Compress image to 1 MB

Bring camera and phone photos under 1 MB, the limit on many upload forms, websites and email services. The tool lowers quality first and keeps the full resolution whenever it fits. Compress a batch at once. Free, no watermark, and your photos never leave your browser.

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Settings

Compress by
Quality
Output format

Max width (px, optional)
Max height (px, optional)

Changes apply to every image instantly. Aspect ratio is always kept.

Getting a photo under 1 MB

1 MB (1024 KB) is a common cap on upload forms, CMS media libraries, marketplaces and support tickets, and a modern phone photo is 2 to 6 MB. That gap is usually closed by quality alone: in the test below the camera photo kept every pixel, which matters if it will be cropped or printed later.

What you can expect, measured with this page on two real photos (JPG output, 1 MB target):

Original	Result under 1 MB
Camera photo 2900×5367, 5.04 MB	2900×5367, 1015 KB (full size kept)
Phone photo 640×480, 158 KB	kept as is (already 158 KB)

If a form says "under 1 MB" it may mean 1,000,000 bytes rather than 1,048,576: type 976 as the target to be safe. For several photos that must fit in one email, divide the total limit by the number of photos and use that as the target.

How it works

Each image is decoded and redrawn on a canvas in your browser, scaled down if it is wider or taller than your limits, and re-encoded. In target size mode the tool tries qualities with a binary search and keeps the highest one that fits under your limit; if even low quality is too big, it also shrinks the dimensions step by step. If the result would be bigger than your original and nothing was resized, the original file is kept. JPG has no transparency, so transparent areas become white; pick WebP or PNG to keep them. Phone photos are rotated the right way up, and EXIF data (including GPS location) is removed.

Which format should I use?

Format	Best for
WebP	Websites. Usually 25 to 35% smaller than JPG at the same quality, keeps transparency, and every current browser shows it. Some upload forms and older apps still only take JPG or PNG.
JPG	Photos for email, forms and upload portals that ask for "under 100 KB" or "under 1 MB". No transparency.
PNG	Screenshots, logos and pixel-exact graphics. Lossless PNG only gets smaller by resizing. "PNG, smaller" cuts screenshots and logos by 60 to 90% and keeps transparency (compress PNG).

Compress website screenshots at the source

If you are compressing screenshots of web pages, skip the extra step. The Shotmint API renders any URL in Chromium and returns a WebP or JPG at the quality you choose, sized to the viewport you ask for:

curl "https://shotmint.creasework.com/v1/screenshot?url=https://example.com&format=webp&quality=70&width=1280" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" -o page.webp

A 1280×800 WebP at quality 70 is typically a fraction of the size of the same PNG. Each screenshot is 1 credit. €5 buys 2,000 with no subscription, and credits never expire.

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FAQ

Are my images uploaded? No. Compression runs in JavaScript on this page. Nothing is sent to a server, so it is fine for ID scans and private photos.

How do I compress an image to 100 KB (or 50 KB, 200 KB, 1 MB)? Choose "Target size (KB)", type the number (1 MB = 1024 KB) and pick JPG if the form requires it. Each image is brought under that size.

How do I resize an image without losing quality? Set a max width, pick PNG to keep it lossless, or WebP/JPG at High quality. Shrinking always discards pixels, but downscaled photos look sharp at their new size.

Is there a limit? No file count limit or watermark. Very large photos (over about 50 megapixels) depend on your device's memory. HEIC photos from iPhones need converting to JPG first, since most browsers can't read them.