Compress image to 50 KB

Get a photo under 50 KB for an application, exam or ID form. Output is a JPG (what these forms accept), at the highest quality that fits, reduced in pixel size only when it has to be. Free, no watermark, and your photo never leaves your browser.

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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 50 KB

Exam registrations, passport and visa portals and government application forms often ask for a photo between 20 and 50 KB. At that size a 12-megapixel phone photo has to lose most of its pixels, so crop it to your head and shoulders first: the pixels you keep go to your face, not the background. Then compress here. The output is a JPG, which is what these forms accept.

What you can expect, measured with this page on two real photos (JPG output, 50 KB target):

Original	Result under 50 KB
Camera photo 2900×5367, 5.04 MB	725×1342, 50 KB
Phone photo 640×480, 158 KB	640×480, 49 KB

Check the form's pixel rules as well as its KB limit. If it asks for an exact size such as 200×230, use resize image with "crop to fill" first. A photo that is already that small usually lands well under 50 KB at high quality.

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.