Compress an image to a size
Shrink a JPEG, PNG, or WebP under a kilobyte target. The result stays in this browser.

Details
Use this when a photo is too large to email or to upload somewhere else. You set a kilobyte target, and the page shrinks a JPEG or WebP toward that size without leaving this tab. A PNG is lossless, so it often cannot hit a small cap. If the picture would have to become a tiny thumbnail to fit, the page says so instead of pretending the file is smaller.

Category: File conversion
Page: /tools/compress-image
Text: /tools/compress-image.txt

Limits
PNG cannot hit an arbitrary size because it is lossless. Pick JPEG or WebP for a hard cap. If the picture cannot get small enough without becoming a thumbnail, the tool says so.

Steps
1. Drop a photo.
2. Set a target such as 50 KB.
3. Download the smaller file, or the smallest attempt if the cap was missed.

Questions
Will it always land under 50 KB?
It tries quality first, then scales the long edge down. If it still misses, you get the smallest file and a clear miss, not a false success.

Does it keep location data?
The new file is a fresh encode, so GPS and other EXIF are not copied.

Nothing is uploaded. Closing the tab drops the file.
The picture is drawn on a canvas in this tab.