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Compress images without uploading them

Make images smaller for email, a website, or an upload limit. Move the quality slider to balance how the picture looks against how big it is, and see the size change before you download.

Drop your images here JPG, PNG or WebP. Several files at once is fine.

    Live privacy check

    How to compress image

    1. Drop in one or more images.
    2. Set a quality level and, if you want, a maximum width or height.
    3. Watch the estimated size update as you move the controls.
    4. Click Compress, then download. Several images are packaged as a ZIP.

    Why this image tool is private

    Compression re-encodes the image using the browser's own encoder. Your photos are usually the most personal files you handle, so keeping them on your device is a meaningful difference rather than a marketing line.

    Other tools in this category upload your file to a server, process it in the cloud, and return a download link. That means your document sits on someone else's disk — often with a retention window measured in hours. Here, the file is read by your browser, transformed in memory, and saved straight back to your disk. You can watch it happen in the live check above: the counter for files uploaded stays at zero.

    Frequently asked

    What quality setting should I start with?
    Eighty percent is a good default. Most people cannot tell it apart from the original, and the file is often half the size. Drop to sixty for a noticeably lighter file when exact fidelity matters less.
    Does compressing remove metadata like location?
    Re-encoding an image through the browser generally leaves EXIF data such as GPS coordinates behind, which is often desirable when sharing. Do not rely on it as your only privacy step for highly sensitive photos.
    Why did my PNG barely shrink?
    PNG is lossless, so quality settings do not apply the way they do to JPG. Convert to JPG first for photographs, or resize the dimensions, which reduces any format.
    Can I compress and resize at the same time?
    Yes, and it is the most effective combination. Capping the width is frequently the single biggest saving, because a web image rarely needs to be four thousand pixels wide.

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