# Instagram Reels safe zone checker and overlay

> See what Instagram Reels covers on your vertical video. Check captions and buttons on your own frame and download a transparent 1080 × 1920 Reels safe zone overlay.

URL: https://cutfac.com/tools/reels-safe-zone  
Last updated: 2026-10-27  
Language: [한국어](https://cutfac.com/ko/tools/reels-safe-zone)

Drop in a frame from your video and see which parts Instagram Reels's buttons, caption and tabs will cover. Keep text, faces and calls to action inside the dashed box.

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

## How to use it

1. **Add a frame.** Drop a screenshot or a video. For a video, drag the frame slider to the moment you want to check.
2. **Check the clear area.** Instagram Reels's interface is drawn over your frame. Captions, faces, your logo and calls to action should sit inside the dashed box.
3. **Compare the other apps.** Turn on the other platforms to see them side by side. The numbers and the overlay then use the strictest edge of the apps you picked.
4. **Download the overlay.** Save reels-safe-zone-1080x1920.png, a transparent PNG, and lay it over your timeline in any editor.

## What Instagram Reels covers

Reels runs the video under the status bar and draws its header along the top, the like, comment, share and audio column down the right, and the account, caption and audio row along the bottom.

Anything underneath is hard to read and can't be tapped.

## Instagram Reels safe zone on a 1080 × 1920 frame

Meta publishes safe zones for Reels ads, not for regular posts. These figures follow that guidance, with the right edge widened where the buttons reach further in.

- Top: 269 px
- Bottom: 672 px
- Left: 65 px
- Right: 162 px
- Clear area: 853 × 979 px

## Posting to other apps too

Reels covers the most of the bottom of the three apps, so keep captions and calls to action higher than you would for TikTok.

If you post the same video everywhere, pick all three platforms above and design for the combined zone.

## Sources

- [Remotion: Social safe zones](https://www.remotion.dev/elements/overlays/social-safe-zones/)
- [Moda: Story safe zone checker](https://moda.app/tools/story-safe-zone-checker)
- [Billo: Meta ads safe zones](https://billo.app/blog/meta-ads-safe-zones)
- [Adnova: Meta ad safe zones guide](https://adnova.ai/blogs/meta-ad-safe-zones-guide)
- [Reap: Short-form video safe zones](https://reap.video/blog/short-form-video-safe-zones)
- [Adaptly: Social media safe zones](https://adaptlypost.com/blog/social-media-safe-zones-2026-complete-guide)

## Questions

### What is the Instagram Reels safe zone?

On a 1080 × 1920 video, keep important content 269 px from the top, 672 px from the bottom, 65 px from the left and 162 px from the right. That leaves a clear area of 853 × 979 px.

### Is there a Instagram Reels safe zone template?

Yes. The download button saves reels-safe-zone-1080x1920.png: the covered areas shaded and the clear area outlined on a transparent background. Put it on the top track of your editor and hide it before you export.

### Where should captions go on Instagram Reels?

Keep the bottom of your captions at least 672 px above the bottom edge, and their sides 65 px from the left and 162 px from the right. Above that line, Instagram Reels's caption and buttons won't cover them.

### What's the difference between a safe zone and a dead zone?

They're two sides of the same frame. The dead zone is the part the app covers, and the safe zone is what's left. A transparent overlay that marks both is also called a safe zone guide or template, which is what the download button saves.

### Is my file uploaded?

No. The file opens in your browser and isn't sent anywhere.