. Each takes a minute and neither is cropped.

## Resizing on iPhone and Android

The tool works in Safari on iPhone and iPad and in Chrome on Android, with nothing to install. Choose the shape, tap **Choose video**, pick the clip from Photos or Files, and export. The clip is resized on the phone itself; it isn’t uploaded anywhere. When it finishes, **Share** hands the file to Instagram or saves it to your camera roll.

Long or 4K clips take a while on older phones. Picking **1080p** under **Export settings** makes the job lighter and is all Instagram displays anyway.

## Resizing for Instagram: questions

### What size should a video be for Instagram?

1080×1920 (9:16) for Reels and Stories, 1080×1350 (4:5) for a portrait feed post, and 1080×1080 for a square. The profile grid shows 3:4 tiles, 1080×1440.

### How do I post a full video on Instagram without cropping?

Resize it to Instagram’s shape with padding before you post. Pick 9:16 or 4:5 here, add the clip, and the whole picture fits inside, with a blur or colour around it.

### What is the best aspect ratio for Reels?

9:16, which fills the phone screen. Keep the subject and any text in the middle so the feed and grid previews show them too.

### Can I resize a landscape video for Instagram Stories?

Yes. Pick 9:16: the landscape picture spans the width of the screen, with a blurred or coloured fill above and below it.

### Does resizing a video for Instagram lower the quality?

It is re-encoded once, and Instagram compresses it again on upload. Set Quality to High under Export settings to give Instagram the cleanest possible copy.

### Is my video uploaded to resize it?

No. The resizing happens in your browser and the new file is saved straight to your device.

## More border and frame guides

* [ Add a border to a video online Over 400 looks, eight shapes and full control, previewed live on your own clip. ](https://border.video/)
* [ Add a border to a video for Instagram Fit a whole clip into a 4:5 post or a 9:16 Reel without Instagram cropping it. ](https://border.video/instagram-video-border)
* [ Convert a video to any aspect ratio Seven ratios from 9:16 to 21:9, padded with blur or colour, previewed live. ](https://border.video/video-aspect-ratio-converter)
* [ Convert a landscape video to 9:16 Make a vertical video for TikTok, Reels or Shorts and keep the whole picture. ](https://border.video/fit-video-to-9-16)
* [ Make a video square without cropping Fit the full picture in a 1:1 frame and fill the gaps with colour or blur. ](https://border.video/make-video-square)