This page opens with Target size at 200 KB, the format set to JPG and Maximum size at 1920 pixels on the longest side, which is full HD. Drop one photo or a whole folder, and each comes out under 200,000 bytes.
Why 200 KB is a comfortable budget
At 200 KB a photo can keep full HD resolution in most cases. The arithmetic: 200,000 bytes is 1.6 million bits, and a 1920 × 1440 photo has 2.8 million pixels, so the encoder gets a little over half a bit per pixel. Modern JPG encoders reach good quality at that rate for ordinary photos, because smooth sky and walls cost almost nothing and the saved bits go to edges and texture. That is why this page keeps the photo at 1920 pixels instead of searching the full 4000-pixel original down to a low quality.
The tool starts at JPG quality 92 and lowers it only as far as needed. If even quality 40 doesn’t fit, which happens with dense detail such as leaves, gravel or a crowd, it reduces the pixels in small steps and tries again. Each row shows the final quality and size, and says when the picture was resized.
Batch uploads
Listing sites, school portals and web forms that accept several photos often set 200 KB per file. Drop all the photos at once: they are compressed two at a time, and Download all (ZIP) saves them together with their original names plus “-compressed”. Location data is removed from every photo by default, which matters when the photos show your home.
If a form also sets a minimum
Some forms accept a range, like 100 to 200 KB. Type the lower number into At least: the tool then raises the quality until each file reaches it, without going over 200 KB. It counts the minimum as 1,024 bytes per KB and the maximum as 1,000, so the result passes either way of counting.
The settings on this page
| Mode | Target size: under 200 KB (200,000 bytes) |
|---|---|
| Format | JPG |
| Maximum size | 1920 × 1920 px |
| Metadata | Removed (EXIF, GPS location) |
Every setting can be changed in the tool above; the page only chooses where it starts.