Drop your file here
or choose a file · PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF or BMP
- Deleted automatically
- Free, no watermark
- Quality kept where possible
Getting a photo under 50 KB
Photo uploads for exam registrations, applications and ID cards are often limited to 50 KB. A phone photo is usually several megabytes, so it has to lose most of its pixels.
We scale the photo down and lower JPEG quality together until it fits. Even the smallest setting keeps 800 pixels on the longest side, which is more than most photo forms display.
Tips
- Crop to head and shoulders before uploading. Fewer pixels to start with means less detail has to go.
- Use a plain, light background. It takes far fewer bytes than a busy one.
- If the form also has a minimum size or exact pixel dimensions, check the result against them. We aim for the file size only.
How it works
- 1
Drop your file
A PDF or an image. It goes over an encrypted connection and nowhere else.
- 2
Pick your limit
Choose the size the form asks for. We start with a cleanup that changes nothing you can see.
- 3
Download it
If it needs more, we find the gentlest quality setting that still fits, and delete everything soon after.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark.
What happens to my file?
It is processed on our server and deleted automatically: the original 5 minutes after the run finishes, the compressed file after 10. A file you upload but never compress is deleted within 30 minutes. You can also delete everything right away with Delete now.
Will it look worse?
We try a lossless cleanup first, which does not change how the file looks. Only if that is not enough do we lower image quality, and we pick the gentlest setting that still fits your size.
What if my file cannot get that small?
You get the smallest version we could make and a clear note saying so, instead of a file that silently misses the limit.
Why does the size page aim a little under its limit?
Some sites count a kilobyte as 1000 bytes and others as 1024. We aim under the stricter one, so a 200 KB page aims for 200,000 bytes and the file passes either way.