Free tool
Safe Zone Checker
Drop in a picture or a video and see what TikTok, Instagram and YouTube cover with their own buttons and captions. Download a transparent 1080 × 1920 safe zone template, or your frame with the guide on it: free, no watermark, no account, and nothing is uploaded.
How to make it
- Drop a picture or a video on the frame, or choose one: PNG, JPG, WebP, MP4, MOV or WebM. It stays in your browser.
- Pick a platform. The shaded bands are what its buttons, caption and tabs cover; the dashed box is what stays clear.
- Turn on the app interface to see a plain mock of the buttons, the handle and the caption over your frame. Play and scrub a video to check every moment.
- Download the transparent guide to lay over your edit, or your frame with the guide on it. Or open it in Paraplex as a new 9:16 file with the same guide switched on.
The platforms
- TikTok
- Right action rail and caption block. Top 9%, right 20%, bottom 20%, left 3% of the frame. As of October 2026.
- Instagram Reels
- Right action rail, caption, and the top tabs. Top 11%, right 18%, bottom 20%, left 3% of the frame. As of October 2026.
- YouTube Shorts
- Right action rail and title block. Top 8%, right 17%, bottom 16%, left 3% of the frame. As of October 2026.
- Instagram Stories
- Progress bar and profile above, the reply bar below. Top 13%, right 3%, bottom 18%, left 3% of the frame. As of October 2026.
- Feed 4:5
- Little chrome over the media itself; margins are for comfort. Top 6%, right 3%, bottom 6%, left 3% of the 4:5 crop a feed shows of a vertical video. As of October 2026.
- Feed 1:1
- A square post, or a vertical video's square crop in a grid. Top 6%, right 3%, bottom 6%, left 3% of the 1:1 crop a feed shows of a vertical video. As of October 2026.
Questions
What is a safe zone?
The part of a vertical video that no app interface covers. On TikTok, Reels and Shorts the like and share buttons run down the right, and the caption, handle and sound sit along the bottom; text or a logo there is hidden.
Is there a Reels safe zone template?
Yes. Choose Instagram Reels and download the guide: a transparent 1080 × 1920 PNG to put on top of your edit in any video editor or design app. Every platform here has its own.
How exact are the numbers?
They are approximations of each app's typical layout, checked on the date shown beside each platform. The apps move their buttons between versions and devices, so leave a little room.
Is my video uploaded?
No. The picture or video is read in your browser, and the downloads are made on your computer.
Is it free?
Yes. The checker and its downloads are free, without a watermark or an account. Paraplex's free plan includes the editor the Open in Paraplex button takes you to.
Keep going in Paraplex
Open it in the editor to add text, a 3D model or a camera move, or start from one of the templates.