Crop and adjust images - Android (2024)

You can trim the edges of an image or remove an unwanted section.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app.
2. Open a presentation.
3. Tap the image you want to crop.
4. At the bottom, tap Crop .
5. Touch and drag the border.
6. When you’re done, tap anywhere else in your slide.

To crop an image in Google Docs, go to docs.google.com on a computer.

To fit an image into a shape in Google Slides, mask the image.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app.
2. Open a presentation.
3. Tap the image you want to mask.
4. At the bottom, tap Crop .
5. At the bottom, tap Mask .
6. Tap the shape you want.
7. The shape will mask your image. To adjust your shape, touch and drag the border.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app.
2. Open a presentation.
3. Tap the image you want to adjust.
4. At the top, tap format .
   • Tap Recolor to choose a filter.
   • Tap Adjustments to adjust transparency, brightness, and contrast.
5. When you're done, tap anywhere else in the slide to close.

To add and change the color of the drop shadow:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app.
2. Open a presentation.
3. Tap the image you want to adjust.
4. At the top, click Format .
5. At the bottom, tap Drop shadow.
6. Turn Apply drop shadow on.
7. Choose a color for your drop shadow.
8. When you're done, tap anywhere else in the slide to close.

Note: To remove the drop shadow, turn Apply drop shadow off.

Google Docs

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Docs app.
2. Open a document.
3. Tap the image you want to add a border to.
4. At the top right, tap Format .
5. Choose a line color, weight, and dash.

Google Slides

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app.
2. Open a presentation.
3. Tap the image you want to add a border to.
4. In the top, tap Format .
5. Choose a border color, weight, and dash.
6. When you're done, tap anywhere else in the slide to close.

If you want to undo the changes you made to your image:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Docs app.
2. Open a document.
3. Tap the image you want to reset.
4. In the top right, tap Format .
5. Tap Reset image.

To reset images in Google Slides, go to slides.google.com on a computer.

Google Docs

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Docs app.
2. Open a document.
3. In the top right, tap More.
4. Turn on "Print Layout" .
5. Tap the image you want to adjust.
6. You can adjust the size of an image or rotate it:
   • Resize: Touch and drag the squares along the edges.
   • Rotate: Touch and drag the circle attached to the image.

Google Slides

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Slides app.
2. Open a presentation.
3. Tap the image you want to adjust.
4. You can adjust the size of an image or rotate it:
   • Resize: Touch and drag the squares along the edges.
   • Rotate: Touch and drag the circle attached to the image.