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LinkedIn Banner Safe Area & Crop Guide

The LinkedIn banner safe area is roughly the middle 62% of a 1584 x 396 pixel banner, kept clear of the profile photo in the lower left. That is the part of your image that survives every layout: outside the photo overlap, inside the mobile crop, and clear of the interface at the top. This page maps each zone with measurements in pixels and lets you switch them on over your own banner.

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Upload a banner to preview it. Overlays are close approximations; LinkedIn does not publish exact crop masks.

Overlays

    Safe area measurements at 1584 x 396

    Safe text area348 x 269 px starting at 348, 63Middle 62% of the width.
    Profile photo overlapLower left, from 48 px inRoughly 238 px wide, 222 px tall.
    Mobile crop bands222 px on each side
    Desktop edge trimAbout 63 px each side, 24 px at the bottom
    Interface stripTop 48 px

    How to read the overlays

    Each overlay marks a different risk. Red is where your profile photo sits. Amber shows the bands the mobile app can crop. Blue is the slight desktop trim at the edges and bottom. Purple is the top strip where interface elements can appear. Green is what is left: the reliable area for your message.

    These masks are approximations. LinkedIn does not publish exact crop values and adjusts its layouts over time, so treat the green zone as a comfortable margin rather than a pixel-perfect boundary.

    Designing inside the safe area

    The most common mistake is centring a headline in the design tool. Visually centred text often lands close enough to the mobile crop to lose a word or two, and a left-aligned logo disappears behind the avatar.

    A layout that holds up everywhere usually puts the key line slightly right of centre, keeps a clear lower-left corner, and uses the edges only for background texture or colour that can be cropped without anyone noticing.

    Download design kits

    Professional design files with built-in guides, safe areas, crop overlays, and layout references for every major LinkedIn image type.

    Personal banner kit — every file is built at 1584 x 396 pixels. The PNG guide is free and downloads instantly, with no account and no email.

    • PNG guide

      PNG, transparent

      A transparent 1584 x 396 overlay for the personal banner: labelled safe area, crop zones, dimension rulers, centre and thirds guides, and a legend. Drop it on top of your design as a guide layer, then hide it before export.

      Version 1.0 · Updated September 2026 · Under 200 KB

    • Canva

      Canva template link

      Coming soon

      Editable Canva template at 1584 x 396 with locked guides, safe text areas and mobile and desktop crop overlays, ready to brand in a few clicks.

      Version 1.0 · Updated September 2026

    • Figma

      FIG

      Coming soon

      Fully layered Figma file at 1584 x 396 with editable components, safe areas, mobile and desktop crop overlays, crop masks, and organised, named layers.

      Version 1.0 · Updated September 2026

    • Adobe Photoshop

      PSD

      Coming soon

      Layered PSD at 1584 x 396 with guide layers, safe-area shapes, mobile and desktop crop overlays, and smart objects ready for your artwork.

      Version 1.0 · Updated September 2026

    • Adobe Illustrator

      AI

      Coming soon

      Vector Illustrator artboard at 1584 x 396 with the same guides and measurements, scalable for print-quality source art.

      Version 1.0 · Updated September 2026

    • PowerPoint

      PPTX

      Coming soon

      Correctly sized PowerPoint slide at 1584 x 396 with guides on the master, for building LinkedIn graphics without a design tool.

      Version 1.0 · Updated September 2026

    Frequently asked questions

    Where should text go on a LinkedIn banner?
    In the centre and right of a 1584 x 396 banner, away from the lower-left corner where your profile photo sits. Keep it away from the outer edges too, which mobile crops.
    Does the LinkedIn banner crop on mobile?
    Yes. The mobile app shows a narrower slice of the 1584 x 396 image, so the far left and right edges are the first to go.
    What is the LinkedIn banner safe area?
    The central region of a 1584 x 396 banner that stays visible on desktop and mobile and is not covered by your profile photo. In practice that is roughly the middle 62% of the width and the middle 68% of the height.
    How much of my banner does mobile crop?
    Expect the outer band on each side — around 220 pixels at 1584 wide — to be hidden or partly hidden inside the app.
    Do these crop areas ever change?
    Yes. LinkedIn adjusts its profile layouts periodically, so leave a margin rather than designing right up to the edge of a safe zone.

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