Type your text, pick a look, export at LinkedIn's exact size. It shows you where your profile photo covers the artwork, and whether your words survive being shrunk to phone size.
1584 × 396 pxPNG under 8MBFree to useNothing leaves your browser
Your photo
The dashed circle is where your profile photo sits on desktop, covering the lower left. Keep anything you need read out of it.
How it reads on a phone
A phone shows the banner at roughly a quarter of its width, so every size on it shrinks by the same amount. Under about 10px is where text stops being worth putting there.
Where should I send it?
Design as much as you like for free. Pop your email in and the download unlocks, along with the LinkedIn profile teardown I send out.
One email, then the download stays unlocked on this browser. Unsubscribe whenever, I won't hold a grudge. For long.
Upload it under Edit profile background on LinkedIn. The 2× file is the same design at double resolution, which stays sharper on high-density screens. Both are PNGs, well under LinkedIn's 8MB ceiling.
Style
Text
Left aligned copy starts to the right of your profile photo, because the lower left of the banner is covered on desktop.
Background
Your file is read in the browser and never uploaded anywhere.
Colour
The Size LinkedIn Asks For
LinkedIn's own help page asks for a background photo as close to 1584 pixels wide by 396 pixels tall as you can get it, saved as a JPG or PNG under 8MB. That is a 4:1 ratio.
Every export from this tool already matches it, so there is nothing to resize afterwards.
Two things trip people up, and neither is the size. Your profile photo covers the lower left of the banner on desktop.
And a phone renders the whole thing at about a quarter of the width, so type that looked fine in an image editor turns into a grey smudge.
The preview above shows you both before you commit. The circle marks the photo, the phone view shows the real scale, and the readout tells you what size each line lands at on a phone.
Pick a style, then swap the headline for something a stranger would understand in two seconds.
Keep the headline under about eight words. A banner is read at a glance, on a phone, by someone who is deciding whether to keep scrolling.
Watch the circle. Nothing you need read belongs in the lower left, because your own face goes there.
Switch to the phone view and check the readout. If a line says "too small", it is decoration rather than communication, so cut it or make it bigger.
Download the PNG, then on LinkedIn open your profile, click the camera icon on your intro section, and choose Edit profile background.
A banner is the smallest lever on your profile. It earns attention that your headline and About section then have to convert.
If the rest of the profile is not doing its job, a better banner just makes a weak page look tidier.
Questions
What size is a LinkedIn banner?
1584 pixels wide by 396 pixels tall for a personal profile, which is LinkedIn's own recommendation, saved as a JPG or PNG under 8MB. This tool exports at exactly that size, and the 2× option gives you 3168 × 792 for high-density screens.
Is this really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark, no export limit, no email required. The banner is drawn in your browser and the PNG saves straight to your computer.
Where does my profile photo cover the banner?
On desktop it sits over the lower left, covering roughly the bottom half of that corner. The dashed circle in the preview marks it so you can keep your text clear, though treat it as a close guide rather than an exact measurement.
Can I upload my own photo as the background?
Yes. Choose "My own image" under Background, pick a JPG or PNG, and it fills the frame. The dim slider darkens it so your text stays readable. The file is read locally and never leaves your browser.
Why does my banner look blurry on LinkedIn?
Almost always because the source file was smaller than 1584 × 396 and got stretched. Export at full size, or use the 2× download if you are on a high-density screen and want extra headroom.
Does a good banner get me more profile views?
On its own, no. The banner supports the headline and the About section, which are the parts doing the persuading. It is worth twenty minutes, not twenty hours.
The banner is the easy part
The profile underneath it is what turns a visitor into a conversation. Here is what to fix, in order: LinkedIn profile optimization.
I write LinkedIn content for founders and consultants. One client went from 139,527 to 346,001 monthly impressions, on fewer posts.
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