If you just took a screenshot on your Mac/Macbook and you want to crop it, you need to look for the Marker icon when you open the screenshot image with the Preview App.
![Click on the Marker tool icon in Preview App Click on the Marker tool icon in Preview App](https://code2care.org/macos/how-to-crop-a-screenshot-on-mac-macbook/images/Click on the Marker tool icon in Preview App.jpg)
As you may see in the above image, I have highlighted the Marker icon, when clicked you get to see a whole lot of options which you should see the Selection tool icon as well.
![Use Rectangular Selection to Crop the image protion. Use Rectangular Selection to Crop the image protion.](https://code2care.org/macos/how-to-crop-a-screenshot-on-mac-macbook/images/Use Rectangular Selection to Crop the image protion..jpg)
Use the Rectangular Selection option to select the area that you want to crop.
Next you go to Preview App Menu: Tools -> Crop
![Tools - Crop option in Preview App Tools - Crop option in Preview App](https://code2care.org/macos/how-to-crop-a-screenshot-on-mac-macbook/images/Tools - Crop option in Preview App.jpg)
And you should have the cropped image of your screenshot.
![New Copped image on Mac Result New Copped image on Mac Result](https://code2care.org/macos/how-to-crop-a-screenshot-on-mac-macbook/images/New Copped image on Mac Result.jpg)
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