Compress JPG

How to compress a JPG

1. 1

   Add your JPG files

   Drag photos ending in .jpg or .jpeg onto the page or choose them with the button, several at once if you like.

2. 2

   Choose the target size

   Pick the limit the form states. For 20 KB, 150 KB or any other value, choose Custom and enter it in KB.

3. 3

   Cap the dimensions

   If you don't need full resolution, choose Full HD, 2K or 4K. At smaller dimensions, a higher quality fits into the same limit. If the form requires JPG, leave Save as WebP off.

4. 4

   Download the JPG

   Each photo shows its size before and after. photo.jpg becomes photo-compressed.jpg, and several files come in one ZIP.

Crop first, then compress

For an ID or application photo, first crop to the face and the required size with Crop image, then compress the file here. A small cropped photo fits into a 50 KB or 100 KB limit at much higher quality than a whole phone photo.

How to compress a JPG to 100 KB, 50 KB or 20 KB

Choose 100 KB or 50 KB, or enter 20 KB or another value under Custom. The tool lowers the quality and, if needed, the dimensions until the photo fits. The result usually comes out a little under the limit, not exactly on it.

The smaller the limit, the more the photo has to shrink in pixels too. A whole phone photo squeezed to 20 KB comes out tiny and soft, while a cropped portrait of 300 × 360 px still looks decent at that size. For limits this tight, cropping first makes the biggest difference.

Passport and visa photos

A US visa photo must be a JPEG of 240 KB or less, between 600 × 600 and 1200 × 1200 px. Crop it to a square in Crop image with Save at an exact size, for example 600 × 600 px, then compress it here with a custom limit of 240 KB.

The UK passport service asks for a digital photo of 50 KB to 10 MB, at least 600 × 750 px and unaltered by computer software, so don't edit a photo for that application. For any official photo, this page checks only the file size, not the other rules such as head size or background.

When the form also wants an exact pixel size

If the form states exact dimensions, such as 300 × 360 px, open Crop image, turn on Save at an exact size and enter the values under Width (px) and Height (px). Move the crop area onto the face and the tool saves the photo at exactly that size.

Then add the cropped photo here and pick a limit in KB. If the crop area is smaller than the chosen size, the crop tool warns you that the photo will be enlarged and may look less sharp. In that case, choose a bigger crop area or a better photo.

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