Facebook Cover Photo & Banner Size 2026: All Formats
Profile & Page Cover: Desktop vs. Mobile Crop
The recommended Facebook cover photo size for personal profiles and Pages is 851×315 pixels. On desktop, Facebook displays the cover at approximately 820×312 pixels — very close to the upload dimensions. On mobile, the display changes significantly: the cover renders at roughly 640×360 pixels, which means Facebook crops the left and right sides of the image. The mobile crop removes approximately 106 pixels from each side of an 851 px wide image. For this reason, any text, logos, or faces positioned near the left or right edges of your cover will be cut off for mobile visitors, who now represent the majority of Facebook users. Facebook colloquially refers to this element as both the 'cover photo' and the 'banner' — they are the same thing.
Upload at 851×315 px
The recommended size for profiles and Pages. Facebook accepts larger images and downscales them.
Mobile crops the sides
Mobile visitors see a ~640×360 crop centered on your cover. Roughly 106 px is removed from each side.
Use PNG for text-heavy designs
Facebook's JPG compression can smear text and logos. PNG preserves sharp edges at the cost of a larger file.
Group & Event Cover Sizes
Facebook Group covers use a different size from profile and Page covers: the recommended dimensions are 1640×856 pixels. Group covers display at a wider aspect ratio than Page covers and are more forgiving of different screen sizes. Facebook Event covers use a 1.91:1 ratio at 1200×628 pixels — the same ratio used by Open Graph link previews and many ad formats, so a well-designed event cover doubles as link preview art. Both Group and Event covers have their own mobile crop behaviors, so the same center-safe design principle applies: keep the event title and key imagery in the center third of the canvas and treat the outer edges as background-only zones.
Group cover: 1640×856 px
Wider aspect ratio than Page covers. Center the group name and key imagery. Outer edges may be cropped on smaller screens.
Event cover: 1200×628 px (1.91:1)
Standard 1.91:1 ratio, same as Open Graph. Include the event name and date in the center zone.
Apply the same center-safe rule
On all Facebook cover formats, treat the outer 15% on each side as background-only territory.
Designing Center-Safe Covers
A center-safe Facebook cover concentrates all essential content within the central 60% of the canvas width, leaving the outer zones as background. For an 851 px wide cover, this means keeping text and logos within a roughly 510 px wide center column. A clean approach is to place the primary text or logo in the center, use a photograph or texture as a full-bleed background, and ensure the background image makes visual sense when cropped from either side. Profile pictures overlap the bottom-left corner of personal profile covers on desktop — leave that corner clear or fill it with a complementary color that works alongside your profile picture.
Keep text in the central 60%
On an 851 px wide cover, that is roughly a 510 px centered column. Safe on both desktop and mobile.
Clear the bottom-left corner (personal profiles)
Your profile picture overlaps the bottom-left of the cover on desktop. Leave it empty or use a complementary color.
Preview at mobile crop dimensions
Mentally crop your cover to a 640×360 window centered horizontally. Everything important must still be visible.
Choose PNG for text covers
Text, logos, and sharp-edge graphics look noticeably cleaner in PNG than in Facebook's JPG compression.
Making a Cover Photo from a Photo
Any photo can be turned into a Facebook cover by extending it to the right aspect ratio and positioning the subject in the center. A prompt like 'Extend this photo to 851×315 pixels for a Facebook cover photo, keeping the subject centered and filling the sides with a natural background extension' converts a portrait or square photo into a wide cover. For event covers, 'Resize this photo to 1200×628 and enhance the colors to make it work as a Facebook event banner' gives you a polished result in seconds. After editing, add any text or branding in a design tool before uploading, keeping all text in the center zone.
Extend to the cover ratio
'Extend this photo to 851×315 for a Facebook cover, filling the sides with natural background' converts any photo to cover format.
Center and enhance the subject
'Keep the subject centered and make the colors more vivid for a Facebook cover photo' produces a ready-to-use background.
Add text in a design tool
Export the edited photo and add business name or tagline in the center 60% before uploading.
Resizing an Existing Photo for Facebook
If you already have a landscape photo close to the right proportions, the fastest path is to crop and resize it to 851×315 while keeping the focal point of the image in the center. Use a prompt like 'Crop this photo to 851×315 for a Facebook cover, keeping the main subject centered and in the safe zone' for a direct resize. If the photo is too tall (portrait or square), 'Convert this photo to a wide Facebook cover photo format, extending the left and right background' adds horizontal space without cutting the subject. For group covers at 1640×856, the same approach works at a different ratio: 'Extend this photo to the Facebook group cover ratio, keeping the center composition intact.'
Crop landscape photos directly
'Crop to 851×315 keeping the subject centered' — works for any landscape photo with a central subject.
Extend portrait or square photos
'Extend left and right to make a wide Facebook cover' adds horizontal space while keeping the full original height visible.
For group covers: use 1640×856
'Resize to 1640×856 for a Facebook group cover' — same centering rules, different dimensions.
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