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How to compress an image

Shrink a JPG or PNG for a form upload or email without wrecking the photo. Free image compress. No signup.

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When to compress a photo

School portals, visa sites, and job forms often cap uploads at 200 KB to 2 MB. A phone photo can be 4–8 MB. Compress the image first. If you need several photos as one attachment, convert them to PDF after.

Step-by-step: compress an image

  1. Open Compress image on LitePDF Pro.
  2. Upload the JPG, PNG, or WebP file.
  3. Pick Extreme, Recommended, or Less.
  4. Download and check the new file size.
  5. If a form still rejects it, run Extreme once more or resize the image.