LinkedIn Banner Size in 2026: Exact Dimensions for Profiles and Pages

The recommended LinkedIn banner size is 1584 x 396 pixels for a personal profile and 4200 x 700 pixels for a company Page, saved as a PNG or JPG. Those are two different images with two different shapes, and mixing them up is the most common reason a banner uploads blurry or gets cropped wrong. This guide gives you the exact spec for both, the parts of the image LinkedIn covers up, and how to make one that survives the crop.

LinkedIn banner size: the exact spec

LinkedIn publishes different numbers for a member profile and a company Page. These come straight from LinkedIn's own help pages, not a third-party guide:

Both accept PNG or JPG. The numbers come from LinkedIn's help article on the profile cover image and its image specifications for Pages and Career Pages. A few details worth knowing before you export:

• The personal banner is 4:1, not 16:9. 1584 x 396 is a long, thin strip. If you design a 16:9 image and upload it, LinkedIn crops the top and bottom off to force it into 4:1, so build the canvas at the real ratio from the start.
• The two banners are not interchangeable. A 1584 x 396 profile banner uploaded to a company Page will be stretched and soft; the Page cover wants a much wider, higher-resolution 4200 x 700 file. Export each at its own spec.
• Use a high-quality JPG for photos. LinkedIn itself recommends a high-resolution JPEG over a PNG for photographic cover images, since it keeps detail while staying under the file-size cap. Reserve PNG for flat graphics with hard edges.
• Bigger source, better result. LinkedIn notes that larger, higher-resolution files display better. Design at the recommended size rather than the bare minimum, and never upscale a tiny image by stretching it.

Personal profile vs company Page: two different banners

The single most useful thing to get right is which banner you are actually making. They serve different pages and have different shapes.

The personal profile background photo (1584 x 396) sits behind your name and headline on your individual profile. Your circular profile photo overlaps its lower-left corner, and on the left side your name, headline, and location card float on top of the image. That means the left third of the banner is largely obscured on desktop, and mobile crops the sides in further. Keep any text or logo in the right half, and treat the lower-left as covered.

The company Page cover image (4200 x 700) runs across the top of a business or brand Page. The Page logo sits in a rounded square at the lower left, so the same rule applies: keep the important content clear of the lower-left corner. Because the file is far larger, low-resolution art shows its flaws quickly here.

If you are updating both your own profile and your company's Page, make two separate files. Reusing one for both guarantees at least one of them looks wrong.

The safe area: what LinkedIn covers up

LinkedIn does not publish a numbered safe zone the way YouTube does, but the interface reliably covers the same regions, so design around them:

• Lower-left corner is always blocked. The profile photo (or Page logo) sits there. Anything you place in that corner disappears behind it on every device.
• The left side carries overlaid text. On a personal profile, your name and headline render over the left portion of the banner. Busy art there fights with the text; a darker or simpler left side keeps both readable.
• Mobile crops the sides. The banner shows edge to edge on desktop but gets trimmed on narrower phone screens. Center what matters horizontally and let the far edges be disposable background.

The working rule mirrors any banner format: put the message, meaning text, logo, or a focal graphic, in the clear zone (roughly the center-right of the strip), and let the rest be atmosphere that still looks fine when a slice is trimmed. Preview on both a phone and a desktop before you commit.

How to make a LinkedIn banner

The process is four steps: set up the canvas at the exact size, create the background art at the right ratio, add any text clear of the covered zones, and export under the file-size cap.

1. Start with what the banner should say. A LinkedIn banner is prime, mostly-empty real estate under your name. Use it for a one-line value proposition, a tagline, or a clean brand visual, not a collage. Decide the message before the art.
2. Create the background at the right ratio. 1584 x 396 for a profile, 4200 x 700 for a Page. If you would rather not fight a photo editor, the AI banner generator produces wide-format graphics from a description: describe your field and the mood you want, and generate a few options with free trial credits.
3. Add text in a layout tool, clear of the covered corners. AI image models render words unreliably, so generate the art clean and typeset separately in Canva, Figma, or Photoshop. Keep text in the center-right and out of the lower-left.
4. Export and check the file size. A quality JPG at the recommended dimensions lands well under the 8MB profile cap or 3MB Page cap. Upload, then confirm the crop on both desktop and mobile.

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Banner art, headshot, and profile as a set

The banner is only half of the visual first impression. The circular profile photo sits directly in front of it, and the two are seen together, so they should feel deliberate rather than clashing. A polished headshot against a matching banner reads as a considered profile; a default gray avatar over a stock banner reads as an abandoned one.

If your headshot is the weak link, the AI LinkedIn headshot generator turns a casual phone photo into a studio-style portrait sized for LinkedIn's circular crop, which you can pair with a banner in the same palette.

Banner templates vs generating from scratch

A template solves the layout problem: someone already placed the guides and text boxes for 1584 x 396, so you drop in a message and export. That is genuinely useful for a quick, acceptable banner. The cost is sameness, since popular LinkedIn templates are everywhere and a template banner tends to read as one, especially in crowded professional niches.

Generating the background art gets you the opposite trade: unique visuals with the layout left to you. The practical middle path is to combine them, generate custom art that matches your field, then drop it into a simple layout with your tagline in the clear zone. You get the template's discipline with art nobody else has. Either way, the spec does not move: 1584 x 396 for a profile, message clear of the lower-left, under 8MB.

How to upload or change your LinkedIn banner

On a personal profile, go to your profile, click the edit (pencil) icon on the background image, upload your 1584 x 396 file, adjust the position in the preview, and save. On a company Page, open the Page as an admin, edit the Page, and replace the 4200 x 700 cover image in the same way. The preview is your last check that nothing important hides behind the profile photo or logo.

If your source image is smaller than the recommended size, do not stretch it in an editor, which softens every edge. Run it through the AI image upscaler to reach 1584 x 396 or 4200 x 700 cleanly, then confirm the details still look sharp at full size before uploading.

The spec is the easy part: one correctly-sized file, message clear of the covered corners, under the cap. Nail that once and a banner refresh becomes a five-minute swap instead of a design project.