Templates put the logo where your face goes
Almost every banner template places a mark bottom left. On LinkedIn specifically that is the one place it cannot go, because the overlay is yours rather than the platform's.
Free tool
LinkedIn Banner Size Checker
Drop your banner in and see what LinkedIn crops, what mobile cuts off each side, and where your own profile photo lands on top of it. Nothing is uploaded.
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Your file
Drop in the image you are about to upload, or type its pixel dimensions if you already know them.
Drop an image here
or click to choose a file. It stays on your device.
- Export at
- 1584 x 396
- Ratio
- 4:1
- Practical floor (not published)
- 1128 px wide
- File size limit
- 8 MB
- Formats
- JPG, PNG
What happens on upload
Every row above without a qualifier is LinkedIn's own published figure. Checked against LinkedIn Help on 23 September 2026.
What survives
Free LinkedIn Banner Size Checker
A LinkedIn profile banner is 1584 x 396, which is 4:1: wider and shorter than almost anything else you design. Two things then take pieces of it, and neither of them is LinkedIn being awkward.
Your own profile photograph sits over the bottom left, and mobile crops roughly 15% off each side. Drop a file in and the checker marks both on your own image, so the layout decision happens before the upload rather than after somebody points it out.
How the Banner Checker Works
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Drop the file in, or type the dimensions
Read off the decoded image in your browser. Nothing leaves your device.
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The shape is judged against 4:1
LinkedIn crops to 4:1 from the centre, so a 16:9 image dropped in as a banner loses most of its height before anything else happens.
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The profile photo area is marked
A large opaque circle over the bottom left. On a 396 pixel tall banner it is a meaningful share of the height.
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The mobile side crop is marked
Roughly 15% off each edge, which on a canvas this wide is a lot of message.
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You get the usable area, not the canvas
What is left after both, which is smaller than the dimensions make it feel.
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Try it freeWhy Check a Banner Before You Upload
A banner is the widest, shortest canvas in common use, and two separate things land on top of it.
Mobile takes about a third of the width
15% from each side of a 4:1 canvas. A headline set across the full width loses its first word and its last, which on a good line are the two that carried it.
A company page cover is a different file
1128 x 191 is a different shape and less than half the height. One file will not serve both, and stretching one into the other is why company banners look squashed.
Your own face is covering your logo.
The profile photo sits over the bottom left of every LinkedIn banner, which is exactly where templates put a mark. Move it centre or right.
The Two Things Covering Your Banner Are Both Yours
A LinkedIn banner is an awkward canvas before anything lands on it. Then two things take pieces of it, and neither is the platform being difficult. The first is your own profile photograph, in a large opaque circle over the bottom left, which lands exactly where design templates habitually put a logo.
The second is the mobile crop, roughly 15% off each edge. Put those together and the banner you can actually use is the middle 70% of the width, minus a bite out of the bottom left. It is smaller than the dimensions suggest, and it is why so many otherwise good banners read as broken on a phone. A Facebook cover fails the same way from a different cause, and the table of every surface shows which ones have an area worth marking.
How to Export One That Survives
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Build at 1584 x 396
Anything else is cropped to 4:1 from the centre, which the checker will draw for you.
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Keep the message in the middle 70%
On a 1584 pixel canvas that is roughly the central 1100 pixels. Wide type across the full width is the layout that fails hardest on a phone.
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Leave the bottom left to your profile photo
Put the logo centre or right instead. This is the most common banner mistake and it is invisible until the banner is live on your own profile.
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Re-crop rather than reuse for a company page
1128 x 191 is a different shape, not a smaller one. Crop from the artwork rather than scaling the banner.
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Check it before you upload
Both cap at 8 MB and both take JPG or PNG, so the format is never the constraint. The shape is.
Who This Checker Is For
Founders and operators with a personal profile
The banner is the first thing a prospect sees, and the profile photo covering the logo is invisible until it is live.
Anyone running a company page as well
Two surfaces, two shapes, and one file that will not serve both.
Designers handing a banner to someone else
The person uploading it is rarely the person who made it. One check before handover.
What the Checker Tells You
Every check returns the same four things, so the answer has the same shape whichever file you drop in.
Refused, cropped, resized or clean
One line saying what LinkedIn does to this exact file, before you upload it.
All of them, worst first
Every thing wrong with the file, not the first one. A file can be the wrong type and the wrong size at once.
Drawn on your own image
The crop dimmed, plus the profile photo circle and the 15% mobile cut on each side.
Export at 1584 x 396
What to re-export, and where a re-export will not help because the detail is not in the source.
LinkedIn Banner Size: FAQ
01 What size is a LinkedIn banner? +
1584 x 396 pixels at 4:1 for a personal profile, and 1128 x 191 for a company page. Both accept JPG or PNG up to 8 MB.
02 Where does the profile photo sit on a LinkedIn banner? +
Over the bottom left. It is opaque and it is large relative to a 396 pixel tall banner, so a logo or any type placed bottom left is covered. Put them centre or right instead.
03 Why is my LinkedIn banner cut off on mobile? +
LinkedIn crops in from both sides on a phone, taking roughly 15% off each edge. Keep anything that has to be read inside the middle 70% of the width.
04 Is the company page banner the same as the profile banner? +
No. A company page cover is 1128 x 191, a different shape and less than half the height of a personal banner. One file will not serve both without a re-crop.
05 What happens if my banner is the wrong ratio? +
LinkedIn crops it to 4:1 from the centre. A 16:9 image dropped in as a banner loses most of its height. Drop the file into the checker above and it draws exactly what goes.
When the Banner Fits and the Profile Under It Does Nothing
Sizing a banner takes one export. Knowing what the profile should say to the people who read it, and having something to post once they follow you, is the part that stalls. Selzee reads your reviews, comments and post results, turns them into concepts worth making, and learns from what each one does.
- A file that arrives the way you made it
- Type and logos still visible after the platform draws its own interface
- One export instead of three attempts
- A check that takes a second, on your own device, with nothing uploaded
Start Showing Up More Than Once
The checker is free, with no signup and no credit card. When you want a reason for people to come back to the profile, start free.
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